Senior Feed Ingredient Specialist

Pilgrim's • Greeley, CO

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Pilgrim’s is looking for a Senior Feed Ingredient Specialist responsible for timely and accurate execution of micro-ingredient purchase orders, including needed coordination with merchandisers, feed mill clerks, vendor management and accounts payable personnel. Other responsibilities include implementing SAP changes associated with feed additives and animal health products, integrating new internal grain/oilseeds/feed additives customers, and participation in projects and process improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Business or related area strongly preferred
• 2-3 years of Trade or Risk experience is strongly preferred
• Ability to work well within Trade team and collaborate with key stakeholders
• Strong negotiation and conflict management skills to handle pushback
• SAP experience strongly preferred
• General knowledge of accounting process and ability to reconcile information strongly preferred
• Must maintain a high level of accuracy at attention to detail
• Strong work ethic – self-motivated and driven
• Ability to map and communicate multi-step processes to end users and customers
• Can perform the functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation

Responsibilities

• Create and manage purchase orders in SAP
• Support 25 Feed Mills across the country
• Reconciliation and invoicing oversight
• Facilitate documentation and communication between new vendors and Vendor Management team
• Spearhead relationships and build rapport with vendors, feed mills and customers across the country
• Administer and manage rebate programs for micro-ingredients across multiple feed mills, ensuring accurate tracking and compliance.
• Support merchandisers with reports of open contract balances, distribution and collection of contract confirmations and other documentation, assistance in correction of payment discrepancies
• Assist in logistics and execution of purchase orders to feed mills
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Vision coverage begin after 60 days of employment
• Medical coverage begin after 60 days of employment
• Dental coverage begin after 60 days of employment
• Paid Time Off: sick leave, vacation, and 6 company observed holidays
• 401(k): company match begins after the first year of service and follows the company vesting schedule
• Base salary range of $70,000-$90,000
• Incentive Pay: This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s annual bonus plan, the amount of bonus varies and is subject to the standard terms and conditions of the incentive program
• Career Development: Our company is dedicated to supporting professional growth by offering continuous learning opportunities and a focus on career growth through various learning and development programs.

What This Job Offers

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