ABOUT US

OLIPOP was founded in 2017 by Ben Goodwin and David Lester. Ben and David have been working together for nearly a decade to find accessible solutions to bring the benefits of digestive health to as many consumers as possible.  OLIPOP is a deliciously refreshing tonic that is crafted with prebiotics, botanicals, and natural plant fiber to support your microbiome and benefit digestive health. We're on a mission to provide an affordable, delicious alternative to soda that delivers leading-edge health benefits to mainstream consumers.

OUR TEAM

At Olipop our values lead the way we create our products, engage with each other, and interact with our community. While we’re invested in our product, we’re equally invested in personal development. We’re tightly knit, we’re genuine and we’re always pushing the envelope to do a better job than we did the day before. Our team is also fully remote, requiring us to be resourceful, creative and collaborative to support our fast-moving business.

To best serve our diverse community of customers, we also seek to recruit and include people with a diversity of abilities, backgrounds, and cultures.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Working at a start-up can be as much a personal journey as it is a professional one. To succeed at a company like Olipop, you must be comfortable with failing, learning, and adapting. You need to be curious, optimistic, and able to find a way when it seems impossible. You must be confident enough to express your ideas but humble and open to learning from your experiences and from others. If this is the approach you take to life, then we’d love to hear from you.

Candidates must be located in either the Eastern or Central time zone

The Procurement Director implements the procurement strategy for co-manufacturing & ingredients/materials through sourcing and selecting suppliers and negotiating agreements (i.e. contract terms, pricing, SLA, etc.). This role will build and maintain strong working relationships with all external business partners (i.e. 3PL providers, coman partners, co-packing facilities, etc.). The Procurement Director follows up on all procurement activities related to ingredients/materials and will manage all procurement aspects of the new product development process for innovation projects. Further, this role is responsible for sourcing compliance initiatives and adherence to our certification requirements while focusing on identification and implementation of cost improvement projects. The Procurement Director will liaise between internal and external partners to ensure we support medium- to longer-term growth needs in terms of capacity and capability. We are looking for someone who: thrives in a fast-paced, results driven environment; is hard working; is a strategic, forward-thinking professional with a strong sense of urgency; and is enthusiastic about helping us achieve our social and business goals.

RESPONSIBILITIES

•  Lead the end-to-end management of the Request for Proposal (RFP) process in procurement, collaborating with cross-functional teams and ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Responsible for overseeing team executing supplier relationships across all co-manufacturing, repack and raw material providers, meeting service and cost performance targets.
• Oversee hedging process for key materials and other ingredients and ensure recommendations are shared and approved by senior leadership.
• Develop and execute ingredient/materials spend, with a strong focus on cost
• Coordinate procurement aspects of the innovation/renovation process for relevant projects and flow of information for the wider supply chain.
• Analyze and identify cost savings opportunities across supply chain.
• Develop and implement procurement strategy that aligns with the organization’s financial and operational goals.
• Identify/implement new technologies to drive effective and efficient procurement processes.
• Drive supplier diversity, sustainability initiatives, and risk management programs.
• Build, mentor, and lead a high-performance procurement team.
• Drive organizational change by adopting emerging procurement technologies and methodologies.
• Foster a culture of innovation, agility, and continuous improvement in the procurement process.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• 8-12 years of experience in an applicable role within the beverage/CPG
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and external contacts (co-packers, 3PL’s).
• Leadership skills and presence that include the ability to drive innovative business improvements, balance short- and long-term priorities, deliver results, import and export good ideas, develop and inspire others, and lead with integrity.
• Demonstrated ability for strategic thinking with a willingness to perform tactical
• Experience managing multiple co-pack/repack partners in the food and beverage industry.
• Proven ability to develop strategic plans and manage implementation and execution, along with an ability to analyze data and identify root causes.
• Must have a collaborative style and an ability to persuade, motivate in all directions within the organization – to sell up, to motivate down, and to cross sell to peers is essential to success.
• Strong analytical skills with advanced MS Excel skills is a
• Experience with NetSuite systems or any other ERP system strongly
• Located in Eastern or Central Time Zones
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Reports to: Sr. Director of Operations

Compensation: $145k-$160k base salary + bonus

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  Olipop does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination under Federal law. For more information, please see EEO is the Law.