Procurement Manager (Raw Protein)

Roles & Responsibilities

• Create and implement commodity strategies that engage the right suppliers
• Provide and negotiate with all the information necessary to planners to execute the ordering process: suppliers approved list, SLA (lead times, MOQ etc.), price list/formula price, payment terms etc.
• Manage OTIF KPI, addressing major deviation with suppliers.
• Manage inventory $ value, working with planning and suppliers to achieve the target monthly levels.
• Total Cost Ownership management: identity cost savings/process opportunities thru RFPs, projects, spec changes, yields, SL and lead all these projects internally.
• Support customers requirements as new developments, product changes, tests and or process optimization.
• Negotiate with external warehouses contracts, SLA and claims.
• Maintain Syspro supplier’s information as price list, payment terms and setting up new suppliers.
• Maintain Supplier QA documents process, including but not limited to specs, SL information etc.
• Approve and solve issues with suppliers related to price discrepancies, making sure that our suppliers are paid on time.
• Support internal warehouse targets (space utilization) identifying opportunities of transferring extra/obsolete materials to external warehouses.
• Reduce/eliminate spot/urgent buys, negotiating price list and contracts for all our materials.
• Negotiate claims with suppliers based on the information collect by our Material Planners.
• Supplier Relationship Management: proactively building collaborative, mutually beneficial partnerships with suppliers, managing rebates, service levels and business reports.
• Lead cost savings projects.

Preferred Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices and HACCP standards.
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Work experience: 5+ years of procurement experience in competitive procurement organization. Ideally including experience with Direct procurement.
• Experience working in a food processing environment, including extensive experience with raw meat and seafood.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. Able to communicate firmly and precisely but with diplomacy. Conversational Spanish is a plus.

Core Competencies, Knowledge, and Skill Requirements

• Candidates must be self-directed with a strong work ethic and the ability to prioritize their workload to ensure timely issue resolution.
• Communications: Exhibit honest and clear communication, both orally and written, for effective teamwork. Treat everyone equally with respect- listen to others and make them feel valued. Where customer decisions or food safety is a concern, communicate on a higher level.
• Leadership: You may be required to take control of a team, work closely with another department or brief other members of the organization, including board members and HR staff, on a variety of payroll matters. An ability to coordinate colleagues, clients and different departments is a vital part of a payroll administrator’s role.
• Time Management & Organization: Organize and prioritize your own actions efficiently and manage a variety of tasks simultaneously. Be flexible and react favorably to multiple priorities, changing schedules and daily assignments while paying attention to detail. Demonstrate a sense of urgency and focus on actions, while multi-tasking.
• Team Commitment: Handle conflict in a mature manner to establish trust with coworkers and encourage team collaboration. Understand the people and departments and support team decisions.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

• The work environment is a general office setting and a cold production setting with concrete floors.
• This position requires the team member to:
• Sit for an extended period of time.
• Stand and walk in cold temperatures (38 degrees) for several hours, when needed.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $110,000 – $140,000 annually. This range reflects our good faith estimate at the time of posting. Depending on experience and qualifications, we may offer compensation above this range.