Procurement Specialist
About The Position
The Procurement Specialist collaborates with global and regional category teams to support the development and execution of sourcing strategies. The role partners with cross-functional stakeholders to manage spend and analyze market trends, generates insights from sourcing and bidding activities, prepares materials for supplier negotiations, and supports end-to-end project execution. The position also contributes to supplier relationship management and ensures adherence to procurement policies, controls, and compliance standards, including defining, executing, and monitoring appropriate purchasing channels. It serves as a key point of contact between internal stakeholders, including operations, manufacturing, and facilities, and external suppliers to support efficient procurement processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
- At least 3 years of experience in purchasing, supply chain, or data analytics.
- Experience with contracting and sourcing categories.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to prioritize work across multiple timelines and stakeholders and manage multiple priorities or projects.
- Excellent problem-solving, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to lead and demonstrate cross-functional team management.
- Valid driver’s license and driving record that meets Lamb Weston Driving Standards.
- Ability to perform quarterly regional travel.
Nice To Haves
- Background in plant operations.
- SAP experience.
- Ariba experience.
Responsibilities
- Define requirements and templates for analytics and market intelligence.
- Support continuous improvement and standardization of strategic sourcing processes.
- Analyze spend baselines, category-area profiles, and market insights to support category and supplier strategy development.
- Support development and documentation of go-to-market and negotiation strategies in alignment with the Category Manager.
- Perform supplier screening, financial, and capability analyses to support supplier selection.
- Execute end-to-end sourcing projects for less complex assignments.
- Conduct supplier selection and fact-based negotiations.
- Provide regional and country support to address local or global skills gaps, bringing category or technical knowledge to stakeholder meetings and negotiations.
- Build and maintain a knowledge repository, encouraging global areas to enhance it with local experience.
- Assist with and drive stakeholder alignment throughout strategy development and sourcing execution.
- Coordinate operational interfaces and interactions.
- Escalate issues to the appropriate organizational level.
- Assist with and actively support supplier relationships.
- Improve supplier performance by sharing best practices across regions.
- Monitor, control, and report KPIs for the assigned category.
- Record and track productivity and payment terms.
- Participate in strategic planning and the execution of sourcing practices.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Flexible Spending Accounts for health and dependent care, Health Reimbursement Accounts, and Health Savings Accounts.
- Well-being programs, including companywide events and a wellness incentive program.
- Paid time off.
- 401(k) plan with company contributions.
- Financial planning services.
- Employee stock purchase program.
- Life and accident insurance.
- Family-friendly employee events.
- Employee Assistance Program services, including mental health and concierge-type services.
- Compensation and bonus incentive programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
