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Sr. Buyer – Repack
| Company | Kraft Heinz |
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| Location | Chicago, IL, USA |
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| Salary | $88000 – $110000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Minimum of 2 – 3 years’ experience in Procurement (e.g., External Manufacturing, Indirect, CAPEX, Ingredients, or Packaging)
- Excellent analytical skills for financial assessments and issue identification, along with flexible thinking to adapt to changing environments.
- Strong situational and diagnostic thinker with a mindset of continuous improvement.
- Effective negotiator and ability to influence without authority.
- Strong Planning and Execution skills.
- Experience working in diverse teams and matrix organizations
- Ability to navigate across multiple stakeholders to effect change and drive improvement
- Effective at establishing trust and building effective business relationships and getting things done through others.
- Organizational Agility – knows how to get things done both through formal and informal channels.
- Priority Setting – Spends his/ her time and the time of others on what’s most important. Eliminates roadblocks and creates focus.
- Expert in Excel and PowerPoint
Responsibilities
- Responsible for ~$100 MM USD of spend for Kraft Heinz within the North American Zone
- Utilize strategic sourcing process including market and industry analysis, supplier research and review, category and supplier segmentation, sourcing events, analysis, negotiations, contracting and implementation
- Create and foster effective supplier relationships & performance accountability including conducting business reviews and ensuring that monthly service targets are achieved.
- Negotiate contracts with suppliers ensuring the most optimal terms and conditions while never compromising service or quality
- Actively monitor and manage spend area P&L including creating the annual operating plan & submitting periodic forecast updates.
- Champion the total cost of assigned category by identifying and implementing novel and creative means for reducing costs, improving quality, or otherwise improving total value for money.
- Ensure the demand of required volumes for all EM sites are secured and accounted for, including future growth considerations
- Ensure supply of materials and contingency plans to meet business needs by identifying potential areas of risk, recommending proposed solutions, and executing once aligned with necessary stakeholders.
- Enable effective Supplier Performance Management through operational and business reviews.
- Identify and source External Manufactures to help grow external portfolio and drive all Procurement activity from initial scoping though launch.
- Collaborate with cross-functionals to establish optimal processes for repack business development and commercialization across Kraft Heinz business units and portfolios
- Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities across the repack portfolio to optimize network costs.
- Collaborate, develop and implement an end-to-end category strategy focusing on optimizing quality, cost, service within the network to enable innovation and sales.
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
