SOURCING MANAGER AND SOURCING SPECIALIST POSITIONS OPEN IN MO AND AL
Specific experience within some type of Food & Beverage environment or being able to relate to the industry
Bachelor’s degree
Five to seven years experience in an ingredient sourcing or procurement management role with direct responsibility for supplier management and pricing/costs decisions required.
Experience and strong ability to function in a matrix environment
Working knowledge and experience with strategic sourcing processes
Demonstrated leadership and project management skills
Up to 30% travel
Develop and maintain ongoing market insight on all changes associated with the selected commodities, vendors, market conditions and pricing domestically and internationally.
Effectively lead strategic sourcing efforts for the Corporate Purchasing Network on business unit specific and corporate wide common materials.
Support the Divisional Procurement in their management of the daily, weekly and ongoing specific commodity needs require meeting product production demands.
Actively engaged with Research, Quality and Marketing disciplines in finished product improvements and new product development
Support Sales efforts in communicating commodity markets and outlook
Responsible to maintain contract files, contract calendars, supplier performance scorecards and purchase price variance analysis.
Develop and manage annual budgets and assure cost performance goals are met.
Assure ingredient supply needs are met so as to meet all production and customer requirements.
Develop strategies and build necessary relationships with Divisions and suppliers to implement lower cost alternatives as well as meet all commodity quality requirements.
Work with division, corporate and plant personnel to mitigate risk associated with the cost and supply of selected commodities.
Support cross functional efforts with Operations, Quality Assurance, R&D and Sales. Included but not limited too new product development, reformulations, process in changes,
Cost/Pricing management
Supplier management
Internal interaction with Operations and Quality performance
New product development and Sales and Marketing interaction
Network Procurement Team involvement