Procurement Manager
About The Position
The Procurement Manager is responsible for sourcing, purchasing, contracting, and managing the supply of edible ingredients and commodity-based raw materials used throughout the organization, including cocoa products, sugar, edible oils, dairy ingredients, nuts, flavors, colors, and inclusions. This hands-on role owns ingredient procurement, balancing day-to-day purchasing execution with strategic category management. The successful candidate develops supplier relationships, manages commodity exposure, negotiates supply agreements, monitors market trends, ensures material availability, manages ingredient and commodity purchases, and drives continuous improvement in cost, service, and supply reliability. The role works in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment and partners across Planning, Operations, R&D, Commercialization, Manufacturing, Quality, Food Safety, Finance, and Commercial teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Food Science, Agricultural Economics, or a related field.
- 5–8+ years of progressive procurement experience in food manufacturing, confectionery, ingredients, agricultural commodities, or CPG.
- Strong understanding of production planning and material requirements planning (MRP).
- Experience purchasing major food commodities such as cocoa, sugar, oils, dairy, or similar ingredients.
- Strong negotiation, supplier management, and contract administration skills.
- Experience with inventory planning and material replenishment processes.
- Advanced Excel and ERP skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365.
Responsibilities
- Manage sourcing and purchasing of ingredients and edible commodities, including cocoa products, sugar, oils, dairy, nuts, flavors, colors, and inclusions.
- Manage purchase orders, inventory coverage, material requirements, and supplier deliveries to ensure continuity of supply.
- Proactively identify and resolve shortages, delivery issues, and other supply risks.
- Monitor commodity markets, pricing trends, crop conditions, and supply-demand dynamics to identify risks and opportunities.
- Provide market intelligence and cost forecasts to support budgeting, forecasting, and purchasing decisions.
- Develop sourcing and contracting strategies that balance cost, quality, service, availability, and risk.
- Lead supplier negotiations, RFQs, sourcing events, and ingredient supply agreements.
- Identify and execute cost savings, productivity, and value improvement opportunities.
- Develop and maintain relationships with ingredient and commodity suppliers.
- Evaluate supplier performance across quality, delivery, service, and cost, and work with suppliers to resolve performance issues and drive continuous improvement.
- Partner with Planning and Operations to ensure material readiness and optimize inventory levels.
- Support R&D and Commercialization with ingredient sourcing for new products, reformulations, and product initiatives.
- Collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Food Safety, Finance, and Commercial teams on sourcing and supply priorities.
- Participate in S&OP and material planning processes.
- Maintain spend analysis, supplier performance metrics, and procurement KPIs.
- Support annual cost reduction and productivity objectives.
- Identify opportunities to improve procurement processes, supply reliability, and working capital.
- Maintain accurate procurement and supplier data within ERP systems.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
