What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Sourcing Manager position at saladandgo?
Job Description: Primary Responsibilities: Strategic Analytics & Financial Modeling Maintains advanced labor and transportation forecasting models to drive multi-year financial and operational planning. Standardizes data governance across structured and unstructured sources, ensuring high-integrity data that enables efficient decision-making. Directly influences the P&L by managing Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) through rigorous analytical oversight and variance analysis. Strategic Sourcing & Category Leadership Develops and executes a comprehensive category management strategy for commodities including proteins, produce, dairy, and packaging. Engineers a resilient supplier ecosystem, leading complex negotiations and managing co-manufacturing partnerships to secure supply and mitigate risk. Acts as a strategic partner to Product Innovation & Development, leading the commercialization of LTOs and core ingredients from initial sourcing to full-scale operational rollout. Operational Leadership & Systems Optimization Cross-functional Central Kitchen forums focused on waste reduction, demand forecasting, and pricing strategies to align operations with financial targets. Serves as the functional owner for the Fresh 360 MERP system, driving optimization and feature enhancements to improve enterprise-wide visibility. Strategically manages the lifecycle of non-capital equipment and smallwares, from procurement to national rollout and upgrades. Teamwork Guides direct reports in providing fast, accurate analysis for other departments, modeling how to hit ambitious deadlines while keeping cross-functional projects running smoothly and efficiently. Optimizes project delivery speed, ensuring rapid milestones are achieved through sustainable stakeholder collaboration and trust. Models the transition from tactical execution to strategic leadership, coaching team members on how to translate complex data into actionable business insights. Minimum Requirements: At least 5–7 years in a leadership role within Fresh Food, Produce, Dairy, Protein, or highly perishable CPG environments Demonstrated ability to manipulate and analyze data using tools such as Microsoft Excel (advanced), ERP systems (e.g., SAP or similar), and WMS platforms. Ability to collaborate effectively across a company with multiple locations and business entities. Experience with building and managing department budgets and forecasts and preparing recommendations for solutions with business case justifications. Experience breaking down operational and other processes and mapping those to technical solutions. Strong analytical skills with experience in forecasting, inventory management, and data-driven decision-making. Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, own workstreams, and drive results in a fast-paced, evolving environment. Effective written and verbal communication skills. Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Salad and Go will provide reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. Salad and Go is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Salad and Go is a one-of-a-kind drive-thru concept on a mission to make delicious, nutritious food accessible for all. Recipes crafted by our very own Michelin-star trained chef, are prepared in our central kitchens, and delivered directly to our stores, where our greenies prepare made to order salads, wraps, breakfast burritos and more for our guests. Our food is offered at a price point that ensures accessibility because everyone deserves a delicious meal. We are disrupting the food service industry with a simple model that gives our guests convenient drive-thru, online ordering and delivery options. Salad and Go operates in more than 100 locations across Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma and Nevada and is expanding rapidly into new states. As part of our mission, Salad and Go puts special emphasis on community outreach and philanthropic initiatives. Our very own Salad and Go Charities focuses on providing nutritious food to communities in need by donating nutrient-rich foods, supporting local programs that address food insecurity, and educating youth on building lifelong healthy habits. Our one-of-a-kind model is fundamentally changing food systems and igniting a positive, life-changing movement toward better food for all.