Director of Strategic Sourcing & Procurement

The Fresh Market & You:

Our mission is to make everyday eating extraordinary for our guests. We create a warm, welcoming, memorable experience with exceptional, personal service. We’re looking for a new team member who strives for excellence and brings positive energy, commitment, and a “can-do” attitude to work every day. We value teamwork and celebrate our successes as a team and will value your contribution!

 Added Benefits for choosing The Fresh Market Team:

• Team member discount up to 40%
• Health, Dental & Vision insurance available for individual, spouse, partner, and family.
• 401K contribution and match for part-time and full-time team members.
• Personal time off and additional time off purchase plans available
• And much more!

About the Position:

The Fresh Market currently has an opening for a Director of Strategic Sourcing & Promotion in our Store Support Center, located in Greensboro, NC. This role provides enterprise-level leadership sourcing strategy and is responsible for ensuring procurement initiatives meet the Companies overall business mission and objectives.

The Director of Strategic Sourcing & Procurement provides the leadership/management required to execute TFM Procurement processes in assigned categories, business units and procurement systems and platforms that meet the Company’s dynamic business strategies and needs. These processes include governance of Company spend, 7-Step Sourcing process, contracts, AQSCIR model, Total Cost of Ownership tracking system, Preferred Vendor List program, Procurement systems platforms and general Procurement processes.

What You'll Do:

• Cultivate strategic supplier relationships, driving seamless integration and cutting-edge innovation.
• Drive partnership with Category Team/Business Unit. (Real Estate, Marketing, IT, Merchandising, Finance, Ops, etc).
• Ensure global procurement resource aligns around the Company’s business direction and strategies.
• Ensure information needed to meet supply base requirements are communicated to the leaders of the Category Teams or Business Units.
• Work on timeline/calendar processes and communication around these partners.
• Provide oversight on specific projects as they occur within a season.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners.
• Collaborate internally across functional areas to understand and incorporate business constraints where appropriate.
• Practical adoption and use of the Category Management cross-functional process to deliver Procurement strategies for each Category or for the Business Unit or systems platforms.
• On an ongoing basis, evaluate risk, threats and opportunities in the global marketplace; recommend and facilitate changes as needs and opportunities arise.
• Challenge existing ways of working in pursuit of opportunities for cost reduction, value improvement and application of lean processes.
• Adoption, adaptation and use of relevant e-procurement tools & systems.
• Utilize technology to optimize procurement activities, enable data driven decision making and ensure consistency globally.
• Delivery of goods and services against the Procurement business model of AQSCIR in a measurable fashion.
• Develop and lead implementation of appropriate KPI’s for assigned categories through real time dashboards.
• Focus on supplier engagement, innovation and sustainability to drive savings and additional value through regular communication and senior level quarterly business reviews (QBR).
• Analysis, management and projection of purchase price variance to standard cost/budgets for assigned categories.
• Direct the activities of the direct/indirect reports to assure that the Procurement business needs are met.
• Ensure suppliers meet all of the Company’s CSR requirements.
• Optimize processes through partnership across the enterprise and, where appropriate, with our parent company (Cencosud) to align platforms, standards, and best practices.

Competencies or behavioral characteristics required to the accomplish primary accountabilities of job:

• Willing to make tough/unpopular decisions and “hold their own” with other functions and the ability to influence and embrace cross functional teams to TCO approaches.
• Ability to work independently and within a matrix environment; a self-starter.
• Strong combination of business and technical knowledge base, particularly for specific spend commodities.
• Analytical and strategic problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong communications skills (written and verbal).
• Strong influencing and leadership skills.
• Ability to raise performance through coaching and leading.
• High tolerance for ambiguity.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to engage effectively with others; ability to cultivate and sustain high quality professional relationships with suppliers.
• Strong leadership, ownership and change management skills
• Strong negotiator.
• Organizational agility.
• Ability to create leverage where there is none.
• Subject matter expert.
• Basic proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• English language as either a primary or secondary language.
• Availability for occasional domestic and/or international travel is required.

Qualifications:

At a minimum, what you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; advanced degree a plus.
• 7–10+ years of experience sourcing and procurement teams.  
• Demonstrated success leading sourcing and procurement strategy at scale.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights and recommendations.
• Experience building or enhancing processes, tools, or capabilities.
• Proven leadership skills with experience managing and developing teams.
• Excellent communication and influence skills across cross-functional partners.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA preferred
• ISM certification is desirable
• Working knowledge of assigned spend area and related supply markets is desirable
• Familiarity and experience with use of formal Category Management approach to Procurement is desirable
• Familiarity and experience with use of e-procurement tools and systems is desirable

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS: Consistent with applicable laws, TFM will make reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and team members, unless doing so would result in an undue hardship to TFM. This guiding principle applies to all aspects of employment, including hiring and job assignment, compensation, discipline, termination, and access to benefits and training.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and related medical conditions, national origin, genetic information, uniformed service, veteran status, disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal or state law.

The statements in this job description are provided to describe the general nature and level of work expected in this role. While these statements include the essential functions of the job, they are not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. As we work as a team, there may be times team members are needed to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities based on business needs.