Senior Buyer - Direct Materials

Ardent Mills•Plymouth, MN

About The Position

Sr. Buyer – Direct Materials Your role: As Sr. Buyer Direct Materials, you will be directly responsible for ordering retail bags within our pack centers and continue to take on more responsibilities of ordering larger format bags (currently 12 locations in total). This senior role will also have responsibility for managing the enrichments and ingredients across Canada and supporting the category managers with RFPs and/or quotes for packaging and ingredients as they arise to help the overall direct materials group within Ardent Mills. This roll will continue to be responsible for all graphics and the system that supports these efforts, Jaggaer contracts and pricing, and drive a continuous improvement mindset across these categories and within our procurement space. To succeed, you must be able to: Deliver results in first-time situations and earning other people’s trust every day. Serve others with understanding, respect, and care Operate with simplicity, clarity and transparency Organize, prioritize and own multiple tasks while meeting or exceeding deadlines Learn and apply new technology and share your knowledge with others. Above all you will be expected to carry out all your activities with reliability, integrity, compliance and in a safe, environmentally responsible, and efficient manner.

Requirements

5-8 years of sourcing and/or supply chain / operations experience
Packaging / Food Manufacturing Experience
Successful collaboration across functions; understanding strategies/requirements and prioritize
Experience in contracting, buying and vendor managed inventory where it exists and / or needed
Ensure sense of urgency when serving our customers or internal team members

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent level of experience
ISM – CPM or CPSM accreditation preferred or equivalent
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Proficient in ERP, MS Office, Power BI, Power Apps
Self-lead and able to drive execution to desired results

Responsibilities

Own the entire graphics process and set up for all new graphics across the packaging space for internal and external (customers)
Creating and distributing empty bag ordering tool weekly to support bag ordering across our network.
Placing PO’s for retail bags and supporting large pack mill as they relinquish control of large bag ordering for their respective mills
Ingredient and Enrichment – management within Canada – (own this piece) - `117 suppliers - $8MM in spend
Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned. (Examples: leading sourcing events, negotiations, cross-functional business projects and/or developing / implementing business solutions)