Manager, Food Sourcing Services (Remote)
Description
Work. Serve. Thrive.
Imagine a place where your talent can make a meaningful difference in peoples' lives. Working at Feeding America is a uniquely rewarding experience in which our employees work together as vital parts of a much larger mission. We are innovative, mission-focused, diverse, collaborative, values-driven and focused on results.
Feeding America is the nation’s largest charity and the leading domestic hunger-relief charity in the United States. Our mission is to feed America's hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger.
This position is fully remote with up to 30% of travel required, including an annual trip to Chicago for all-staff meetings.
Learn more about Feeding America here.
The Opportunity
Manager, Food Sourcing Services will play a critical role in the development of Feeding America’s food sourcing and distribution capacity building services to network members. This role will partner closely with network members, providing expert tools, skills, guidance, and resources to grow and sustain local food raising and overcome barriers to food distribution.
Compensation
Here at Feeding America national organization, equality is central to our mission and is an integral part of our compensation policies and structures. As such, we maintain transparent salary ranges and clearly defined practices for how our team, including new hire salary offers, moves through these ranges. You can expect us to offer the best salary up front based on these clearly defined pay practices with little room for negotiation. We make exceptions for highly experienced (multiple years of at-level experience) new hires in accordance with our pay practices. Once hired, employees have the opportunity to progress through salary ranges via regular merit increases and step promotions.
Salary Range: $88,000 - $93,000 Based on Experience.
Here at Feeding America national organization, equality is central to our mission and is an integral part of our compensation policies and structures. As such, we maintain transparent salary ranges and clearly defined practices for how our team, including new hire salary offers, moves through these ranges. You can expect us to offer the best salary up front based on these clearly defined pay practices with little room for negotiation. We make exceptions for highly experienced (multiple years of at-level experience) new hires in accordance with our pay practices. Once hired, employees have the opportunity to progress through salary ranges via regular merit increases and step promotions.
Salary Range: $88,000 - $93,000 Based on Experience.
Benefits: A comprehensive list of benefits available to full-time employees can be found here.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with network member leadership and staff focused on food sourcing, operations, and programs to assess food sourcing channels and develop strategies for sourcing and sharing product that meet the needs of local communities.
- Support food banks with the development and implementation of Product Sourcing Plans to maximize food donations and efficient purchasing, strengthen sourcing strategies through data-driven planning, and build organizational capacity and collaboration across teams.
- Provide subject matter expertise in areas sourcing channels such as retail, manufacturing, and agriculture, with a focus on donor relationship building and stewardship.
- Develop and implement tools, templates, and resources to support food sourcing and sharing across the network.
- Facilitate learning and engagement through webinars, toolkits, convenings, trainings, onboarding and mentor programs, peer cohorts, and professional development workshops.
- Conduct in-depth assessments of food bank food sourcing and distribution programs that include interviews, data analysis, and review of existing processes, team structure, technology, and resources. Develop strategic recommendations and provide implementation support of the plan.
- Identify and document emerging practices across the network and integrate them into services and resources for continuous feedback, learning, and improvement.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams such as Member Grants, Network Learning, Member Engagement, Supply Chain, and Technology to support member capacity building.
- Identify and document emerging practices for across the network and integrate them into services and resources for continuous feedback, learning, and improvement.
- Participate in the review, award, and ongoing support of grants designed to enhance food sourcing and sharing across the network and increase access to nutritious, preferred food for neighbors.
- Engage in service evaluations to continually improve offerings, tracking impact on network performance and engagement.
Required Experience and Qualifications:
- 5+ years’ experience in food banks sourcing or 5+ years food industry supply chain experience.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with all levels of supply chain professionals in multiple organizations.
- Experience in interpreting data to derive business insights.
- Proficiency in MS Office applications required, especially Excel and PowerPoint. Experience with Salesforce (CRM) a plus.
- Strong organizational and project management skills. Can manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Experience as a leader in the Feeding America network preferred.
Required Leadership Competencies:
- Fosters an Enterprise Mindset
- Fosters an Open and Supportive Environment
- Leads with Accountability
- Collaborates Internally and Externally
- Focuses on People and Teams
- Manages Organization and Business Complexity
- Communicates with Impact and Influence
Feeding America’s goal is to attract, develop, retain, and promote a talented diverse workforce where all employees feel a sense of belonging and contribute to a culture that values differences, ideas, and experiences. We intentionally seek out diverse perspectives and skills on our teams, knowing that it makes us stronger as an organization and better equipped to serve our neighbors in need. We encourage all individuals, including those from historically under-represented communities and individuals with lived experience of hunger, to apply.
Feeding America participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.