Build your career. Challenge the process. Collaborate & Engage.
Build your career with Clemens Food Group and be a part of an exciting, collaborative, team environment. At Clemens Food Group, we want you to constructively challenge and have your ideas heard. We are looking for diverse individuals who push the limits and think outside the box!
Clemens Food Group realizes that our team members are the key to our success. Come be a part of our team and see your ideas in action!
Responsibilities
The Purchasing Supervisor is responsible for the following:
Category Planning/Projecting/Purchasing
Develop Category Review schedule for negotiation
Manage and execute the sourcing effort per category review schedule
Track and be knowledgeable on commodity pricing and trends
Work with purchasing agents on cost changes and inventory levels based on changing costs
Act as SME for product materials including market trends, innovation
Manage the purchasing at least 1 category using SAP Ordering Suite and overseeing the delivery, receiving and vendor payment process working with Dry Goods and Accounts Payable
Manage onboarding/sourcing of potential co-packers
Manage contracts and relationships of current co-packers
Communications / Reporting / Process Improvement
Design reporting, Scorecards, dashboards to gain visibility and enable decisions
Track and report on Inventory levels, obsolete inventory disposition/progress, Inventory variances
Gain and understanding of forecasts verses actual material consumption - recommend improvement processes
Have or gain expertise on current reporting tools - BI, SAP
Communicate with Vendors - vendor Scorecard, CFG updates
Communicate with Internal partners (Marketing, R&D and Commercialization, Operations, etc) on product trends/innovation
Maintain open communication with purchasing agents
Team CFG
Participate in Supply Chain Department Meeting , supply supporting data as needed
Participate in continuous improvement and performance excellence opportunities
Proactive sharing of your knowledge and experience with Team Members
Cross functionally engagement with other departments
Qualifications
Position Qualifications
Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) required- Master's Degree preferred
Three to five years related experience in purchasing or materials negotiations or equivalent combination of education and experience
Working knowledge of SAP (preferred) or experience with equivalent systems
Highly organized and detailed oriented
Proficient analytical and problem solving skills
Communication Skills - ability to present and speak effectively before groups of vendors, customers or employees of organization
Proficient in Microsoft Office - Excel, Word, PowerPoint
Knowledge of manufacturer operations and/or materials usage in operations (preferred)
Inquisitive nature - seeks to understand
Required Skills:
The ability to: employ a mindset or process for continuous improvement activities that lead to the implementation of systems, procedures or outcomes; identify long range goals and design plans to attain them; understand the needs of a situation and establish effective action plans; evaluate future implications of current decisions and actions.
The ability to: interact with others in a positive manner; understand others objectively; connect with others on personal level; persuading others to a given point of view.
The ability to: quickly recover from adversity; stay on course in times of difficulty; handle rejection on a personal level based on self-esteem; direct one's energies towards the completion of a goal without an external catalyst.
The ability to identify actions necessary to achieve task completion and to obtain results: the ability to meet schedules, deadlines, quotas, and performance goals.
The ability to: be open to people and willingness to hear what other people are saying; "read between the lines" in understanding body language and emotions; not allow unfair implications of prejudged information to enter into and affect an interpersonal relationship.
The ability to take personal responsibility and action toward self-improvement and learning; a measure of how strongly a person feels the need to achieve.
