PROCUREMENT ANALYST I

Responsibilities

• Ensures delivery of requested materials from JBS Prepared Foods schedulers, planners, and requisitions
• Ensures prompt input of purchase orders and changes to purchase orders
• Confirms all purchase orders in SAP within 48 hours
• Ensures optimization of SAP to improve purchase process and accurate financial record documentation
• Works with facility managers and supervisors to ensure timely delivery of materials to facilities
• Works with suppliers to ensure timely, full delivery of orders
• Works with R&D to source new materials and ingredients
• Works with JBS Global Procurement team on projects and cost savings programs
• Affords assistance in any claims process
• Ensures timely resolution of plant-initiated claims with suppliers
• Identifies chronic quality issues and triggers problem-solving
• Works with the Finance team to resolve block invoice issues
• Recommends optimal supply chain for back-end of overall supply chain system including, but not limited to, optimal mix of suppliers for all packaging, ingredients, and supplies
• Works with the Plant Manager and the Finance team to reduce inventory levels to improve FCF while maintaining plant efficiency
• Helps process requisitions at the plant level
• Processes AP issues with SAP Workflow
• Works with plant management to improve overall purchasing processes for facilities
• Processes product claims with suppliers, brokers, and plants to an agreeable resolution and reimbursement for issues dealing with packaging and ingredients

Qualifications

• 3+ years of supply chain experience, or equivalent education, in purchasing, sales, planning, logistics, or manufacturing with financial responsibility
• Superior analytic capacity and problem-solving skills
• SAP or other ERP system in a manufacturing environment is a plus
• Experience in a manufacturing company with broad knowledge of operations, distribution, and sales
• Self-starter, driven individual focused on continuous improvement
• Skilled negotiator
• Excellent team-oriented approach is critical
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Superior project management skills
• Knowledge of purchasing, selling, scheduling, and production planning of perishable food products desired
• Demonstrated capacity to lead successful negotiations
• Demonstrated capacity to work with teams