Buyer, Chemicals & Ingredients

Cargill • Wayzata, MN

7d

About The Position

The Buyer, Chemicals and Ingredients supports North America strategic sourcing activities that affect essential manufacturing processes. The role manages complex procurement tasks, provides input to the regional category team, vets new suppliers, and identifies sources of chemicals used in food and bio-industrial manufacturing. The Buyer partners with cross-functional teams and regional suppliers, contributes to category strategy and regional sourcing decisions, and uses data and continuous improvement to improve procurement processes and add value for stakeholders and suppliers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• At least two years of related work experience.

Nice To Haves

• Three or more years of related work experience.
• Experience developing and executing sourcing strategy.
• 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 chemicals and ingredients categories.
• Foster relationships with partners in Business Management, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Technology, Environmental, Health, and Safety, Marketing, and Culinary.
• Influence and make recommendations to partners through effective communications and presentations.
• Provide input and recommendations for category strategy development and implement regional sourcing decisions.
• Develop an understanding of regional spend, stakeholder needs, and the procurement landscape.
• Identify process improvements and opportunities to add value for procurement teammates, stakeholders, and suppliers.
• Use data to make decisions and explore new technologies and processes.
• Drive or support supplier negotiations for 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.
• Resolve moderately complex issues independently and escalate more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits program, including medical and/or other benefits depending on the position and hours worked.
• Discretionary incentive award dependent on company and individual performance.
• Minnesota Sick and Safe Leave accrual of one hour for every 30 hours 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