Sr. Manager Global Sourcing

Sr. Manager Global Sourcing

Crayola has inspired children to express their creativity since 1903. Crayolians take pride in fulfilling our mission of helping parents and educators raise creatively alive children around the world. Join our team and be part of an iconic brand that develops quality art products and experiences that are loved by families and preferred by teachers. Our company culture is mission focused, and encourages fun, collaboration, transparency, and helping others. Crayola believes our workforce benefits from a broad spectrum of diverse ideas and perspectives which enables us to understand our consumers better.

Sr. Manager, Global Sourcing, Easton PA

GENERAL SUMMARY:

The Senior Manager, Global Sourcing is responsible for developing and executing global sourcing strategies that ensure the optimal balance of cost, quality, service, innovation, sustainability, and risk management across the supply base. This position leads strategic supplier relationships, contract negotiations, category management initiatives, and cross-functional sourcing programs supporting global business objectives.

This role collaborates closely with Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing, Product Development, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Sustainability, and international regional teams to drive continuous value creation and supply assurance. The Senior Manager serves as a key leader in supplier performance management, global sourcing expansion, and procurement transformation initiatives including digital procurement and ERP optimization.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategic Sourcing & Category Management

• Develop and execute global sourcing strategies across direct and indirect spend categories.
• Lead category planning, market analysis, and supplier segmentation activities.
• Identify low-cost country sourcing opportunities while balancing quality, service, and risk requirements.
• Drive total cost of ownership (TCO) improvements and long-term value creation.
• Establish sourcing roadmaps aligned with corporate growth, innovation, and sustainability goals.
• Manages the corporate dollar investment in respect to asset management (people and equipment), production commitments and supplier relationships to support customer service levels, on-time deliveries and inventory turns as established by business unit.

Strategic Planning & Analytics

• Utilize advanced modeling and analytics tools to evaluate global sourcing alternatives and business scenarios.
• Develop total-cost-of-ownership analyses to support sourcing and network decisions.
• Identify and execute cost savings, productivity improvements, and service enhancements.
• Establish KPIs and dashboards measuring sourcing effectiveness, supply chain performance, inventory efficiency, and network health.
• Present recommendations and business cases to senior leadership.

Supplier Relationship Management

• Build and maintain strategic partnerships with key global suppliers.
• Lead supplier performance reviews focused on quality, delivery, service, innovation, sustainability, and cost competitiveness.
• Develop supplier scorecards, corrective action plans, and continuous improvement programs.
• Manage supplier capacity planning and business continuity risks.
• Champion supplier diversity and sustainability initiatives.

Commercial Negotiations & Contract Management

• Lead complex negotiations involving pricing, commercial agreements, payment terms, service levels, and risk mitigation.
• Manage long-term contracts and strategic agreements.
• Collaborate with Legal, Finance, and business stakeholders to ensure contract compliance.
• Drive annual productivity and savings initiatives through supplier negotiations and value engineering activities.

Risk Management & Supply Continuity

• Monitor global market and geopolitical conditions impacting supply availability and cost.
• Develop mitigation strategies for supply disruptions, tariffs, regulatory changes, and commodity volatility.
• Lead sourcing contingency planning and dual-source strategies where appropriate.
• Partner with Supply Chain teams to improve resiliency and inventory optimization.

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, coach, and develop sourcing professionals and category managers.
• Serve as a key business partner across Operations, Marketing, Supply Planning, Finance, Logistics, R&D, Manufacturing, and Sustainability teams.
• Establish clear objectives, KPIs, and development plans for team members.
• Foster a high-performance culture focused on accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Lead cross-functional sourcing project teams and strategic initiatives.

Business Transformation & Process Excellence

• Drive procurement process improvements and digitalization initiatives.
• Support ERP and procurement system optimization activities.
• Develop sourcing analytics and dashboards to improve decision-making.
• Implement best practices in strategic sourcing, supplier management, and procurement governance.

Key Performance Indicators

• Annual cost management and cost avoidance
• Management of Purchase Price Variance (PPV) performance
• Supplier quality and on-time delivery metrics
• Supply continuity and risk reduction
• Supplier innovation contributions
• Sustainability and ESG objectives
• Contract compliance
• Working capital and inventory improvements
• Team engagement and development metrics

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:

• B.S. and/or B.A. degree.
• Minimum seven years of experience in a Procurement leadership role.
• Experience in purchasing must include a complete understanding of standard costs and a strong background in finance and negotiations.
• Experience in low-cost country sourcing and procurement is preferred.
• Knowledge of marketing beneficial.
• Understanding and experience in supply chain practices and/or global capacity planning preferred.
• 15% - 30% travel required.

PHYSICAL CONDITIONS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk; use hands and fingers to operate, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

DISCLAIMER: The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

WHY CRAYOLA?

• Kid Inspired Culture
• Free Admission to Crayola Experience for Employees
• Community Volunteerism Opportunities
• Annual Bonus Potential for all Full-Time Employees
• Company Matched 401k & Employee Value Sharing Plan
• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits for Eligible Employees
• Education Assistance Program
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Resource Groups
• Generous Product Discounts Onsite & Online
• Company Sponsored Employee Events
• Discounts on a wide variety of products and services – automotive, electronics, fitness, travel and entertainment

Green is our favorite color! Crayola cares about the environment and responsibly makes the products you love. Learn more about Crayola’s creative solutions for greener tomorrows: https://www.crayola.com/about-us/sustainability

Crayola is committed to providing competitive market compensation. Our pay ranges are established using reliable market data and consider factors such as job responsibilities, industry benchmarks, and geographic location.

Individual starting pay is determined by a candidate’s skills, experience and qualifications. This role is eligible to participate in an annual incentive plan as per plan guidelines. For a full list of Crayola benefits, please visit https://www.crayola.com/company/employee-benefits.