Procurement Manager

Overview

Role Overview:

The Procurement Manager serves as the day-to-day procurement lead supporting Bachan's, connecting the speed, entrepreneurial mindset, and product standards of Bachan's business with Marzetti's broader procurement capabilities and scale. This role is a Marzetti employee with a formal reporting line into the Marzetti Procurement organization while working closely each day with Bachan's Operations leadership and cross-functional partners. The Procurement Manager is responsible for coordinating the sourcing and category strategies across Bachan's ingredient and packaging portfolio. This role needs to coordinate supplier negotiations, cost and productivity, supplier performance, capacity and supply continuity, risk mitigation, and sourcing support for innovation and commercialization. The successful candidate will be highly hands-on, able to independently manage supplier relationships and commercial decisions while leveraging Marzetti capabilities and maintaining the responsiveness required by a fast-growing business.

Responsibilities • What You'll Do

What you'll do:

• Lead sourcing and category strategies for Bachan's ingredients and packaging, aligning business growth, product requirements, quality standards, cost objectives, and supply continuity. Serve as the key connector between Bachan's and Marzetti Procurement, leveraging enterprise capabilities and supplier networks while maintaining the speed and flexibility of a growing business.
• Manage supplier identification, commercial evaluation, qualification, negotiations, and relationships. Monitor supplier performance through KPIs, scorecards, business reviews, and issue resolution while tracking commodity trends, raw-material costs, supplier economics, and market dynamics.
• Identify and execute cost savings, value engineering, alternative sourcing, and productivity opportunities while protecting product quality and brand standards. Proactively assess supplier, capacity, financial, geopolitical, and other risks, coordinating mitigation plans and supply continuity solutions with Procurement, Planning, and Operations.
• Partner with Bachan's Operations, Marzetti Procurement, and Demand Planning to translate forecasts, volume plans, promotions, launches, and growth initiatives into sourcing strategies, supplier capacity, and material requirements.
• Support innovation, commercialization, and external manufacturing by partnering with Marketing/Innovation, R&D/Quality, Packaging, Co-Man Management, Planning, and Operations to ensure materials are sourceable, qualified, cost-effective, and scalable. Coordinate supplier and material changes, contracting, purchase-to-order, supplier master data, and reporting while maintaining clear accountability for commercial sourcing versus Quality's technical and food safety approvals.

Qualifications • What You'll Bring

You will have:

• 5+ years of progressive experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, supply chain, category management, or a related field; food, beverage, or CPG experience preferred.
• Experience sourcing ingredients, packaging, commodities, or other direct materials strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated supplier negotiation and relationship-management experience, including pricing, terms, capacity, performance management, and issue resolution.
• Experience using market intelligence, cost drivers, commodity trends, and supplier economics to support sourcing decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver cost savings, productivity, value creation, and/or risk reduction without compromising quality or service.
• Experience managing supply continuity, supplier capacity, alternate sourcing, or risk mitigation in a complex or fast-growing supply network.
• Experience supporting innovation, commercialization, new product launches, or material/vendor changes in partnership with cross-functional teams.
• Proven ability to work effectively across Operations, Planning, R&D/Quality, Packaging, Co-Pack/Manufacturing, Finance, Legal, and commercial teams.
• Strong analytical, financial, problem-solving, prioritization, communication, and influencing skills.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.

You may have:

• Experience with ERP, procurement, supplier management, planning, or reporting systems.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, Business, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

This position is intended to be performed and/or report to the office in Ohio, with an opportunity to relocate.

Working Conditions/Environment

Works in an office, remote, supplier, manufacturing, and warehouse environment where the employee is regularly required to speak, see, hear, sit, stand, talk, type, walk, and bend while performing daily responsibilities. The noise level may range from quiet to moderate depending on the work location. Travel to Bachan's locations, Marzetti sites, supplier facilities, co-manufacturers, warehouses, and business meetings may be required. Specific location, hybrid expectations, and travel requirements will be finalized based on the role design.