What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager Procurement - Commodities and Risk Management position at Lamb Weston?
Job Description
- Manage strategy development, deployment, and strategic planning for Agricultural Commodity ingredients and inputs.
- Lead the development of long-term strategies (including physical commodity sourcing and financial risk strategies, supplier management strategy, and S2P strategy) to meet regional and global business expectations.
- Manage alignment and deployment of global strategies and financial plans.
- Identify and manage connectivity of the Spend Tower with functional stakeholders, suppliers, and internal procurement teams.
- Manage stakeholder engagement and alignment throughout the end-to-end sourcing process.
- Develop risk mitigation and margin enhancement strategies and recommendations for purchased commodities.
- Calculate commodity exposure using cost models and stress tests for forecasted raw material purchases, oversee underlying risk exposure and monitoring process through various reconciliations.
- Create and maintain reports for category and market risk, trade activities, compliance documentation, and develop sensitivity dashboards including open volume impact on cost of goods sold.
- Ensure standardization of processes and tools in coordination with other Spend Towers.
- Coordinate delivery of assigned regional and global KPI’s.
- Be a point person responsible and accountable for delivery of goals for commodity procurement.
- Collect, manage, and report external market intelligence. Provide insights and report on commodity performance, trends, and forecasts.
- Monitor market dynamics and make coverage recommendations to optimize value in commodity markets. Analyze trends in commodity markets.
- Maintain physical and financial commodities positions in compliance with Commodity Risk Policy
- Other duties and responsibilities may be required and / or assigned as necessary.
Basic & Preferred Qualifications
Leadership Competencies :
Functional Competencies :
Industry-Competitive Benefits
Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include :
Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
Paid Time Off
Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
Family-Friendly Employee events
Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services
Benefits may vary based on location, job role / level, job status, and / or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Job Requisition ID : Req-256772
Time Type : Full time
Anticipated Close Date : 03 / 28 / 2025