Woodstream is the largest independent pest & animal control platform in North America, offering innovative brands with industry-leading efficacy and safety.
We have an immediate opportunity for a Sourcing & Procurement Manager for Operations and Manufacturing, in Lancaster, PA!
At Woodstream, our values drive everything we do:
- Consumer is the Boss – We are committed to listening to and understanding our customers’ needs!
- Invent the Future – Challenge the status quo: Think boldly and creatively!
- Execution is Everything – We are committed to deliver with excellence, speed, and accuracy.
- Collaborate Confidently – We trust, respect, and empower each other to win together.
- Play to Win – We’re bold, ambitious, and relentless in our pursuit of success.
Benefits of Working for Woodstream:
- Competitive benefits package including:
- 401k with Company Match, eligible on First Day of Employment
- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance Effective on First Day of Employment
- Access to Company Paid Penn Medicine Health Clinics
- Company General Bonus Program
- Company Paid Parental Leave
- Adoption Assistance
- Company Paid Basic Life & Disability Insurance
- Accident, Critical Illness, & Hospital Insurance Options
- Company Paid ID Theft
- Legal Assistance Plan Options
- Paid Vacation and Holidays
- Pet Insurance
- Stable, growing working environment with a history of 150 years of doing business.
- Opportunity to advance within the company.
Overview of the Role:
Woodstream makes and markets brands such as Victor, TERRO, Perky-Pet and Droll Yankees. Some of our products are made in our own plants in Lititz, Knoxville and Juneau, and those plants run on the materials you will source.
This is a new role with one clear job: be the single accountable owner of plant materials sourcing. You will keep the plants supplied, protect their spend, and lead the sourcing side of work that moves production in-house.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
Keep the plants running
- Own sourcing, supply continuity and supplier performance for resin, wire and steel, corrugate and components
- Negotiate plant-level terms such as MOQs, volume breaks, delivery and stocking programs
- Run supplier reviews on delivery, quality and communication
- Qualify alternate sources where one supplier puts production at risk
- Work with Manufacturing to make sure spares are on hand for single-point-of-failure components on each line
Protect plant spend
- Test every supplier price increase against the contract, index data and the supplier's cost build
- Ask for evidence before discussing price: cost build, input-cost source, freight proof, effective date and the products affected
- Negotiate with data, within approval limits
- Deliver cost-reduction projects that count toward the team's savings goals
Bring production in-house
- Lead the sourcing side of insourcing and plant transitions: material plans, supplier readiness and cost baselines
- Work with Manufacturing, Planning, Quality and Engineering on capacity, qualification and launch timing
- Give NPD material cost and availability input for products that will run in our plants
Be the face of Sourcing at the plants
- Be on site at Lititz and visit Knoxville and Juneau on a set schedule
- Cover US supplier visits and escalations that need someone in person
- Report plant spend by site, supplier and material, with sources and dates stated
- Regular attendance and punctuality required
Other Functions:
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Successful Candidate Profile:
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering or a related field
- 5 to 7 years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement or supply chain, with direct materials in a manufacturing environment
- Negotiation skills and a record of delivering savings against targets
- Comfort with bills of materials, cost builds and index-based pricing
- Working knowledge of SAP or a similar ERP, and advanced Excel
- Clear written and verbal communication, including with plant leaders and executives
- Ability to manage several priorities across sites
Preferred
- Experience with resin, steel or wire, corrugate, or molded and assembled components
- Experience supporting an insourcing, plant start-up or supplier transition
- Experience with international suppliers
Woodstream is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to recruit, hire, train and promote without regard to race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, marital status, union affiliation, disability, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Note: If hired, Employment Eligibility Verification will be carried out upon selection. Applicants must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer.
We retain employment applications for a minimum of 2 years from date of receipt for non-hire applicants or from date of termination for employees/contractors and possibly longer if legally required.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related field
- 5 to 7 years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or supply chain
- Direct materials experience in a manufacturing environment
- Negotiation skills and a record of delivering savings against targets
- Experience with bills of materials, cost builds, and index-based pricing
- Working knowledge of SAP or a similar ERP
- Advanced Excel skills
- Clear written and verbal communication with plant leaders and executives
- Ability to manage several priorities across sites
- Experience with resin, steel or wire, corrugate, or molded and assembled components
- Experience supporting an insourcing, plant start-up, or supplier transition
- Experience with international suppliers
What We Do
Woodstream has been manufacturing and marketing consumer products for over a century. Nearly doubling in size in the past few years, Woodstream’s growth has been driven by a customer-driven approach to product development, a dedicated design organization that focuses on innovation, quality, and safety, and a commitment to an industry-leading level of service for retailers and end-user customers. Notably, we have executed numerous strategic acquisitions, successfully managed the subsequent integration activities, and assembled a robust portfolio of company-owned brands to better serve the market. Corporate management focuses on cross-segment and cross-business synergies that can increase overall company margins, operational efficiencies, market share, retail relationships, and revenue growth. Our strategies are straightforward – build brand awareness and acceptance of our superior products, continue to develop proprietary technologies, commercialize innovative new products, drive products through our diversified and growing distribution network, and maximize long-term profitability while increasing market share and revenues in key vertical markets. With our proven brands, efficient manufacturing and sourcing, consolidated distribution, strong customer relationships, and innovative products, we have created a solid foundation for continued growth from which we can expand market share and build competitive advantages in all markets.
