Manager, Procurement Commodities and Ingredients
About The Position
This role is responsible for sourcing and procuring ingredients as part of McCain’s North American direct ingredient and packaging team. Responsibilities include analyzing market and industry trends, conducting supplier research and evaluations, assessing supply chain risks, managing ingredient spend and price variances and collaborating with the data master leader to ensure accurate ingredient setup and maintenance in system. Additionally, this role will the strategic sourcing of over $500 million in NA ingredient spend. The scope of this position incudes category strategy development, ongoing category management, contract negotiations and building and maintaining supplier relationships. The position requires leadership on North American ingredient categories and market knowledge, influencing regional business needs and delivering commercial results. The role will develop an in-depth knowledge of: Batters and Coatings Oils Cheese Processing Aids Meat Proteins Beer Flavors Seasonings Sundries Communications and Interactions – This role will manage relationships within North America across internal teams and regional suppliers. The individual will drive the supplier relationship strategy for spend area, ensuring suppliers are treated in line with company policy, ethics, and strategic objectives. The role will also engage and collaborate with cross-functional teams and other stakeholders to implement best practices and deliver accelerated results.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree preferably in Business or Finance
- Experience in SAP, Coupa, ARIBA
- 3-5 years of food industry procurement experience.
- Core Procurement Experience & Skills Linking business needs to leverage scale
- Sourcing strategy development
- Strong supplier management skills
- Negotiating / Influencing skills
- Client relationship management
- Financial analysis skills
- Industry analysis skills
- Commodity sourcing and risk management skills
- Capacity: Proven ability to plan, organize and manage multiple priorities
- Business thinking: Able to connect business needs with external capabilities
- Organizational Leadership: Able to lead the organization and supply base to maximize results
- Collaboration: Regarded as a constructive team player and have a strong sense of partnership behavior
- Analytical thinking: Disciplined and data oriented to gain competitive advantage
- Strategic thinking: Able to think strategically and plan for the long term
- Communication: Ability to communicate objectives clearly both in writing and orally
- Creative & Flexible: Able to evaluate opportunities and respond to changing requirements
- Ability to work independently when needed, to make sound business decisions, and can accurately balance risks with business needs
- Diversity mindset: Ability to manage in a matrix organization and across regions and cultures
Nice To Haves
- MBA a plus
Responsibilities
- Drive cost-focused strategy for North American ingredients spend
- Monitor supplier KPI ensuring seamless delivery of supply
- Delivery of Sustainable Cost Advantage Program
- Build supplier relationship for the relative markets to deliver value to company
- Ensure company purchases in the spend pool comply with company internal controls requirements
- Responsible for category financial planning, budget and PPV management
- Build up strong and effective relationship with McCain cross function team to deliver initiatives and savings
- Support global procurement strategy development and execution by providing North American market insights, aligning regional actions with global objectives, and implementing global standards where applicable
Benefits
- health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug)
- retirement savings benefits
- leave support including medical, family and bereavement
- Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
