Sr. Category Manager

Kerry Group • Michigan Center, MI

22h

About The Position

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.
About the role
The Sr. Category Procurement Manager will lead the Dairy Upstream Procurement Category, with responsibilities over procurement operational activities, procurement strategy management, supplier relationship management. This role will be key in ensuring effective stakeholder engagement is delivered to all dependant businesses for the dairy category.

Requirements

• BS Degree in Business or similar discipline
• 7+ years of experience in Procurement or Supply Chain in the Food and Beverage industry
• 5+ years of experience in the Dairy industry
• 2+ years of management experience.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for developing, implementing and managing the Downstream Dairy Category strategy which will align and support the North American Dairy Procurement strategy and initiavtives and effectively support the businesses that are supported by the Dairy Category.
• Develop and execute sourcing and tendering strategies for categories that have an extreme level of complexity taking into account the scale, strategic importance, level of risk, bespoke, commercial model structure, number of suppliers and pricing variables within the responsible categories
• Build deep raw material expertise and industry knowledge across the spend categories and be the procurement expert and trusted key advisor to stakeholders across the business
• Maintain strong cross-functional relationships between Procurement and other key functions, RD&A, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, etc.
• Lead development and implementation of the categories risk mitigation strategies for Market Volitility and Security of Supply.
• Ensure data validity and reporting within their categories is correct
• Manage all aspects of supplier risk (price, quality, supply, etc.) while securing Total Cost of Ownership (PIP) reductions by launching cross functional cost improvement initiatives
• Manage and build Supplier Relationships with Key supply base
• Be one of Kerry's Subject matter experts on Dairy Ingredients and Dairy Markets and pricing.
• Ensure supplier compliance for required standards of business (Supplier Quality, Insurance, SEDEX, etc)
• Ensure the Dairy Down stream team is utilizing the right and most effective tools carry procurement activities. These tools should be enhancing efficiency, accuracy and value delivered by the team.
• Supplier Benchmarking and workshops
• Ensure Dairy DS team is an active member of various Global and Regional initiatives, and works to share and utlize best practices across the procurement teams in NAM
• Ensure the Dairy DS team delivers value added services and results which promote DDS and NAM procurement brand within Kerry as value creator and strategic partner.

Benefits

• Kerry offers a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, Employee Share Plan, Life, disability, and accident insurance, and tuition reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

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