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Dutch Bros Coffee · 2 days ago

Procurement Manager, Dairy

Tempe, AZ

Contract

Hybrid

Senior Level

7+ years exp

Dutch Bros Coffee is a fun-loving company that makes a difference one cup at a time. The Procurement Manager for Dairy is responsible for developing and implementing sourcing strategies focused on the dairy category, optimizing costs, and ensuring supply continuity while building strong supplier relationships.

CoffeeFood and BeverageRestaurants

Culture & Values

Responsibilities

Develop comprehensive category strategy for dairy, inclusive of identifying current and/or new supply partners to support company growth trajectory

Negotiate and create dairy price transparency models, providing visibility into the different elements of costing, inclusive of market components

Create and present dairy price and volume coverage strategies to senior leadership, in alignment with overall sourcing goals, to minimize financial and volume exposure in the P/L

Design regular commodity intelligence updates to key leadership team members to report on dairy market dynamics and potential impact to P/L

Own/manage supplier relationships, contracts, and diagnose total cost of ownership, focusing on cost-effectiveness, service quality, and innovation

Lead pricing and contract negotiations that are in alignment with company goals

Work with the approved distribution network to ensure reliability of everyday supply and on-time innovation implementation

Collaborate with Product Development, Food Safety, and Sustainability to innovate, approve, and onboard suppliers and new products for LTO timelines

Work with finance partners to create annual cost of goods sold budgets, along with regular price forecasting updates

Must be able to collaborate in-person with occasional impromptu in-person meetings

Qualification

FoodBeverage ProcurementDairy Category ManagementSupplier Relationship ManagementRisk Management ProceduresData AnalyticsContract NegotiationsTotal Cost of OwnershipMS Office ProficiencyTeamworkDetail-Oriented

Required

7+ years of experience in food and beverage procurement category management with a focus on dairy and/or other agricultural commodity categories for a large, multi-unit, and multi-state company

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, agricultural economics, finance, or business administration

Understanding of dairy and commodity market dynamics, pricing history, hedging opportunities, and overall risk management

Experience in leveraging financial instruments to reduce price and volume risk is desirable

Proven ability to build productive internal partnerships and support innovation with product development, food safety & quality, sustainability, distribution, and field operations

Strong administrative and analytical skills, including cost benchmarking and developing data-based recommendations for shop and company efficiencies

Understanding of total cost of ownership principles, strong negotiation skills, price transparency, and continuous improvement strategies to ensure competitive marketplace pricing

Expertise in supplier relationship management, inclusive of identifying new partners and developing new capabilities with existing suppliers

Ability to develop risk management procedures to mitigate potential supply chain disruptions

History of providing commodity intelligence updates to leadership, inclusive of price and volume coverage recommendations

10%-20% travel required