Director of Commodity and Ingredient Procurement

Job description

Oversee over $1.2B in spend and drive product sourcing, cost management, product quality and availability for Produce, Commodities, Ingredients, and Raw Materials for Kroger Stores and Manufacturing Sites. Align with merchandising, suppliers and other internal stakeholders to drive enterprise value and long-term growth. Guide the team through key sourcing activities such as vendor identification, cost negotiation, and contracting while monitoring market conditions (e.g., weather, commodity trends) to optimize supply and cost decisions. Reduce non-value-added costs. Partner with manufacturing and merchant leaders to address systemic supplier issues and ensure consistent quality, service, and regulatory compliance across sensitive categories. Provide support for capability build out and disintermediation of distributors / brokers to drive direct relationships with our sources of supply. Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. - Define and implement sourcing strategies across commodities, ingredients, raw materials and produce; align plans with merchandising, manufacturing, Our Brands, and supply chain to optimize cost, q...