At Saputo, our best comes from our people. We're a talented and caring team with a longstanding history of excellence.Since our first days delivering cheese on a bicycle, we've grown into a leading global dairy processor by staying true to the culture that defines us. Each of our employees is committed to uphold our tradition of care, quality, and passion through food, and together, we foster an environment where we can all make contributions that matter-from our manufacturing plants to our office locations and everywhere in-between.
Overview of The Role
TheSenior Procurement Manager - Indirect Procurement will support the US division and will be overseeing the Indirect spend for the business. This role will proactively develop, maintain and execute category and supplier strategies for our Indirect category portfolio in collaboration with our business partners. The Indirect category portfolio has wide breadth and depth, ranging from Equipment, Logistics, to Temporary Labor. The ideal candidate must be able to build and maintain highly effective relationships internally and externally, have a passionate focus for success, commitment to continuous improvement and a relentless drive to succeed.
How You Will Make Contributions That Matter:
Develop a deep understanding of current category spend and supplier landscape. Work with key stakeholders to understand category objectives while reducing cost, risk and enhancing category benefits.
Create and develop category strategies with business partners to oversee planning, sourcing and selection of new suppliers, implementation of new program, and develop data metrics to measure category and supplier performance.
Proactively collaborate with key stakeholders to lead contract negotiation with suppliers; develop negotiation approaches, and acceptable terms and conditions through contract completion and identify key benchmarks to measure contractual arrangements.
Communicate broadly to all levels of the organization the category plans, benefits, and work to ensure successful adoption of the category plans. Program compliance and performance will need to be monitored and communicated to the broader organization. Action plans will need to be recommended if programs are not meeting requirements.
Build pipeline of future success by identifying cost-reduction opportunities for both short and long-term opportunities.
Develop a culture of long-term savings projects to focus on procurement cost reduction without compromising supply assurance, quality, or other areas as identified by key stakeholders. Projects may include category rationalization plan(s) to optimize existing suppliers/SKUs to deliver cost reduction, supply assurance, quality improvement, and innovation.
You Are Best Suited for The Role If You Have the Following Qualifications:
Education - Bachelor's degree in related field
Experience - 10+ years of experience with professional services/indirect procurement
Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Exceptional negotiating skills, along with a strong presence and ability to influence others, including senior leadership
Strong communication and project management to demonstrate project status, key actions, risks and opportunities
Self-directed, able to work independently, as well as work in a team-orientated and fast paced environment; Ability to navigate in unstructured environments while building and maintaining trust with internal partners.
Superior interpersonal and presentation skills with proven track record of success in prior roles
Demonstrated quantitative and analytical skills to problem solving with a focus on managing within a team environment with strong attention to detail and sense of urgency
Proactively work to resolve performance issues with assigned suppliers to ensure effective and timely resolution
Knowledge of Ariba and SAP, a plus.
We support and care for our employees and their families by providing:
Competitive salaries
Advantageous corporate agreements
Full range of group insurance benefits
Group retirement pension plan with employer contribution
Purchase option of company stocks
Group RRSP
Health and wellness program in the workplace
Assistance program for employees and their families
We support employment equity. Saputo strives to embed diversity and inclusion in its operations and invites candidates from all horizons to join its family.
Saputo is among the top three cheese producers in the USA and one of the largest producers of extended shelf-life and cultured dairy products. We have a diversified product portfolio with well-known retail brands, such as Friendship Dairies, Frigo Cheese, Montchevre, Stella and Treasure Cave, and a strong foodservice presence, partnering with chain restaurants and broadline distributors. Thanks to our countrywide footprint and national and international distribution networks, we're proud to bring our best to our customers and, consumers and have plenty of opportunities for our employees to grow in their own way. And we do it while also striving to build a healthier future for our people and the communities where we operate, guided by our values and the Saputo Promise. To learn more about Saputo in the USA, please click here. (http://saputo.com/en/our-products/usa-sector)
Join the Saputo Dairy USA team to make your contributions matter every day!
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