Mgr, Procurement
Company: TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
Location: Oak Brook
Posted on: April 18, 2024
Job Description:
Employee Type:Full timeLocation:IL Oak BrookJob Type:Supply
Chain ProcurementJob Posting Title:Mgr, ProcurementAbout
Us:TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private
label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of
production facilities across the United States and Canada. At
TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our
products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent
and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do
their best work, directly impacting our mission to make high
quality, affordable food for our customers, communities and
families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part
of our future. -What You Gain:
- Competitive compensation and benefits program
- Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance
programs
- Paid holidays, vacation, and other competitive paid time off
opportunities
- An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful
work relationships with a diverse group of people -
- Leaders who are invested in supporting your career growth
- Opportunities to be recognized for outstanding contributions to
your -team through our employee recognition programsJob
Description:About the Role:The purpose of this role is to work
across the TreeHouse Corporate Procurement Team and stakeholders to
develop and execute ingredient category strategies. - Through
excellent communication and collaboration skills, the Procurement
Manager will ensure that ingredient and commodity strategies are
aligned with the overarching TreeHouse business strategies, focused
on generating continued value to the organization.The Procurement
Manager will report up through the Director of Ingredients
organization and will be responsible for a subset the groups
responsibilities which include commodity ingredient procurement,
risk management of commodity-based ingredients, and non-exchange
traded ingredients.Roles & Responsibilities:
- Develop category and service level strategies, while
demonstrating the ability to translate the strategies into
actionable roadmaps and plans.
- Provide clear and concise market updates to the Procurement
Leadership Team.
- Responsible for category management that include a combination
of commodity-based ingredients and functional ingredients.
- Assure strategic sourcing opportunities are prioritized and
executed.
- Collaboratively share knowledge and skills in category
management, risk management (price & supply security), and
negotiations within Supply Chain.
- Manage supplier relationships including KPI's conduct quarterly
business reviews, negotiate contracts and pricing, and serve as a
corporate and plant representative in dealings with suppliers.
- Responsible for annual and monthly financial forecasts for
ingredient categories and monitor against the annual operating plan
delivered to the organization.
- Stay abreast of latest contracting processes and technologies
that have implications for strategic sourcing.Daily/Periodic Tasks
- Continually monitor, analyze, and assess pricing and delivery
trends that impact category spend and continuous communication with
Procurement leadership, finance, and manufacturing.
- Communicate category strategies and gain alignment with
internal stakeholders.
- Produce purchasing recommendations at targeted price levels,
quantities, and timeframes.
- Coordinate with the Continuous Improvement Team, internal
stakeholders, and suppliers to develop a continuous improvement
pipeline and action plans to deliver ongoing value to the
organization.
- Ensure completion of accurate spend analysis and execute
long-term, sustainable strategies that create productivity.
- Assist in the development annual budgets.
- Resolve vendor disputes with suppliers related to purchasing
activities.
- Ensure that all contracts and associated suppliers are
compliant to corporate policy.
- Ensure suppliers agree to specifications generated for approved
materials.Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:
- Thorough understanding of ingredient manufacturing and supply
chains as well as how materials are utilized by TreeHouse
manufacturing.
- Strong technical and analytical skills.
- Exceptional communication skills; verbal, written, and
listening.
- Excellent negotiation skills.
- Must enjoy working in a collaborative and team-oriented
environment in a mid-sized organization.
- Proficient in Microsoft Suite products; intermediate to
advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Proven ability to solve problems creatively.Education /
Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree or relevant experience required
- 3 years of procurement experience in the food manufacturing
industry
- Experience managing suppliers
- Project Management experience
- Commodity market experience required
- SAP and e-RFQ experience preferredImportant Details: - This is
a full-time permanent role located out of our corporate office in
Oakbrook, IL on a hybrid work schedule (3 days onsite / 2 remote).
There is approximately 10% travel requirements for this role.Your
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