Butcherbox
Sourcing Manager, Retail
Watertown, MA. Posted 3 days ago
The role
The Strategic Sourcing Manager, Retail owns the sourcing and reformulation of new, retail-specific products. This person works with existing DTC suppliers to convert frozen SKUs to fresh and resize pack formats across all protein categories.
What you will do
- Source and develop new retail-specific products with existing suppliers
- Identify and qualify new suppliers only when existing ones cannot support needed formats
- Negotiate cost, specs, and terms for new retail-specific items
- Translate retailer assortment requirements into sourcing actions and timelines
- Partner with category sourcing managers on supplier relationship fit and pricing
- Partner with Supply Planning & Product Implementation on launch logistics, scorecards, and tracking mechanics
- Partner with Commercial on buyer requirements and translating retailer needs into sourcing and product specs
Required qualifications
- 5+ years in strategic sourcing, procurement, or supplier/vendor management within food, CPG, or retail/foodservice
- Track record managing multiple concurrent supplier negotiations and product launches
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills
- Project management skills to track and drive a multi-category launch calendar
- Comfortable operating with ambiguity in a fast-scaling, founder-led environment
Nice to have
- Experience sourcing or developing products across fresh and frozen formats
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- Employer-funded HSA
- Short & long-term disability benefits
- 401(k) with generous employer match
- Annual bonus based on company performance
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- 20 weeks parental leave
- Annual Learning & Development stipend
- Access to personal and professional coaching solutions through BetterUp
- A free Custom Classic ButcherBox each month
- Weekly lunch reimbursement
- Reimbursement for wellness activities, an exceptional EAP, fertility benefits, life insurance and more
About the company
ButcherBox is a certified B Corp headquartered in Boston. They deliver grass-fed beef, organic chicken, pork, and wild-caught seafood directly to members' doors.