Director, Procurement and Sustainable Sourcing - Los Angeles, United States - sweetgreen

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Verified Company
Los Angeles, United States

3 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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As the
Director of Procurement %26 Sustainable Sourcing, you will lead a mission driven procurement team, coach your team through rapid growth, and do this in the face of headwinds in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment.

Your leadership chops should include the ability to be a long-term systems thinker, a solid negotiator, a superb project and process manager, and an inspiring leader who can hold all parties accountable to the desired outcomes.

Experience owning a vast network of supply partners and commercialized foodservice solutions is a huge plus.

The Director of Procurement %26 Sustainable Sourcing has five key performance objectives:

  • Build a scalable, new approach to sourcing our delicious, healthy, sustainable and transparent food
  • Champion the "Five Rights" of Supply Chain Optimization
  • Improve our ingredient quality and Food %26 Grower Ethos metrics by upholding our "Win, Win, Win" Core Value
  • Negotiate and enhance our national supplier contracts as we continue to scale
  • Manage the food cost sourcing strategy to achieve the budgeted COGS
How to Build our Supply Network

  • Build a scalable, new approach to sourcing our delicious, healthy, sustainable and transparent food
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  • Build a longterm ingredient sourcing model, including the commercialization strategy, to scale the production of strategic ingredients
  • Create a costbenefit analysis to support short, medium, and longterm sourcing and commercialization strategies
  • Assign the appropriate resources (people, processes, systems) to support a commercialized supply chain, including differentiating ingredients sourced from value chain versus valueadd suppliers
  • Lead the crossfunctional collaboration with Food Safety/Quality Assurance and Operation Services teams
  • Champion the "Five Rights" of Supply Chain Optimization
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  • Product: revolutionize how sweetgreen sources and creates its product as we grow rapidly in size and enter new markets
  • Quality: confirm that the product meets the specifications provided by the Food and Operation teams. Support any food safety risk assessments, vendor standards, or recalls
  • On-

Time Delivery:
monitor inbound logistics to the first receiver to optimize inventory and supply

  • Quantity: coordinate Supply Planning's forecast with key suppliers
  • Price: establish and manage all pricing contracts in a systematic manner
  • Improve our ingredient quality and Food %26 Grower Ethos metrics by upholding our "Win, Win, Win" Core Value
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  • Assess new producers using our internal Food Ethos rating system's pillars: healthy, sustainable, and transparent
  • Enhance sweetgreen's sustainability and ethos goals and then achieve those goals, even as we scale
  • Expand the reach and capacity of our internal vendor assessment tools
  • Manage our product innovation pipeline from ideation to the initial rollout stages
  • Negotiate and enhance our national supplier contracts as we continue to scale
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  • Manage our tech systems used to house, monitor, and update our regional and national contracts
  • Build supplier resiliency for all critical regional and national items
  • Work closely with the Value Chain team to enhance our local and sustainable offerings
  • Fight for national and regional producers that you believe in
  • Manage the food cost sourcing strategy to achieve the budgeted COGS
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  • Carefully balance the improvement of our ingredient quality and Food Ethos with achieving our budgeted COGS
  • Unbundle the components of the contracted landed costs to improve previously undiscovered inefficiencies
  • Leverage our growth and buying power where appropriate
  • Integrate inbound logistics solutions where needed to create faster, more efficient and cost effective freight options for sweetgreen nationally

Desired Traits

  • Uphold a commitment to building a more sustainable food system
  • Champion a team first attitude ahead of individual accolades
  • Value feedback of all types in an effort to evolve
  • Hold proficient time management, task management, and project prioritization skills
  • Lead by example with a continuous passion for learning
  • Known for honesty, integrity, selfawareness, and a solid work ethic
  • Analytical mindset for value chain model planning
  • Comfortable compiling, interpreting, and presenting the financial components of strategic sourcing

Desired Experience

  • Have 710 years experience in Procurement, Food Systems, Supply Chain Management and Sustainability
  • Familiarity and experience working with a broad array of producers and distributors within the foodservice arena
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree with technical background in Business, Environmental Health, Food Science, Agriculture, or Supply Chain related course of study
  • Familiarity with foodrelated certifications and the requirements for a grower, producer, or distributor to achieve various certifications

What you'll get:


  • Highly competitive pay + bonus plan
  • Three different medical plans to suit your and your f
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