Job Description
Job Overview:
Position Summary...
Lead global ingredient sourcing strategy to ensure continuity of supply, cost competitiveness, and sustainability across Walmart’s Food businesses. This role owns upstream ingredient categories, drives long-term supplier partnerships, and protects supply in volatile commodity markets within a large, complex, matrixed environment.What you'll do...
Position Summary
Lead global ingredient sourcing strategy, such as proteins and dairy, to ensure continuity of supply, cost competitiveness, and sustainability across Walmart’s Food businesses. This role owns upstream ingredient categories, drives long-term supplier partnerships, and protects supply in volatile commodity markets within a large, complex, matrixed environment.
About the Team
Global Procurement sources goods and services across Walmart’s direct and indirect spend. The Upstream team partners with Merchandising, Private Brands, Supply Chain, Finance, Legal, and Responsible Sourcing to secure critical food inputs, negotiate strategic agreements, and drive resilient, responsible supply solutions.
What You’ll Do
- Develop and execute multi-year ingredient category strategies, such as proteins and dairy, focused on resiliency, total cost of ownership, and sustainability.
- Lead competitive RFPs and negotiate long-term and preferred supplier agreements that secure capacity and mitigate commercial risk.
- Partner cross-functionally to align sourcing strategies with business priorities and deliver measurable savings.
- Analyze commodity markets, pricing trends, and spend data to inform sourcing decisions and protect supply continuity.
- Advance regenerative and responsible sourcing initiatives across ingredient categories.
What You’ll Bring
- 7+ years of strategic sourcing or procurement experience within food or commodity-driven ingredient markets.
- Expertise in contract negotiation, RFP development, and long-term supplier strategy.
- Strong analytical skills with experience interpreting spend, market data, and cost drivers.
- Experience driving stakeholder alignment across cross-functional teams.
- Ability to manage complex sourcing initiatives in a fast-paced, global, matrixed organization.
You’ll Sweep Us Off Our Feet If
- You have deep knowledge of agricultural or commodity-driven ingredient markets.
- You have successfully led complex, high-value RFPs and multi-year supplier negotiations.
- You have experience navigating supply volatility and building resiliency strategies.
- You have worked on regenerative, traceability, or sustainability-focused sourcing initiatives.
- You bring a disciplined, data-driven approach to protecting supply and driving value.
The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.
Benefits & Perks:
At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
About Walmart
At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make, from responsible sourcing to sustainability—and everything in between. As a Walmart associate, you will play an integral role in shaping the future of retail, tech, merchandising, finance and hundreds of other industries—all while affecting the lives of millions of customers all over the world. Here, your work makes an impact every day. What are you waiting for?
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Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Option 1: Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, economics, technology, or related field and 5 years' experience in procurement strategy, contract management, analytics, or related field. Option 2: 6 years’ experience in procurement strategy, contract management, analytics, or related field and 2 years’ experience leading cross-functional teams/projects.Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Certified Purchasing Manager or related purchasing manager certification, Experience with cross-functional teams, Master's degree in business or related field, Supervisory experience