- The role involves managing Contracts, Vendor Maintenance, and Accounts Payable (AP)-related procurement activities within the designated scope across the North America (NA) and Canada regions.
- This position is responsible for facilitating and enabling procurement requirements for Plants, Co-packers, and Distribution Canters. The team serves as a critical link between Global Procurement and the Manufacturing Network.
- The individual is expected to drive value through strong cross-functional collaboration and by building effective relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Facilitate and enable all procurement needs for Plants, Co-packers, and Distribution centers. The team is a critical link between Global Procurement and the Manufacturing Network. Production needs cannot be met unless contracts, vendors, and materials are linked to facilities.
- Creation and Management of all contracts for Package Materials, Ingredients across multi business units.
- Ensure sourcing options can meet aggressive timelines and deliver on budget product launches
- Ensuring all contracts are sourced. This data feeds supplier requirements based on Demand Planning.
- Complete all new material requests for Packaging and Ingredients and populate all financial attributes including standard price, freight and masking component
- Process any requests to set up vendors as needed for contracts
- Processing price blocked invoices and researching root cause- Pricing discrepancy, Freight issues and price changes, to avoid the credit hold and smooth flow running plant by mitigating the materials demand.
- Creating Miscellaneous Purchase Orders for scraps, Plate & Make Ready charges and any other Global Procurement related costs for Direct Materials
- Ad Hoc Reporting as needed (Global Procurement buyers, Supply Chain Finance Purchasing, Senior Leaders)
- Bachelor´s degree needed.
- 5-6 years of experience required
- Proficiency in the English language
- Strong analytical skills
- Working knowledge of SAP ECC & SAP Hana
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team and takes initiatives
- Capable of managing multiple time-sensitive priorities simultaneously
- Detail-oriented; Methodological; organized in approach; and document maintenance
- Consistency with performance, curious to learn and explore
- Exceptional communication skills.
- Ability to spot the errors and connect the dots
