Sr Buyer – Indirects – Capex

Sr Buyer – Indirects – Capex

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, finance, business, or related field. Candidates with extensive relevant experience and certifications (e.g., CPM, CPIM, etc.) may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 3+ years of proven experience in Indirect Procurement or combination of design, construction, or food equipment industry experience.
• Strong written, verbal, and analytical skills, as well as interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Ability to understand, organize, and communicate complex information in an easily understandable format tailored to a variety of audiences.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, support requests from, and interact directly across all levels of the organization.
• Results-oriented, self-motivated, proactive, independent, and responsive.
• Strong analytical, planning, and execution skills, including exceptional attention to detail.
• Possess a strategic mindset; can effectively articulate various perspectives and impacts of issues and understand the future impact to the business.
• Experience in the sourcing life cycle process and have a strong grasp of the tools needed to complete the process.
• Able to effectively negotiate and influence business decisions and change.
• Able to multitask and juggle projects at varying levels of complexity.
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and have an understanding for source-to-pay tools (SAP, Ariba, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Engage and help manage mid to executive-level clients and supplier relationships on an ongoing basis to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Support Sourcing and Category Management for a wide portfolio of complex and/or critical categories to Kraft Heinz.
• Establish and deliver performance goals for a portfolio of categories representing significant spend.
• Lead various sourcing projects for supplier selection/optimization to implement Category Management vision and strategies.
• Manage Supplier Relationships and conducts Supplier Business Reviews – you will act as a high-level critical issue point for performance and risk Issues (experience with the largest food equipment manufacturers and industry leaders is a plus!).
• As part of Supplier Management, segments suppliers at category level.
• Research and support in the development of the supplier base for specific categories.
• Lead discussions with identified suppliers around long-term objectives and strategies, ongoing market trends, innovation and technology advances, and potential investment decisions.
• Support major supplier issues and work with major partners to identify and drive resolution.
• Identify business needs at the sourcing and category project level in the following areas: Assurance of Supply, Quality, Service, Cost, and Innovation (AQSCI).
• Support the development and growth of multi-year category vision and strategy based on data, insights, and business requirements.
• Build strong business relationships to increase influence over total category spend.
• Identify and support the evaluation of potential value generating projects based on complexity, resources, risk, time to implement, and estimated financial impact.
• Manage prioritized portfolio of projects for the category in the near and long term.
• Support and lead the supplier selection and RFx award process for assigned projects.
• Completes complex contracts in accordance with policies and processes; ability to apply competency across categories.
• Actively maintain strong understanding of category dynamics (current market, pricing, cost drivers, industry, and supplier variables) through trade groups, publications, etc. and communicates changes to business partners.
• Support Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) at the category level through collaboration with data analytics, accountable for measuring and reporting value delivery.
• Be an enabler for continuous process improvement and cost reduction.
• Ensure the strategic sourcing process is robustly applied to all sourcing projects.
• Collaborates with global procurement peers to ensure support of and alignment to the supported functions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with the largest food equipment manufacturers and industry leaders is a plus!