Strategic Sourcing Manager

Company & Culture

At GT’s Living Foods, we’re more than a company – we’re a community passionate about creating a healthier, happier world. Over 30 years we’ve built a culture of inclusivity and authenticity, inspiring you to do your best while achieving meaningful results. Our mission to transform health and happiness through potent, living foods has established us as the #1 Kombucha brand and a leader in the Health & Wellness space.

• 6 years of job-related experience
• Bachelor’s degree (preferred)

GT’s Living Foods is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to build and lead the company’s strategic sourcing capability across all spend categories—Direct and Indirect. This role is designed to be a step-change for the organization: elevating procurement to a disciplined, insight-driven, enterprise sourcing function. Reporting directly to the VP of Supply Chain, this newly created role will work alongside the existing Procurement organization and Senior Director of Procurement, who will continue to lead day-to-day purchasing, MRP execution, and transactional procurement.

The Director of Procurement – Strategic Sourcing will focus on upstream value creation: category strategy, supplier segmentation, RFP leadership, partner selection, and supplier performance management.

This role is critical to GTLF’s next phase of growth and margin expansion. The successful candidate will bring structure, rigor, and commercial acumen while thriving in a fast‑paced, founder‑led environment.

The Strategic Sourcing Manager is responsible for developing and executing enterprise-wide sourcing strategies that optimize cost, quality, service, risk, and scalability across both direct materials (ingredients, packaging, co‑manufacturing, logistics, etc.) and indirect categories (MRO, plant services, IT, marketing, professional services, facilities, and corporate spend). This leader will own category and commodity strategies, run competitive sourcing events (RFPs/RFQs), define supplier selection standards, and implement disciplined supplier management practices.

The role partners closely with Supply Chain, Operations, Quality, R&D, Finance, Logistics, and Commercial teams to ensure sourcing decisions support business strategy, product integrity, and operational excellence.

• Own enterprise sourcing strategy across all major direct and indirect categories.
• Develop deep understanding of key categories and commodities, including cost drivers, market dynamics, supply risks, and innovation opportunities.
• Define category strategies that balance cost, quality, service, risk, and long‑term partnership value.
• Identify make/buy, dual‑sourcing, and consolidation opportunities as appropriate.

• Lead end-to-end RFP/RFQ processes, including scope definition, supplier engagement, evaluation frameworks, negotiations, and award recommendations.
• Establish clear supplier selection standards (cost, quality, service levels, capacity, ESG, financial health).
• Serve as the commercial lead on complex negotiations for high‑impact categories.
• Partner with Legal and Finance on contract structure, terms, and risk mitigation.

• Design and implement a disciplined supplier management model, including segmentation, performance scorecards, QBRs, and continuous improvement plans.
• Partner with Quality and Operations to ensure suppliers meet product, safety, and compliance requirements.
• Drive accountability for service levels, cost commitments, innovation, and issue resolution.
• Reduce supplier risk and dependency through proactive portfolio management.

• Clearly differentiate strategic sourcing from tactical purchasing, working in close coordination with the existing Procurement team.
• Establish sourcing governance, playbooks, and decision frameworks to ensure consistency and transparency.
• Define handoffs between sourcing strategy and purchasing execution to improve speed and compliance.
• Support adoption of preferred suppliers and sourcing strategies across the business.