Procurement Manager – Ingredients
Ventura Foods
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $101,914 - $159,871 per year
About the role
- Proactively manage the direct raw material supply base to meet or exceed Ventura Foods’ service, quality, cost, inventory, growth, and innovation requirements.
- Partner with key functional leaders and stakeholders to deliver best-in-class service, quality, cost, and inventory performance.
- Conduct business reviews with key internal stakeholders and suppliers to monitor progress against key goals/priorities, identify issues and opportunities, understand category trends, etc.
- Proactively monitor and manage supply risk to ensure continuity of supply.
- Lead and/or support commercialization/growth initiatives impacting suppliers.
- Implement category and sourcing strategies that delivers against overall requirements at best value pricing.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to expand our supplier network.
- Proactively partner with internal and external stakeholders to identify, assess, develop business cases, prioritize, and execute cost savings initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent Manufacturing Operations experience, is required.
- Direct ingredient procurement experience is required.
- 5+ years Procurement and/or Strategic Sourcing experience, inclusive of vendor selection, negotiation, commercial agreements, and supplier performance management, is required.
- 7+ years Purchasing and/or Supply Chain Planning and Management experience, is required.
- Ability to travel 20% in North America.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain or Engineering is desired.
- Masters degree (M.B.A.) beneficial.
- CPSM highly desirable.
- Experience in food manufacturing environment beneficial.
- Experience in co-pack or food manufacturing environment highly desirable.
- Lean/six sigma training and experience highly desirable.
Benefits
- Medical, Prescription, Dental, & Vision – coverage beginning on your 1st day for eligible employees
- Profit Sharing and 401(k) matching (after eligible criteria is met)
- Paid Vacation, Sick Time, and Holidays
- Employee Appreciation Events
- Employee Assistance Programs
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
ingredient procurementvendor selectionnegotiationcommercial agreementssupplier performance managementsourcing strategiescost savings initiativessupply chain planningLeanSix Sigma
Soft Skills
proactive managementstakeholder partnershipbusiness case developmentcross-functional collaborationrisk managementissue identificationopportunity assessmentcommunicationorganizational skillsleadership
Certifications
CPSMBachelor’s DegreeMaster’s Degree (M.B.A.)