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Marley Spoon is the new way to cook. We bring delightful, market fresh, and easy cooking back to the people. Were a well-funded and publicly listed company (ASX: MMM). We operate across 3 continents and in 6 countries with over +1500 employees worldwide. Being passionate foodies, we are using technology to reinvent the global food supply chain to reduce food waste.

In the end, its simple: We started Marley Spoon because we love cooking!

We are looking for an ambitious, bright, entrepreneurial, and high-spirited procurement professional with the analytical and soft skills to tackle tough challenges and work with suppliers in our procurement process.

The National Category & Sourcing Manager for Dry & Cooled Dry Goods (Bread, Spices, Grains, RTH) reports to the Category Management Director and can be Fully Remote (preferably located near any of our four (4) locations: Tracy, CA, Dallas, TX, Newark, NJ, or New York, NY). In your role, we expect you to effectively integrate with suppliers and internal networks to deliver strategic and business-oriented goals. A successful candidate will thrive on fulfilling the needs of our internal culinary team as they develop best-in-class recipes and will excel at working with suppliers to develop ingredients in the size, quality, and price that our customers need for their kits!

What you will do:

• Serve as the subject matter expert in the bread, dry, and spices categories
• Strategically develop and facilitate annual category plans
• Build and curate a brand-aligned assortment, including SKU mix, design, and seasonality
• Be responsible for providing procurement advice, price updates, reporting, replenishment, compliance & tenders
• Collaborate with marketing, product development, culinary, and warehouse operations on category communication, forecasting, and category development.
• Source innovative new products, ideas, and promotions
• Work closely with the operational buyer to manage inventory turns and SKU efficiencies
• Work with suppliers to ensure on-time, on-spec deliveries or discuss shortages/missed deliveries
• Create ongoing data analysis & category reviews
• Be comfortable making split-second decisions with far-reaching consequences.
• Solve problems on the go in a fast-paced environment.
• Work with suppliers to develop bespoke ingredients and flavors for our meal kits, with a strong focus on right-size and right-price

Requirements

Who you are:

• Passion for Food, Cooking, and Eating. This is non-negotiable. This is who we are.
• 3+ years previous Category Management/Strategic Sourcing experience, co-pack, and co-manufacturing, RTH experience is big PLUS
• A vast understanding and interest in the meal kit industry and supplier landscape
• Quantitative and analytical experience, including solid comfort with Excel
• Bachelors Degree in a related field or equivalent additional experience in Supply Chain/Procurement
• Driven to Perfection. You strive for the highest quality in your daily work.
• Attention to Detail. You sweat the small stuff and have great accuracy in your work product.
• Ability to Negotiate. You achieve the best cost for the best quality product.
• Problem Solver. You get to the root cause of issues. You are open about failures.
• You Love to Learn and Grow.
• Adaptability. You can change gears if needed and rapidly react to the needs of the business.
• Teamwork. You love to collaborate and be part of a team.
• No Ego. Leave it at home.
• Knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint is a mustexperience with ERP systems a plus.
• You can travel occasionally for work (domestically and potentially internationally).

Benefits

• Autonomy in every role - act in an environment where we get things done without having formal hurdles
• True ability to define and shape local strategy within a global business
• Fast paced food-tech startup
• Entrepreneurial mindsets no matter where you are looking
• Flat hierarchies and a great team spirit
• An open, diverse and respectful working environment with over 50 nationalities worldwide
• The possibility to learn about everything that you are curious about, regardless of which function or department
• When visiting the test kitchen in the NY office - you get to try our recipes first!
• Extra Annual Leave + Parental Leave
• Discounted Marley Spoon boxes

We celebrate our teams diversity and want you to bring your unique and authentic self to work every single day. We value varied and diverse backgrounds. Marley Spoon is an equal opportunity employer. You be you! Go on!

The pay range for this position in NYC is $90,000-125,000/yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Base pay information is based on market location.