What are the responsibilities and job description for the Procurement Category Lead position at AB Mauri North America?
Description
Position Objective:
Performance Standards
Core Values
Continuously exhibit and set the example for others in display of Company values: Customer Centric, Ambitious, Proactive, Innovative, Collaborative and Accountable.
Procurement
A COMBINATION OF the listed skills and knowledge is preferred
Position Objective:
Performance Standards
Core Values
Continuously exhibit and set the example for others in display of Company values: Customer Centric, Ambitious, Proactive, Innovative, Collaborative and Accountable.
Procurement
A COMBINATION OF the listed skills and knowledge is preferred
Position Objective:
- Lead and/or support local, regional, and global procurement activities including but not limited to formal category management (sourcing & supplier management), savings and risk management initiatives, NPD and ESG (Environment-Social-Governance) initiatives.
- Complete and accurately maintain procurement reports and documents.
Performance Standards
Core Values
Continuously exhibit and set the example for others in display of Company values: Customer Centric, Ambitious, Proactive, Innovative, Collaborative and Accountable.
Procurement
- Work with Procurement team to achieve annual cost savings targets.
- Manage all aspects of sourcing for assigned categories, including:
- Lead and facilitate sourcing initiatives.
- Lead strategic commercial negotiations utilizing product appropriate bid technology (e.g. e-RFX, e-auctions)
- Manage entire post-bid process, ensuring all agreements adhere to all internal ABM and ABF approval and legal requirements.
- Lead and/or support risk management initiatives through identification and approval of alternate suppliers.
- Where necessary, assist plant buyers with expedition of supplier purchase orders.
- Gather, maintain and provide regular market analysis, benchmark data and supplier evaluation of assigned categories in support of sales initiatives.
- In coordination with the logistics team, analyze current inbound freight spend and identify and implement any savings opportunities.
- Provide support for regional and global ABF and AB Mauri procurement initiatives.
- Actively seek to minimize working capital through extended payment terms, supplier inventory programs and analysis of economic order quantities.
- Coordinate communication and implementation of Marketing-initiated artwork changes with supplier base.
- Analyze and evaluate potential supplier ESG risk for assigned categories. Implement supplier corrective actions, as deemed necessary.
- Approve invoices, investigate and resolve price discrepancies.
- Assist in preparation of annual budgets and monthly reforecasts.
- Coordinate creation and accurate maintenance of vendor price records and contracts within ERP.
- In cooperation with Quality Assurance, provide escalation of supplier responses to customer complaints and supplier nonconformance issues.
- In cooperation with Quality assurance, support initial supplier approval process and assist in reapproval process.
- Ensure procurement documents in document library are properly maintained and current.
- In cooperation with plants and/or Technical department, coordinate plant trials. Ensure trials are documented properly in the trial database.
- Provide support and input necessary for completion of annual supplier assessments.
- Provide internal customers and external suppliers with requested data in a timely manner.
- Create, accurately maintain, or provide timely inputs to periodic procurement reporting mechanisms and monthly KPI tracking.
- Comply with HR policies and procedures.
- Comply with relevant employment laws.
- Other duties as assigned.
A COMBINATION OF the listed skills and knowledge is preferred
- Strong PC skills (particularly Outlook, Excel, Word, Powerpoint and Edge, Teams)
- Proficiency in E-procurement system, preferably Scanmarket, preferred.
- Experience with formal Category Management a plus
- Experience with Infor/LX a plus
- Minimum 5 years procurement experience in food industry.
- Bachelor’s degree, or relevant procurement work experience.
- High degree of personal integrity and ethics.
- Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail. Ability to think outside of the box and demonstrate creativity.
- Independent, self-motivated and team oriented.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills with a solutions-oriented approach.
- Highly adaptive with ability to prioritize multiple projects.
- Strong organizational skills required.
- Proactive, customer-centric attitude required.
Position Objective:
- Lead and/or support local, regional, and global procurement activities including but not limited to formal category management (sourcing & supplier management), savings and risk management initiatives, NPD and ESG (Environment-Social-Governance) initiatives.
- Complete and accurately maintain procurement reports and documents.
Performance Standards
Core Values
Continuously exhibit and set the example for others in display of Company values: Customer Centric, Ambitious, Proactive, Innovative, Collaborative and Accountable.
Procurement
- Work with Procurement team to achieve annual cost savings targets.
- Manage all aspects of sourcing for assigned categories, including:
- Lead and facilitate sourcing initiatives.
- Lead strategic commercial negotiations utilizing product appropriate bid technology (e.g. e-RFX, e-auctions)
- Manage entire post-bid process, ensuring all agreements adhere to all internal ABM and ABF approval and legal requirements.
- Lead and/or support risk management initiatives through identification and approval of alternate suppliers.
- Where necessary, assist plant buyers with expedition of supplier purchase orders.
- Gather, maintain and provide regular market analysis, benchmark data and supplier evaluation of assigned categories in support of sales initiatives.
- In coordination with the logistics team, analyze current inbound freight spend and identify and implement any savings opportunities.
- Provide support for regional and global ABF and AB Mauri procurement initiatives.
- Actively seek to minimize working capital through extended payment terms, supplier inventory programs and analysis of economic order quantities.
- Coordinate communication and implementation of Marketing-initiated artwork changes with supplier base.
- Analyze and evaluate potential supplier ESG risk for assigned categories. Implement supplier corrective actions, as deemed necessary.
- Approve invoices, investigate and resolve price discrepancies.
- Assist in preparation of annual budgets and monthly reforecasts.
- Coordinate creation and accurate maintenance of vendor price records and contracts within ERP.
- In cooperation with Quality Assurance, provide escalation of supplier responses to customer complaints and supplier nonconformance issues.
- In cooperation with Quality assurance, support initial supplier approval process and assist in reapproval process.
- Ensure procurement documents in document library are properly maintained and current.
- In cooperation with plants and/or Technical department, coordinate plant trials. Ensure trials are documented properly in the trial database.
- Provide support and input necessary for completion of annual supplier assessments.
- Provide internal customers and external suppliers with requested data in a timely manner.
- Create, accurately maintain, or provide timely inputs to periodic procurement reporting mechanisms and monthly KPI tracking.
- Comply with HR policies and procedures.
- Comply with relevant employment laws.
- Other duties as assigned.
A COMBINATION OF the listed skills and knowledge is preferred
- Strong PC skills (particularly Outlook, Excel, Word, Powerpoint and Edge, Teams)
- Proficiency in E-procurement system, preferably Scanmarket, preferred.
- Experience with formal Category Management a plus
- Experience with Infor/LX a plus
- Minimum 5 years procurement experience in food industry.
- Bachelor’s degree, or relevant procurement work experience.
- High degree of personal integrity and ethics.
- Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail. Ability to think outside of the box and demonstrate creativity.
- Independent, self-motivated and team oriented.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills with a solutions-oriented approach.
- Highly adaptive with ability to prioritize multiple projects.
- Strong organizational skills required.
- Proactive, customer-centric attitude required.
