Strategic Sourcing Category Manager

Primary Purpose

JOB DESCRIPTION

Will serve as a recognized Strategic Sourcing Category - Energy subject matter expert (SME), overseeing direct and indirect spend. With responsibility for spend oversight ranging from $135M to $265M, they will contribute to achieving team annual savings. Leading sourcing negotiation strategies and collaborating cross-functionally to align stakeholders and business units.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead strategic sourcing and contract negotiation for propane, natural gas, diesel, electricity, and other energy commodities, optimizing total cost of ownership while ensuring supply continuity.
• Develop and execute energy procurement strategies using market intelligence, price forecasting, hedging principles, and supplier risk assessments to minimize cost volatility and operational risk.
• Manage supplier relationships, RFP, contract renewals, and performance metrics for energy providers, ensuring compliance with commercial terms, regulatory requirements, and sustainability objectives.
• Partner with operations, finance, and facilities teams to forecast energy demand, identify cost-saving opportunities, and improve energy procurement efficiency across multiple sites.
• Will analyze huge data sets, identify trends and market gaps from the data, implement strategic goals in line with the organization's goals, strategically source, create a category plan and oversee the specific category.
• Provides daily, weekly and monthly analyses to business partners and senior leadership. Communicates with business partners on key objectives, improvement projects at advanced customer service levels, improves product flows and minimizes supply.
• Works with the Legal team on contract revisions and approvals.
• Directs and enforces all safety policies and standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a relevant field or a minimum of 4 years' relevant procurement and negotiation experience.
• 3 - 5 years' relevant work experience.
• Project management and contract knowledge/experience.
• Analytics and data management.
• SQL, Access, Excel, Oracle, SAP and/or other ERP software knowledge and experience.
• Responsibility for spend oversight ranging from $135M to $265M across multiple categories.
• Travel is required as part of the job to facilitate direct engagement and interaction with our suppliers, allowing for a deeper understanding of their operations, processes, and capabilities.
• Managing projects and trials at Company facilities.
• Attending relevant expos or shows is pertinent to this role to provide opportunities for professional development and industry insight.

About Us

Are you looking for more than just a job? The culture at Mountaire is one of our greatest strengths and most valued assets. We maintain the same core values and family-focused work environment that we’ve operated with since day one. You will find that your peers, supervisor and team members are genuinely committed to, not only your success, but also working together to provide high-quality products to our customers. We are a service to one another and to our customers, demonstrating operational excellence and outstanding performance.

Mountaire Overview

ABOUT THE TEAM

Mountaire Farms is an agricultural food production and processing company providing work for over 10,000 people at facilities in Arkansas, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. Now the fourth largest chicken company in the United States, we are still family owned and fully committed to giving back to the communities where we do business. At Mountaire Farms, our culture is what defines us. It sets us apart from our competition and reinforces what we stand for. Supporting each other, uplifting each other, and helping each other succeed -- that’s the Mountaire way! Our vision is to provide growth, stability, and opportunities for our people, our customers, and our communities by profitably delivering wholesome quality chicken.

Total Compensation

Mountaire also offers an amazing total compensation package! A few examples of our benefits that may be offered to you are: eight paid holidays, Medical Plans with free onsite Health and Wellness Centers, Dental and Vision Programs, Employee Assistance Program for you and your family, Retirement Planning with 401(k), Profit Sharing, Employee Discounted Chicken Sales, Employee Discounts with partners (Car Purchase, Phone Plans, & Shopping), Tuition Reimbursement and many exciting career development programs!