Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist, Private Brands

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Job Description Job Title: Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist,

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OtherStrategic Sourcing Specialist

What We Offer

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✓Develop and execute sourcing strategies for Private Brand categories that support quality, innovation, cost, service, growth, and supply continuity objectives.

✓Manage the end-to-end procurement lifecycle for new products, including supplier discovery, competitive bidding, award, contracting, onboarding, and launch coordination.

✓Lead strategic sourcing and supplier selection across the Private Brand portfolio. Evaluate supplier capabilities, quality systems, capacity, logistics, and continuity plans.

✓Lead RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs; define requirements, evaluate responses, document decisions, and communicate standards and expectations to prospective partners.

✓Identify and evaluate domestic and international manufacturing partners through market research, capability assessments, facility evaluations, and risk reviews.

✓Negotiate pricing, contracts, service levels, and commercial terms that deliver competitive total cost and sustainable supplier partnerships.

✓Develop commodity, component, and logistics based cost models; conduct should-cost, scenario, and market analyses to guide sourcing decisions.

✓Partner with Quality Assurance and Legal to ensure suppliers meet food safety, regulatory, quality, contractual, and company requirements.

✓Manage supplier onboarding and cross-functional commercialization activities to ensure clear ownership, timely decisions, and launch readiness.

✓Partner with suppliers and internal teams on demand forecasts, production schedules, replenishment, inventory builds, staging, and distribution planning.

✓Analyze sales, inventory, and service trends across distribution points to improve forecast accuracy, availability, working capital, and portfolio planning.

✓Manage supply disruptions and logistics risks, and establish contingency plans, secondary sources, and mitigation actions where appropriate. Apply forecasting, inventory, production, and replenishment expertise to protect product availability.

✓Identify and deliver cost savings and value engineering opportunities without compromising product quality, safety, customer experience, or brand standards.

✓Establish supplier scorecards, sourcing KPIs, business reviews, and sustainable reporting tools to monitor performance, timelines, savings, risk, and corrective actions. Lead cross-functional project plans and executive updates, translating complex sourcing data into clear recommendations, decisions, and mitigation plans.

✓Partner closely with the Private Brands Manager and cross-functional stakeholders to support innovation, portfolio growth, and ongoing supply-base optimization.

✓Communicate clearly, influence stakeholders, and lead complex sourcing initiatives.

Ability to work well individually as well as in a team environment

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Excellent customer service skills

Ability to work with little or no supervision

Detail oriented and excellent organizational skills

Excellent analytical, influencing and problem solving skills

Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and independently

Excellent interpersonal skills

Self motivated, proven self starter with demonstrated ability to make decisions

Excellent negotiation skills

Ability to analyze costs, supplier information, market data, and business trends to support sourcing decisions.

Requirements

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Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Business, Finance, Logistics, or a related field preferred, or equivalent relevant experience.

5+ years of experience in sourcing, procurement, supplier management, supply chain, or a related field; food, retail, consumer products, or Private Brand experience is preferred.

Experience supporting RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, supplier evaluations, negotiations, and onboarding activities.

Working knowledge of forecasting, inventory management, production planning, replenishment, or logistics.

Proficiency with Microsoft 365; experience with analytical, project management, AI-enabled, or JIRA tools is a plus.

Wawa will provide reasonable accommodation to complete an application upon request, consistent with applicable law. If you require an accommodation, please contact our Associate Service Center at asc@wawa.com.

Wawa, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Wawa maintains a work environment in which Associates are treated fairly and with respect and in which discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated. In accordance with federal, state and local laws, we recruit, hire, promote and evaluate all applicants and Associates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, familial status, marital status, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Unlawful discrimination will not be a factor in any employment decision.