JOB TITLE: Senior Manager, Procurement
SUMMARY:. The Senior Manager-Procurement will (learn to) understand business processes and systems as they relate to the Purchasing supply chain and develop improvement initiatives to drive operational efficiencies.
The Company: Cuisine Solutions is looking for creative people who are passionate about food and excited to be working with a diverse team of talent. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, informality and bringing our whole self to work. Join us in a career of innovative solutions in the food business and creating products tailored to every customer with high regard for quality and reliability.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
- Ability to navigate through large complex data sets in PowerBI or other tools
- Proficient in use of Microsoft Office products, including Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Project, Planner, Visio, and data visualization tools such as PowerBI
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; excellent listener and interpersonal communicator
- Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment to meet aggressive goals and pre-defined metrics requirements; demonstrated success is a requirement
- Desire to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with competing priorities
- Strong aptitude for learning new technologies and utilizing project management applications. Formal training in project management practices preferred
- Strong propensity for spreadsheets, systems, and processes.
- Curious personality with a desire to understand "how things work" and "how things are related" with the goal of improving and streamlining current methods and processes
- Demonstrated analytical skills.
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, IT, Business, Finance, or related field
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Category Management:
- Lead the development and execution of category strategies for key raw materials, packaging, and indirect spend to support business growth and cost optimization.
- Conduct comprehensive category spend analysis, supplier segmentation, market assessments, and risk evaluations to identify opportunities for value creation.
- Partner with R&D, Quality, Operations, and Finance to align category strategies with product formulations, production requirements, food safety standards, and financial goals.
- Continuously monitor category performance, market trends, and commodity fluctuations to adjust strategies proactively.
Key Accounts Supplier Support
- Primary point of contact for key account suppliers
- Provide planning and organization related to new product launches projects
- Supplier and RM Setup
Systems
- NetSuite
- Implement Supplier Management system
- Implement new ticketing system to track Purchasing requests
- Microsoft 365
- Setup SharePoint file management
- Improve on existing communication structure
- Identify areas of departmental process digitization and partner with IT to implement
Analytics
- Power BI Reporting
- Diversity Supplier Reporting
- Supplier Performance
- Tracking of dry goods
- Identify areas of departmental analytics to improve upon and partner with IT to implement
Business Administration
- Coaching/Mentoring/Team Building/Training team members on new systems, reporting and SOP's
- Identify departmental organizational improvements
- Identify staffing and structure needs to support current and future growth
- Work with Vincent to hire and train new team members as needed
- Document departmental SOP's
Project/Program Management
- Manage Projects and programs related operation and systems improvements
- Manage cross-functional IT projects related to supply chain operations and process improvement
- Present to, Negotiate, and Influence all levels of the organization from IC to Senior Leadership, across all Organizational Business Units, Functional Teams, and all Stakeholders as needed
- Responsible for all Program/Project Management activities to drive, deliver, and sustain all programs/projects that support supply chain operational efficiencies, Purchasing IT Transformation initiatives, and Business Process improvements through Re-Architecture, Re-Engineering, Re-Design, Productivity Improvements, Simplification, and Automation
Continuous Operational Improvement
- Identify problems, issues, shortfalls and look to fix them to improve department operational efficiencies
- Reduce dry goods footprint and aging
- Develop an understanding of purchasing systems and processes to effectively drive improvement programs
- Interface with Planning, Logistics, Production, R&D, QA to identify gaps in systems, processes, and communication and work with the various teams to plan and implement operational improvements