Indirect Procurement Manager-Industrial Goods and Services

Agropur • Eden Prairie, MN

7d • $107,800 - $134,800

About The Position

The Manager, Indirect Procurement – Industrial Goods & Services (IGS) develops and executes category strategies across Industrial Goods & Services to support Agropur’s North American manufacturing network. The role leads strategic sourcing, supplier management, contract governance, and value-creation initiatives across Manufacturing Operations. Working with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, EHS, Quality, Finance, and Procurement, the manager drives cost reduction, supplier consolidation, risk mitigation, growth in spend under management, and operational reliability. The role serves as a strategic business partner to plant leadership and supports operational excellence, digital transformation, and Smart Factory initiatives.

The position is based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and follows a Monday–Friday work schedule. The salary range is $107,800–$134,800, determined by relevant skills, education, training, and experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• At least 6 years of experience in strategic sourcing or procurement.
• Demonstrated success managing complex sourcing projects and supplier negotiations.
• Experience developing category strategies and delivering measurable value creation.
• Strong financial, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Proven experience managing complex, cross-functional sourcing initiatives.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, including the ability to partner with Engineering and Operations teams.
• Strong project-management skills and ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or equivalent.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, industrial operations, engineering, maintenance, or industrial-services categories.
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute multi-year category strategies across Industrial Goods & Services categories.
• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives, competitive bidding events, contract negotiations, and supplier selection.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate suppliers, standardize specifications, and leverage enterprise purchasing power across manufacturing sites.
• Establish category roadmaps aligned with operational priorities, risk mitigation, and value-creation targets; monitor market conditions, commodity trends, and supplier developments.
• Support preferred supplier programs and increase spend under management across assigned categories.
• Own category performance and serve as the point of accountability for category strategy, supplier governance, and value delivery across North America.
• Set annual savings, cost-avoidance, and value-creation targets for assigned categories.
• Develop strategic supplier partnerships and lead supplier business reviews and performance management.
• Establish supplier scorecards and key performance indicators, and support supplier development to improve reliability, service, and operational outcomes.
• Drive supplier accountability through contract management, service-level agreements, and corrective-action processes.
• Own supplier segmentation and determine strategic supplier status across assigned categories.
• Lead executive-level supplier escalations involving operational, quality, financial, or supply-continuity risks, and build executive relationships with key suppliers.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, EHS, Quality, and Manufacturing leadership to understand requirements and develop sourcing strategies.
• Support plant reliability through strategic management of MRO, spare parts, maintenance services, and technical suppliers.
• Ensure procurement policies, sourcing processes, and governance requirements are consistently applied.
• Maintain commercial agreements and lead negotiations to mitigate business risk.
• Develop contingency plans for critical categories and strategic suppliers; own category risk-management strategies and supplier business-continuity plans for critical spend categories.
• Support regulatory, food safety, quality, environmental, and workplace safety requirements within assigned categories.
• Approve exceptions to sourcing strategies, procurement standards, and supplier governance requirements where appropriate.
• Deliver annual cost-reduction, value-creation, and cost-avoidance targets, and increase spend under management and contract compliance.
• Develop and monitor category KPIs, including cost savings, cost avoidance, spend under management, contract compliance, supplier performance, supplier rationalization, and risk reduction.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
• 401(k) with 7% company contributions.
• Three weeks of paid time off.
• Paid holidays and two floating holidays.
• Paid parental leave.
• Advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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