Vice President, Packaging Sourcing & Procurement

BUILT ON FLAVOR. FUELED BY PEOPLE. What’s it like to work at Kinder’s? Well, there’s a lot of snacking and geeking out over what we all cooked over the weekend. Beyond that, there’s also plenty of hard work. Because we don’t just like flavor, we’re obsessed with it. With over 100 products sold nationwide, we’re now a top-five brand in multiple flavor categories at Costco, Walmart, Whole Foods, and more. We’re not your typical CPG company. Privately held and founder-led, we like to think of ourselves as a pirate ship in a sea of cruise ships. Our crew is adventurous and fearless. We chart our own course and chase big ideas to make food unforgettable. As we expand globally and approach $1 billion in revenue, we need more smart-and-scrappy, flavor-obsessed people to come aboard. If you’re looking for a place where you can see the real impact of your work... this is it! Every day, you’ll be part of a journey to add flavor to millions of meals and lives. How You'll Make an Impact at Kinder's The Vice President, Packaging Sourcing & Procurement will lead Kinder’s enterprise sourcing and procurement strategy across all packaging categories, building the supplier network, commercial capabilities, and supply continuity plans required to support continued profitable growth. As Kinder’s expands its portfolio, channels, innovation pipeline, and manufacturing network, this leader will create a scalable packaging procurement function that can support the speed of an entrepreneurial business and the complexity of a rapidly growing CPG company. The Vice President will have broad responsibility for category strategy, supplier selection and development, negotiations and contracting, cost and productivity, supplier performance, risk management, and packaging supply continuity. Working across Packaging Engineering, R&D, Innovation, Operations, Planning, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, and external manufacturing partners, this leader will ensure Kinder’s has the right packaging suppliers, materials, capacity, commercial agreements, and contingency plans to support both current operations and future growth. The ideal candidate combines deep packaging-category knowledge with strong commercial judgment and enterprise leadership. They understand the supplier markets, manufacturing processes, cost drivers, and supply risks behind major packaging categories and can translate that knowledge into sourcing strategies that improve cost, service, quality, innovation, and resilience. Key Responsibilities Enterprise Packaging Sourcing & Procurement Strategy Develop and lead Kinder’s enterprise sourcing and procurement strategy across all packaging materials and components. Translate business plans, demand growth, innovation pipelines, and manufacturing requirements into long-term packaging category, supplier, capacity, and continuity strategies. Establish multi-year sourcing roadmaps that balance cost, quality, service, innovation, sustainability, speed to market, and supply resilience. Serve as the senior packaging sourcing subject-matter expert, advising executive and functional leaders on packaging markets, supplier capabilities, capacity constraints, commodity exposure, commercial risks, and opportunities. Build scalable sourcing processes, procurement governance, category-management standards, contracting practices, and decision frameworks that create greater consistency and discipline as Kinder’s grows. Maintain a strong external perspective on packaging markets, materials, converters, supplier capabilities, cost drivers, capacity trends, and industry developments. Category Management & Supplier Strategy Develop and execute comprehensive category strategies across corrugate, flexible films, rigid plastics, bottles, jars, closures, labels, cartons, and other packaging components. Lead supplier identification, competitive bidding, negotiation, selection, contracting, onboarding, performance management, and development. Establish a resilient and scalable su…

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