Bachan’s is growing, and we’re hiring a Procurement Manager. This role is about finding the right partners, unlocking new opportunities, and making sure the materials behind the products fans love are ready for what’s next. From building supplier relationships and driving smarter sourcing strategies to supporting new product launches and protecting the quality that makes Bachan’s special, you’ll have a direct impact on how we grow, innovate, and bring our products to more people.

If you love finding creative solutions and turning business opportunities into action, this is your chance to make a big impact at a fast-growing brand that’s making some serious noise.

Role Overview

The Procurement Manager serves as the day-to-day procurement lead supporting Bachan’s, connecting the speed, entrepreneurial mindset, and product standards of Bachan’s business with Marzetti’s broader procurement capabilities and scale. This role is a Marzetti employee with a formal reporting line into the Marzetti Procurement organization while working closely each day with Bachan’s Operations leadership and cross-functional partners. The Procurement Manager is responsible for coordinating the sourcing and category strategies across Bachan’s ingredient and packaging portfolio. This role needs to coordinate supplier negotiations, cost and productivity, supplier performance, capacity and supply continuity, risk mitigation, and sourcing support for innovation and commercialization. The successful candidate will be highly hands-on, able to independently manage supplier relationships and commercial decisions while leveraging Marzetti capabilities and maintaining the responsiveness required by a fast-growing business.

What you'll do

• Coordinate sourcing and category strategies for Bachan’s ingredients and packaging, aligned with business growth plans, product requirements, quality standards, cost objectives, and supply continuity needs.
• Serve as a key connector between Bachan’s and Marzetti Procurement, applying enterprise capabilities and processes in a practical way that adds value without unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Lead day-to-day supplier identification, commercial evaluation, supplier qualification, and relationship management, leveraging Marzetti’s supplier network and procurement capabilities where they create value for Bachan’s.
• Partner with Bachan’s Operations and Marzetti Procurement to translate volume plans, category priorities, innovation needs, and business growth into practical sourcing actions and supplier requirements.
• Manage supplier commercial performance, including KPIs, scorecards, business reviews, issue resolution, and continuous improvement plans across cost, service, capacity, and other agreed expectations.
• Monitor ingredient, packaging, commodity, and supplier market dynamics and provide recommendations based on cost drivers, raw-material fluctuations, supplier economics, and emerging risks.
• Identify and execute cost savings, alternative supply, value engineering, and other sourcing opportunities while protecting Bachan’s product quality, consumer expectations, and brand standards.
• Identify supply, capacity, single-source, financial, geopolitical, and other supplier risks and coordinate mitigation plans, alternate sourcing, and supply-gap solutions with Procurement leadership, Planning, and Operations.
• Partner closely with Demand Planning and Operations to translate forecasts, promotional activity, launches, and growth plans into supplier capacity and material requirements.
• Serve as the Procurement partner for innovation and commercialization, working with Marketing/Innovation, R&D/Quality, Packaging, Co-Man Management, Planning, and Operations to ensure ingredients and packaging are sourceable, qualified, cost-effective, and scalable for launch.
• Work with Quality and R&D on supplier and material qualification. Procurement owns the commercial sourcing process and supplier relationship while Quality retains responsibility for food safety, quality standards, audits, and technical approval requirements.
• Partner with Co-Man Management on ingredient and packaging requirements supporting external manufacturing while maintaining clear accountability between material sourcing and co-manufacturer management.
• Coordinate vendor and material changes across affected functions, ensuring changes are appropriately evaluated, communicated, approved, and implemented without unnecessary disruption.
• Support purchase-to-order, supplier master-data, contracting, reporting, and other procurement processes as the Bachan’s operating model evolves.

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of progressive experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, supply chain, category management, or a related field; food, beverage, or CPG experience preferred.
• Experience sourcing ingredients, packaging, commodities, or other direct materials strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated supplier negotiation and relationship-management experience, including pricing, terms, capacity, performance management, and issue resolution.
• Experience using market intelligence, cost drivers, commodity trends, and supplier economics to support sourcing decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver cost savings, productivity, value creation, and/or risk reduction without compromising quality or service.
• Experience managing supply continuity, supplier capacity, alternate sourcing, or risk mitigation in a complex or fast-growing supply network.
• Experience supporting innovation, commercialization, new product launches, or material/vendor changes in partnership with cross-functional teams.
• Proven ability to work effectively across Operations, Planning, R&D/Quality, Packaging, Co-Pack/Manufacturing, Finance, Legal, and commercial teams.
• Strong analytical, financial, problem-solving, prioritization, communication, and influencing skills.
• Experience with ERP, procurement, supplier management, planning, or reporting systems preferred; strong Microsoft Excel skills required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, Business, Finance, or a related field preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

This position is intended to be performed and/or report to the office in Ohio, with an opportunity to relocate.