Who We Are
We’re Chomps, the fastest-growing food brand in the U.S. and we’re reimagining snacking. Our meat snacks are made using high-quality proteins, no sugar, and real ingredients – because we believe snacking should be simple, delicious, and convenient. Chomps can be found in over 20,000 stores nationwide with a strong e-commerce presence. Our mission is to inspire, educate, and fuel our community with accessible, real food that doesn’t compromise on taste.
Traits of a Chompian
If you’ve been called scrappy, resourceful, and persistent, then you might just be a Chompian. You’re a team player who’s self-motivated and action-oriented. You’re committed to delivering efficiency and accuracy, and you happen to be great at proactive cross-functional communication. You’re a critical thinker and a natural problem solver who enjoys details, research, and data. You take initiative and complete ownership of everything you do, and you’ll go the extra mile for your team, consumers, and audience. You’re hungry to learn with a passion to grow and improve every day. You also take a keen interest in health, fitness, and nutrition. Sound like you? Then we want to meat you.
What You Will Do
We are looking for a dynamic and passionate person to join the team as our Manager, Protein Procurement. Your primary responsibility will be the management of sourcing, contracting and purchasing protein raw materials at Chomps. You will collaborate with manufacturing, planning, sales, marketing and innovation teams to ensure material demands are supported. You will be a game changer by continuously evaluating the state of material demand and supplier performance and bringing new ideas and solutions to improve the quality, cost and availability of supply for Chomps.
Responsibilities
- Sourcing
- Establish and execute standard strategic sourcing efforts in protein categories through vendor direct negotiations with current suppliers, and identifying new potential vendors in protein requirements to support Chomps extraordinary growth
- Manage supplier relationships through utilizing supplier scorecards and formal quarterly business reviews to maximize quality and service while optimizing costs
- Collaborate with Sales and Planning to establish long term protein supply capacity, support business plans, and ultimately enable long-term growth
- Coordinate material flows and the introduction of new protein suppliers and USDA EST number locations, including the quality and regulatory requirements
- Support supplier quality approvals and documentation requests
- Lead costing and sourcing feasibility for innovation stage gates
- Develop and execute policies, contract templates, and responsible sourcing practices aligned with Chomps label claims and sustainability objectives
- Establish program to assess and make recommendations to manage risk across the protein supply base to ensure business continuity
- Purchasing
- Oversee and approve purchase orders with suppliers, facilities, and co-manufacturers
- Assist in resolving supplier issues regarding PO/invoice discrepancies, returns, and quality
- Ensure and promote compliance to Company and procurement policies and procedures
- Proactively report and resolve material availability issues, add in WOS for proactive management
- Ensure visibility to Finance on any cost changes and provide impact analysis
Who You Are
- Bachelor's degree in Meat Science, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or related field
- 5-7 years of experience in buying and procurement in CPG Food industry
- Prior direct experience in protein or livestock sourcing within the meat industry preferred
- Proficiency in Excel and ERP/MRP systems, NetSuite preferred
- Mastery of procurement, strategic sourcing, and supplier management
- Strong understanding of forecasting and inventory management
- Outstanding analytical skills with demonstrated success organizing, analyzing and accurately interpreting large amounts of data
- Outstanding communication (both verbal and written) and relationship management skills
- Ability to prioritize workload to deliver against key metrics and deadlines
- Ability to travel 30-40% of the time (on average once a month)
Position: Manager, Procurement Buyer
Reports to: Director, Procurement
Location: Remote + Travel
Type: Full-Time, exempt
Salary Range Opportunity:
- The salary range for this role is $120,000 - $125,000 + 20% annual bonus
Compensation Philosophy & Total Comp:
- Our salary ranges are based on verified market data and our philosophy of paying competitively for our size and industry
- Individual pay rate decisions are based on several factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company
- In addition to base salary, full-time team members receive medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401K 6% match, and monthly reimbursements for wellness and home office.
Other Perks:
- Ability to make an impact: Join a rapidly growing and entrepreneurial-spirited team at a pivotal point to positively impact the food industry.
- Opportunities to grow: Advance within Chomps quickly based on outstanding performance.
- Unlimited PTO and 11 paid holiday days. Hybrid & flexible remote schedule. Chicago office open to those in the area.
- Paid maternity and paternity leave.
- Bi-annual total team in-person activities.
- Company-wide Continual Education budget.
- An abundance of snacks: Enough meat sticks that if you wanted to eat your body weight in them you could (no judgment here).
Our Commitment
Chomps is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. To achieve our mission of making nutritious food more accessible we greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which comes from diversity of all types, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do and the smart thing for our business.
We're aware of the research showing that historically underrepresented groups are less likely to apply for a job if they don't believe that they meet all of the criteria. Do you hesitate to submit an application because you believe you need to check every box? Please apply anyway with a thoughtful cover letter! We would love to hear from you to discuss how you can help us build a great team at Chomps.
Important Notice:
It has come to our attention that fraudsters have been posing as Chomps employees or recruiters and contacting job-seeking candidates regarding potential job opportunities. These fraudulent messages sometimes include a request for payment and confidential personal information. Please note that the Chomps recruiting process does not include asking candidates for payments or other confidential financial information.If you are applying for a job, you can confirm the legitimacy of a job posting by viewing current open roles: https://chomps.com/pages/chomps-careers. If you have questions please email us at careers@chomps.com
