Director of Food Strategy and Sourcing

Description Job Summary Under the direction of the Chief Operating Officer, the Director of Food Sourcing and Strategy is responsible for the design, execution and maintenance of a comprehensive food acquisition strategy to locate and maximize donated food products. They will secure and develop new donors to provide products and maintain existing relationships. They will also monitor and maintain all operational data to report and evaluate progress toward food bank goals and participate in product acceptance decisions.

About Second Harvest Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida is a member of Feeding America – the largest charitable domestic hunger-relief organization in the United States. Second Harvest Food Bank secures and distributes food and grocery products to more than 870 local nonprofit feeding partners throughout Central Florida. With the help of food and financial donors, volunteers and a caring, committed community; the food bank distributes 300,000 meals every day to a seven-county service area, which includes Brevard, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, and Volusia.

Feeding neighbors facing hunger is only the beginning. By investing in job training programs, advocating for access to nutritious foods, and inspiring our community to get involved, Second Harvest Food Bank is leaning into the root causes of hunger and helping our neighbors thrive. Department Overview The Sourcing and Strategy Department is an integral part of the Operations department. This department and its director are responsible for securing products from all donated sources and developing and maintaining the relationships that are associated with it.

This involves interacting with Feeding America on the national level, Feeding Florida at the state level and individual donors at the local level. It involves food that is both shelf stable, frozen and perishable, and can extend to non-food items as well. They will be constantly seeking new sources of food and new donated food partners. They maintain and lead relationships with local retailers as well and will be involved with any issues with those donors.

They will coordinate the timely delivery of donated truck loads with the Warehouse and are responsible for donor receipting of that product. Work Hours Office Monday-Friday 8:00 am-4:00 pm. Occasional after-hours responsiveness (e.g., text or email) may be required to address time-sensitive matters. Ability to travel regularly within the service area to meet with donors, vendors, and partner agencies Occasional travel required for industry events, Feeding America meetings, and conferences, which may include overnight travel Job Responsibilities Research and identify sources of food products to maximize product mix while strategically optimizing multiple sources of food, including FA, FAFB and other local donations for a food desirability mix to meet food bank goals Develop and maintain a comprehensive long-range plan with goals for obtaining donated and purchased products, develop an annual plan for acquiring new donors and building upon existing relationships; develop, maintain and nurture donor recognition programs.

Collect information on best practices of product sourcing in Food Banking Provide inbound load information and any product marketing material, in cooperation with Operations, Agency Relations and the Development team as necessary Maintain network sourcing activities with Feeding America, FAFB members and any other sourcing groups with the goal of expansion and sharing of product Work with Director of Operations on routing, re-routes and/or routing changes and data Ensure the branches, the SDO and the PDO organizations are meeting program standards Create a positive work environment where two-way open communication and a strong sense of trust is established Clearly communicate the ‘vision’ of Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida so everyone is working toward the same goals Attend meetings of Boards and other Food Ba