Jobs · Purchasing · Nebraska

Procurement Specialist

Conagra Brands · Omaha, NE · 2 wk ago
HybridPurchasing$64k–$95k/yrFull-time

About the role

This role is part of our evergreen pipeline, meaning there may not be an immediate opening. If your background aligns with future needs, a recruiter will reach out when an opportunity becomes available.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the purchasing of assigned commodities, ingredients, or packaging in alignment with business objectives.
  • Develop and apply an understanding of market dynamics, cost drivers, and logistics.
  • Develop and apply an understanding of company facilities, requirements, capabilities, processes, and constraints.
  • Build strong relationships with suppliers and multiple cross-functional teams.
  • Release requests for proposal, negotiate contracts, and execute agreements aligned to category strategies.
  • Provide research and analytical support for procurement initiatives and ad hoc projects.
  • Support business process improvements and documentation efforts.
  • Manage procurement master data and transactional processes within enterprise systems.
  • Develop an understanding of material requirements planning processes and supporting data.
  • Drive digital adoption by learning, applying, and continuously improving procurement tools and analytics to increase efficiency and decision quality.
  • Collaborate with other business functions to identify and implement process improvement opportunities.
  • Develop and maintain reports to support procurement performance and decision making.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree.
  • Two or more years of experience in purchasing, supply chain, commodity trade, or finance roles.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills for audiences at all levels of the organization.
  • Strategic thinking and critical problem-solving skills.
  • Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills.
  • Experience with enterprise resource planning systems preferred.
  • Experience with data visualization and analytics tools preferred.

Qualifications

  • None specified.

Skills

  • None specified.

Benefits

  • Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement.
  • Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan.
  • Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement.
  • Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities.

Pay

$64,000 - $95,000 annually.

Schedule

Number of Days in Office: 3

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