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Category Specialist- Indirects - Ltl Transportation
Company | The Kraft Heinz Company |
Address | Chicago, IL, United States |
Employment type | FULL_TIME |
Salary | |
Category | Food and Beverage Services,Food and Beverage Manufacturing,Manufacturing |
Expires | 2023-07-18 |
Posted at | 10 months ago |
General information
- Applies advance level of negotiation techniques and tools in all situations; ability to apply competency across categories
- Ensure the strategic sourcing process is robustly applied to all sourcing projects
- Develop multi-year category vision and strategy based on the data- insights- and business requirements.
- Build strong business relationships to increase influence over total category spend
- Develop and manage supplier base for specific categories
- Manage mid to executive-level clients and supplier relationships on an ongoing basis to ensure customer satisfaction
- Manage Total Cost of Ownership at the category level through collaboration with Data Analytics- accountable for measuring and reporting value delivery
- Lead the supplier selection and RFx award process
- Support strategic sourcing projects for supplier selection/optimization to execute Category Management vision and strategies
- Enable continuous process improvement and cost reduction
- Manage prioritized portfolio of projects for the category in the near and long term
- Execute highly complex contracts in accordance with policies and processes; ability to apply competency across categories
- As part of Supplier Management- segments suppliers at category level
- Manage Supplier Relationships and conducts Supplier Business Reviews – High Level Escalation Point for Performance and Risk Issues (e.g. experience with National & Regional Transportation Industry leaders is a plus)
- Support major supplier issues and work with stakeholders to identify and drive resolution
- Support and deliver performance goals for categories representing a significant amount of spend
- Lead discussions with critical suppliers around long-term objectives and strategies- ongoing market trends- innovation and technology advances- and potential investment decisions
- Actively maintain strong understanding of category dynamics (current market- pricing- cost drivers- industry- and supplier variables) through trade groups- publications- etc. and communicates changes to business stakeholders
- Identify business needs at the sourcing and category project level in assigned areas
- Support Sourcing and Category Management for North American Transportation categories to Kraft Heinz
- Identify and evaluate potential value generating projects based on complexity- resources- risk- time to implement- and estimated financial impact
- Strong negotiating skills; ability to multi-task- attention to detail- organized; judgment to handle confidential information and challenging business situations; ability to lead and influence others; project management- problem solving- leadership and team building skills.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- May require travel up to 3 or more domestic trips per year
- Must have experience in developing long-term business strategies. Specifically- establishing strategic direction based on insights into both external market indices- global supply chain and the organization's overall capabilities. Recognized as a quick learner and knowledgeable in respective field. Develops strategy that aligns function with organizational goals and generates results that will have a positive impact on the function/business unit. Must have experience in the sourcing life cycle process and have a strong grasp of the tools needed to complete the process.
- This position will be responsible for managing no full time employees- but will have the opportunity to support third-party administrator resources who perform similar tasks and activities.
- 3-5+ years of experience in Indirect Procurement- preferably Logistics and Transportation and/or industry experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required- data visualization- presentation and negotiation skills are required
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite- Familiarity with eProcurement Source-to-Pay tools desirable (e.g. Ariba- Jaggaer & Workday a plus)- Experience in Supplier Performance & Risk Management tools desirable
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