Job title: Director of Purchasing
Company: Provision People
Job description: Summary:
Our award-winning client in the CPG industry is looking to add a Director of Purchasing to their team. This person will be responsible for purchasing linking inventory, operational efficiency, and raw material spend management with high-level corporate strategies and cross-functional business units. Manage vendor relationships strategically to ensure a high degree of reliability and competitive terms.
Responsibilities:
Lead the Item and Vendor Master Governance process and manage new Vendor and Item additions in a new ERP system.
Establish strong working relationships with business partners to optimize value creation for all parties and execute major policies, programs, and objectives (both strategic and tactical) to ensure the company’s success.
Provide leadership to local Branches to manage and optimize inventory, fill rates, and purchase decisions related to ingredients and packaging.
Provide support and guidance in the Supplier selection process for both international and national purchases.
Serve as a resource for escalated vendor and customer issues, service, and complaints in relationship to the process and the impacts upon customer satisfaction and vendor management.
Drive optimization using the right Supplier, right specification, and right quantity approach.
Evaluate and address opportunities to improve end users’ application/system knowledge and experience.
Provide overall functional leadership for procurement/purchasing, setting the strategy, and collaborating with all other affected functions, i.e., merchandising, international sourcing
Support company ethics and philosophy.
Be an active leader. Foster a collaborative cross-functional culture and successfully influence other business functions and management. Promote a culture of collaboration, team orientation, performance, discipline, and customer-focus.
Quick grasp of food manufacturing processes and manufacturing integration that will provide optimal integrated solutions.
Isolation and diagnosis of packaging and ingredient-related problems, including root cause analysis.
Effective use of ERP and BI system tools streamlining purchasing functionality.
Can be company face to the customer with packaging and ingredient category expertise.
Ensure the company is recognized as a key customer by our current and future suppliers.
Work closely with partners to streamline work processes for efficiency and performance.
Must be able to sit for extended periods of time and interact with computers, telephone, and other electronic media.
Must possess visual acuity to document company records.
Must be able to work extended hours, such as daily overtime and an occasional weekend.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Purchasing, or related discipline.
Minimum of 10 years of ingredient and packaging procurement experience.
At least 7-10 years of previous management experience.
Must work well in a team environment and have strong communication skills.
Excellent analytical skills and advanced MS Excel.
Experience with MRP / ERP systems required.
Adaptability and flexibility in a fast-changing environment.
Understanding of packaging machinery including stretch wrappers, V/HFFS equipment, cartooning, and shrink wrap systems.
Experience with food processing equipment including blenders, fillers, retort processers, and heat exchange equipment.
Legal knowledge with NAFTA, BRC, HACCP, ISO, Toxins in Packaging, REACH, Prop 65, Allergens, and other food regulations.
Expected salary: $180000 per year
Location: Carmel, IN
Job date: Sat, 23 Apr 2022 22:18:00 GMT
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