The Farmer's Dog

Procurement

• Define and lead the multi-year protein sourcing roadmap in alignment with commercialization goals, product quality standards, cost optimization targets and supply chain resilience objectives.
• Own supply continuity strategy, including risk identification, mitigation planning, and crisis response to ensure uninterrupted supply.
• Serve as the protein category subject matter expert, owning market intelligence across global and domestic trends, supplier landscape and technology awareness and risk drivers.
• Establish category governance and sourcing frameworks that drive consistency, transparency and scalability across procurement operations.
• Lead strategic supplier network planning, including capacity strategy, geographic risk diversification and supplier segmentation.
• Lead complex negotiations across strategic supplier portfolios, including long term agreements and innovative commercial structures.
• Establish and manage supplier performance frameworks across quality, service, innovation, sustainability and cost.
• Partner cross functionally with R&D, FSQR, Commercialization and FP&A to ensure sourcing strategies support innovation, speed to market, and operational excellence.
• Build, lead and develop a high performing protein procurement organization, including talent development and capability expansion.
• Drive procurement process, tools and governance improvements to increase efficiency, visibility and performance measurement.

Director, Protein Procurement