Procurement Category Manager – Food & Agriculture
The Clorox Company
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Alpharetta • North Carolina • United States
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Salary
💰 $106,700 - $204,900 per year
About the role
- Lead, support, and drive procurement strategies for the Food Ingredients & Agricultural Products raw material category across brands, including Cost, Supply Robustness, Innovation, and Sustainability.
- Translate business strategies into an aligned procurement category strategy.
- Act as the category subject matter expert.
- Interact with internal senior management and external personnel at all levels of the organization on matters requiring coordination between organizations.
- Actively lead the design, execution, and implementation of procurement tools and techniques to deliver value for the organization.
- Lead the identification and execution of projects to improve value delivery across the spend portfolio.
- Lead key strategic relationship with suppliers by providing insights on how to best develop and leverage supplier capabilities to meet business needs.
- Proactively identify continuous improvement opportunities to advance the category such as design to value, cost models, and process mapping.
- Monitor market dynamics, supplier competitive landscape, standards, and pricing/costing strategy for categories to understand continuous improvement opportunities and to influence business direction.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in a global, matrixed environment sourcing direct materials (Raw Materials, Packaging)
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, preferably Business, Agribusiness, Economics/Agricultural Economics, Food Science, Engineering, Natural Sciences, or related fields
- Experience operating in a manufacturing environment
- Experience providing recommendations and updates to/interacting with senior leadership
- Experience with Sourcing/Procurement tools and methodologies, including RFPs, Cost Models/Should Cost/Clean Sheet, Negotiations, and Contracts
- Working knowledge of commodity hedging (preferably agricultural commodities)
- Strong data analysis skills
Benefits
- robust health plans
- market-leading 401(k) program with a company match
- flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays depending on location)
- inclusive fertility/adoption benefits
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Hard skills
procurement strategiessourcing direct materialsdata analysiscost modelsnegotiationscontractscommodity hedgingprocess mappingRFPssupply chain management
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationinterpersonal skillsstrategic thinkingcollaborationproblem-solvingcontinuous improvementrelationship managementinfluencingcoordination