Senior Manager, Technology Procurement

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Manager, Technology Procurement – Growth & Innovation owns a $120M global technology portfolio at Kraft Heinz and leads commercial strategy across Marketing Technology, Digital Experience, eCommerce and Consumer Platforms, Revenue Growth Management, Commercial Analytics, Consumer and Shopper Insights, and R&D Product Development and Innovation.

The role operates as a strategic commercial partner to senior leaders across Marketing, Sales, Revenue Growth Management, and R&D to drive commercial strategy.

The Senior Manager is the dedicated senior procurement business partner to VP-level stakeholders in the Growth and Marketing functions, responsible for negotiating and governing the highest-value contracts in the growth technology portfolio and ensuring commercial strategies support revenue growth, consumer engagement, product innovation, and enterprise value.

This is not a support role.

The incumbent must earn a seat at the table with senior executives, influence technology decisions upstream before commercial exposure is locked in and deliver measurable value.

This role shapes multi-year category strategies, leads complex sourcing and negotiations, governs strategic suppliers, and enables the responsible adoption of innovative technologies that support topline growth and enterprise value.

The position partners closely with senior leaders across Technology, Marketing, eCommerce, Revenue Growth, Consumer Insights, R&D, Legal, Privacy, Security, Finance, and global business units to balance speed to market, commercial value, risk, and scalability.Key Ingredients:Drive the commercial strategy for the $120M Growth and Innovation tower — owning category strategy, sourcing execution, supplier governance, and value delivery for the platforms that directly power Kraft Heinz topline growth.Serve as the dedicated senior procurement partner to the VP Marketing, VP eCommerce, VP R&D, and Revenue Growth Management leadership — influencing technology investment decisions upstream before commercial commitments are made.Develop market intelligence across growth technology, Marketing Technology, digital commerce, commercial analytics, consumer insights, product development technology, supplier capabilities, commercial models, and relevant regulatory developments; translate insights into category strategies, sourcing options, and risk mitigation plans.Own and govern enterprise Growth contracting strategy, including data rights, intellectual property, model and output ownership, confidentiality, privacy, cybersecurity, responsible AI requirements, audit rights, regulatory compliance, portability, and termination protections.Negotiate and govern the highest-value growth technology contracts, including Google Marketing, Adobe, Salesforce, and DX services — ensuring commercial terms match the pace of digital and AI innovation.Define multi-year category strategies aligned to KHC's 3-year and 10-year business plans — including total cost of ownership analysis and market intelligence.Define annual value-delivery targets and category performance measures aligned with Kraft Heinz business plans, including savings, cost avoidance, supplier performance, adoption, utilization, speed to market, risk reduction, and stakeholder satisfaction.Lead complex, multi-year strategic sourcing events (RFPs, RFIs, sole-source justifications) across Marketing Technology, Digital Experience, eCommerce, Consumer Insights tooling, Revenue Growth Management, and R&D Product Development — managing end-to-end from sourcing through contract execution.In partnership with the business stakeholders, identify technology capabilities, supplier innovations, and commercial models that improve consumer engagement, revenue growth, digital commerce, product innovation, and market delivery agility.Drive overall contract governance, compliance, risk mitigation and solution standardizationBuild and develop talent within the offshore GPS services and International Procurement teams to deliver the entire volume of agreements in the tower.PMO management of the most strategic enterprise projects in concert with stakeholders and suppliers, working in partnership with US and International zones (INTL includes LATAM, EMEA, APAC and ANZ Business Units).Deeply understand and improve procurement processes, tools, and systems, execute & oversee lifecycle management process, and be a proven expert in building strategy, planning, sourcing, vendor management, development & execution; must achieve tangible results in competitive and non-competitive supplier negotiations both directly and as a coach to others.Build automated solutions using AI to improve data stewardship and the co