Senior Manager, Procurement

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.
• Bachelors 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 SOPs
• 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 SOPs

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

Required Experience:

Senior Manager