Senior Manager, Indirects – Utilities and Services

The Kraft Heinz Company

Sr. Manager leading sourcing and category management for utilities and services at Kraft Heinz.

Posted 5/8/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $120,800 - $151,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and maintain strong internal stakeholder and supplier relationships to ensure alignment, responsiveness, and stakeholder satisfaction.
Lead sourcing and category management for a portfolio of utilities and services categories, ensuring clear requirements, aligned expectations, and measurable outcomes.
Set and deliver performance goals for a high-spend category portfolio, including a robust productivity pipeline that maintains operational excellence.
Partner with Sustainability, suppliers, and business stakeholders to execute short- and long-term sustainability strategies in a cost-effective manner.
Lead supplier relationship management and conduct supplier business reviews; serve as an escalation point for performance, continuity, and risk issues (experience with utilities, sustainability, and sanitation industry leaders is a plus).
Develop and maintain a fit-for-purpose supplier base that ensures supply continuity while reducing tail spend.
Lead strategic supplier discussions on long-term objectives, market trends, innovation/technology, and investment opportunities.
Own escalations for critical supplier issues; align cross-functional partners and drive timely resolution.
Translate business needs into sourcing and category plans across AQSCI (Assurance of Supply, Quality, Service, Cost, and Innovation).
Develop multi-year category strategies grounded in data, insights, and business requirements.
Build strong cross-functional partnerships to influence decisions and drive adoption of category strategies across total spend.
Identify, evaluate, and prioritize value-generating initiatives based on complexity, resources, risk, time to implement, and financial impact.
Prioritize and allocate work across the team while personally owning key sourcing initiatives.
Review key deliverables (strategies, RFx packages, negotiation plans, and contracts) to ensure quality, consistency, and compliance.
Lead contract negotiations and execute agreements in accordance with procurement policies; apply expertise across categories as needed.
Maintain a strong understanding of category dynamics (market conditions, pricing, cost drivers, and supplier landscape) and communicate key changes to business partners.
Drive Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) improvements through analytics and cross-functional collaboration; measure and report value delivery.
Coach and develop team members through clear expectations, regular feedback, and performance management; simplify complexity and enable execution.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, finance, business, engineering or related field. Candidates with extensive relevant experience and certifications (e.g., CPM, CPIM, etc.) may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Possess at least 5 to 7 years of experience in Procurement, preferably in Indirect Procurement with relevant category expertise.
Strong written, verbal, analytical, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
Ability to prioritize multiple concurrent tasks and drive assignments to timely completion
Ability to understand, organize, and communicate complex information or data sets in an easily understandable format tailored to a variety of audiences.
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, support requests from, and interact directly across all levels of the organization.
Must have experience in the sourcing life cycle process and have a strong grasp of the tools needed to complete the process.
Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite ( Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and have an understanding for source-to-pay tools (SAP, Ariba, etc.).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Coverage for employees (and their eligible dependents) through affordable access to healthcare
protection, and saving for the future, we offer plans tailored to meet you and your family’s needs.
Wellbeing: We offer events, resources, and learning opportunities that inspire a physical, social, emotional, and financial well-being lifestyle for our employees and their families.
Physical - Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Screenings/Assessments
Social - Paid Time Off, Company Holidays, Leave of Absence, Flexible Work Arrangements, Recognition, Training
Emotional – Employee Assistance Program , Wellbeing Programs, Family Support Programs
Financial – 401k, Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Disability

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Hard Skills & Tools

sourcingcategory managementcontract negotiationsprocurement policiesdata analysisperformance managementsupplier relationship managementTotal Cost of Ownership (TCO)sourcing life cycle processcategory strategies

Soft Skills

interpersonal skillsanalytical skillspresentation skillscommunication skillsteam collaborationprioritizationproblem-solvinginfluencing decisionscoachingfeedback

Certifications

Bachelor's degreeCPMCPIM