Buyer, Chemicals & Ingredients

Cargill • Shorewood, MN

1d • $70,000 - $85,000

About The Position

Cargill is committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. Sitting at the heart of the supply chain, we partner with farmers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. Our 155,000 team members innovate with purpose, providing customers with life’s essentials so businesses can grow, communities prosper, and consumers live well. With over 160 years of experience as a family company, we look ahead while remaining true to our values. We put people first. We reach higher. We do the right thing—today and for generations to come.

Job Purpose and Impact
The Buyer, Chemicals and Ingredients will support North America strategic sourcing activities that impact essential manufacturing processes. In this role, you will manage complex procurement tasks to provide inputs to the regional category team. You will vet new suppliers and identify new sources of chemicals that aid in the food and bio-industrial manufacturing process.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field OR equivalent experience
• Minimum of two years of related work experience

Nice To Haves

• Three or more years of related work experience
• Experience developing sourcing strategy and execution
• Demonstrated contract negotiation skills
• SAP Ariba experience
• Experience with Power BI or similar data analytics technology
• Experience with AI tools for sourcing enablement

Responsibilities

• Build Partnerships with cross-functional teams to support the needs of both the chemicals and ingredients categories. Foster relationships with stakeholder partners such as: Business Management, Supply chain, Manufacturing Technology, Environmental, Health, and Safety, Marketing, and Culinary teams.
• Provide influence and recommendation to partners through effective communications and presentations.
• Provide inputs and recommendations to support the Category strategy development and execute the implementation of regional sourcing decisions.
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of regional spend, stakeholder landscape, and the procurement landscape.
• Utilizing a continuous improvement mindset, identify opportunities to improve processes, identify opportunities to add value to support procurement teammates, stakeholders and supplier partners.
• Utilize data to make decisions, and be open to exploring new technologies, and processes.
• Drive or support supplier negotiations of contracts and pricing.
• Independently lead medium and highly complex sourcing events.
• Foster collaboration with regional suppliers and stakeholders.
• Follow established procedures to select suppliers for procurement of noncontracted materials, goods, services and supplies.
• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked
• Minnesota Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 48 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level