Senior Manager, Category Manager
$145,000–$175,000 year
On-site · New York City, New York, United States
Job Summary
Senior Category Manager leads end-to-end sourcing for produce and dry food ingredients, developing multi-year category strategy, driving supplier negotiations, risk mitigation, and cross-functional collaboration to align with commercialization and cost goals. Partners with Procurement Director to translate strategies into actionable category plans, owns market intelligence, supplier management, and governance, mentors a high-performing team, and communicates insights to executives. Requires extensive experience in produce and dry food ingredients, strong analytical and negotiation skills, and the ability to manage complex projects with cross-functional stakeholders in a fast-paced, in-office NYC environment.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in sourcing, procurement, or operations, preferably within consumer goods, food, or related manufacturing
- 3–5+ years of experience in produce and dry food ingredients category management
- self starter with strong analytical and financial aptitude, comfortable working with commodity markets, cost model and scenario analysis
- proven track record of developing and executing category strategies that deliver measurable business impact across cost, quality and supply assurance
- effective communicator able to convey complex market and sourcing narratives clearly across multiple levels
- confident negotiator and influencer who builds strong supplier partnerships while maintaining clear governance and commercial discipline
- balance strategic thinking with operational follow through, ensuring plans translate into results
- effective team leader and mentor, capable of balancing tactical execution with strategic alignment
- proficient in Excel, e-procurement tools, and comfortable working within Google and Microsoft Suites
- willing to travel up to 25% of the time
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