Tate Ramos
Enterprise Procurement & Protein Sourcing Leader | Animal-Based Proteins | Supplier Strategy & Scale
- Role
- Senior Principal Animal Welfare Quality Standards Advisor at Whole Foods Market
- Location
- Austin, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Tate Ramos
Procurement and protein sourcing executive with 20+ years of experience across meat, poultry, seafood, and broader animal-based protein systems. Career focused on building supplier partnerships, scaling supply, managing commodity volatility, and balancing cost, quality, food safety, and brand integrity within complex food ecosystems.Experience spans enterprise procurement and category leadership, supplier negotiations, joint business planning, innovation enablement, and cross-functional collaboration across operations, supply chain, finance, FSQA, and commercialization. Known for taking a practical, systems-driven approach to growth, building procurement strategies that support scale while protecting consumer trust.
Experience
Senior Principal Animal Welfare Quality Standards Advisor
Oct 2024 — Present · Austin, TX, US
Education
PAACO Professional Animal Auditor Certification Organization
Certified Auditor Training
Stagen Leadership Academy
Foundational Leadership Course (FLC) Certificate
2022
The New School
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
1999 — 2003
Skills
- Butchery
- Seafood
- Food Service
- Organics
- Retail
- Hiring
- Inventory Management
- Retail Sales
- Inventory Control
- Natural Foods
- Grocery Industry
- Whole Foods
- Food & Beverage
- Customer Service
- Shrinkage
- Cooking
- Gross Profit
- Merchandising
- Retail Category Management
- Pricing
- Meat
- Food
- Grocery
- Team Building
- Private Label
- Supermarkets
- Profit
- Visual Merchandising
- Planograms
- Assortment
- Cheese
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