Career Opportunity
Senior Procurement Manager
Category
Manufacturing
Location
Edina, MN
Salary
$150,000 - $150,000
Job Reference
53676
Senior Procurement Manager
Job Summary:
- Managing all aspects of procurement for the assigned categories (Commodities/Ingredients) to ensure customer needs and company goals are met.
- To develop, execute and manage the sourcing strategy for assigned categories (Commodities/Ingredients).
- Will manage overall performance to achieve the highest level of performance in cost, quality, and service.
Primary Job Functions:
- Devise, execute, and oversee sourcing strategies for designated categories within the organization and extract value from strategic supplier relationships; where strategic sourcing is absent, create and implement appropriate sourcing roadmaps to enhance value.
- Identify and proactively address potential risks within the supply base, analyze procurement costs and propose methods to optimize expenditures.
- Develop a comprehensive procurement toolbox, incorporating negotiation plans for strategic sourcing, creation of robust true-cost models, volume aggregation, competitive bidding, demand management, exploration of new supply models, innovation, cross-portfolio leveraging, and low-cost country models, among others.
- Manage inventory position reports and recommend coverage adjustments based on market dynamics and the current supply and demand landscape and identify, vet, and execute opportunities for specification improvement and optimization.
- Lead contract negotiations as required and support team members in negotiations when necessary and establish and maintain relationships with vendors through participation in meetings, site visits, trade shows, etc.
- Provide support and identify opportunities for enhancing vendor performance and formulate standard operating procedures to ensure procurement activities align with best-in-class policies, including legal and regulatory compliance.
- Foster effective communication with colleagues, management, suppliers, and customers.
- Demonstrate the ability to build consensus, resolve conflicts, address challenging business issues, and aggressively pursue organizational goals and promote ethical procurement practices, ensuring compliance with corporate, departmental policies and procedures, and relevant federal, state, and legal regulations.
- Uphold integrity, respect, teamwork, and equity in all job aspects, dealing with suppliers, team members, customers, and others, adhere to safety practices to prevent injuries and accidents in all work activities, represent the company positively and responsibly, and undertake additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or a related field.
- A minimum of 5 years of pertinent experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and practical expertise.
- Proficient in food manufacturing procurement categories.
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience with Oracle or other ERP systems.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Background in a food manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated proficiency in end-to-end sourcing and supply chain networks.
- Proven success in vendor management, negotiation, and administration of high-value contracts.
- A disciplined negotiator in intricate sourcing environments, adept at balancing purchase price, freight spend, cash-flow, speed, quality, and service.
- Ability to operate strategically and tactically, comfortable in both high-level strategy and hands-on individual contribution.
- Strong skills in relationship-building, effective communication, and influence.
- Analytical and adept at problem-solving.
Additional Considerations:
- Travel: Required for various locations and job-related functions.
- Work Environment: Primarily office-based, with approximately 5% of time in an agricultural or manufacturing setting.
Job Summary:
The role of Senior Procurement Manager is responsible for:
- Managing all aspects of procurement for the assigned categories (Commodities/Ingredients) to ensure customer needs and company goals are met.
- To develop, execute and manage the sourcing strategy for assigned categories (Commodities/Ingredients).
- Will manage overall performance to achieve the highest level of performance in cost, quality, and service.
Essential Functions of the Job:
- Plan, implement, and manage sourcing strategy for assigned categories for the organization.
- Deliver value from strategic supplier relationships; in categories where strategic sourcing does not exist, develop and deliver appropriate sourcing roadmaps to drive value.
- Identify and proactively mitigate areas of risk in the supply base.
- Analyze costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditures.
- Build a comprehensive procurement too- box to include negotiation plans to support strategic sourcing, development of solid true-cost models, volume aggregation or bundling, competitive bidding, demand management, identification of new supply models, innovation, cross-portfolio leveraging, low-cost country models, etc.
- Manage inventory position reports and make recommendations of coverage based on market environment and current supply and demand landscape.
- Identify, vet and execute specification improvement and optimization opportunities.
- Negotiate contracts as needed and assist team members in negotiations where appropriate.
- Develop, build, and maintain relationships with vendors by participating in meetings, site visits, trade shows, etc.
- Provide support for and identify opportunities to improve vendor performance.
- Create procurement standard operating procedures to ensure procurement activities comply with best-in-class policies and procedures including legal and regulatory.
- Ensure effective communication with coworkers, management, suppliers, and customers.
- Have aptitude to encourage consensus, resolve conflict, solve tough business problems, and work to aggressively meet organizational goals and objectives.
- Promote ethical procurement practices including compliance with corporate and departmental policies and procedures and federal, state and legal regulations.
- Demonstrate integrity, respect, teamwork, and equity in all aspects of the job including dealing with suppliers, team members, customers, and others.
- Follow safe practices in all work activities to avoid injuries and accidents.
- Represent the Company in a positive and responsible manner.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities, as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- May have supervisory responsibility of support positions.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related field.
- Minimum of 5 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Strong working knowledge of food manufacturing procurement categories.
- Proficient with MS Office Suite, including Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience with Oracle or other ERP system.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Food manufacturing environment experience.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience of end-to-end sourcing and supply chain networks.
- Demonstrated success in managing vendors, negotiating and managing high-value contracts.
- Proven disciplined negotiator in complex sourcing environments with ability to balance purchase price, freight spend, cash-flow, speed, quality, and service.
- Ability to successfully function at a strategic level and a hands-on tactical individual contributor comfortable in the details.
- Strong ability to develop relationships, communicate effectively and influence others.
- Effective analytical and problem-solving skillset.
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
Additional Considerations:
- Travel: Travel is required to various locations and for meetings or other job-related functions.
- Work Environment: Approximately 95% of this role will be performed in an office environment; approximately 5% of work may be in an agricultural or manufacturing environment.
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