Procurement Supervisor Jobs

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Shick Esteve is looking for a Procurement Supervisor to join our team in Kansas City, MO. As a Procurement Supervisor you will lead supply chain group and procurement activities of the Shick Esteve Purchasing Department. The supervisor has direct reporting responsibilities for a team of procurement professionals and is responsible for the delivery and performance of the team to the business. The position has change management and process development elements to instill best practices and continuous improvement initiatives. The supervisor will plan, direct and coordinate all procurement activities to limit costs and improve lead times, quality, and customer service.

What Shick Esteve Offers You

• Generous 401K Matching Program – 3% (base pay) automatic contribution + $.50 for each additional dollar saved on the first 6% of pay saved*
• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance, which includes Spira Care, an innovative offering that combines care and insurance, and company paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability coverage.
• Opportunities for development and advancement
• Competitive pay
• 15 days of paid vacation and 9 paid holidays

What You’ll Do

• Manage supplier risk – develop alternate vendor sources; monitor industry trends; track supplier performance and spend.
• Analyzes market and delivery conditions to ensure present and future material availability at competitive cost.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Supplier Management:
• Administratively manages the department including: budgeting, personnel development and evaluation, departmental structure, and allocation of workload and responsibilities.
• Lead supplier negotiations on spend. Challenge vendor pricing. Initiate and monitor cost savings projects.
• Develops reporting and budgets based on supply and demand, market dynamics and other requirements.
• Establish department KPI’s with performance goals to monitor department and supply base on historical and projected performance.
• Leads departmental initiatives focused on systemic improvements to ensure achievement of corporate objectives.
• Identify, qualify, and select vendors.
• Work proactively across departments to create processes, fully understand product requirements and ensure OEM items meet delivery dates.
• Negotiate and set up private label opportunities with vendors.
• Prepares and reviews contracts, bids, proposals and vendor agreements for legal correctness, price and acceptability of items to specifications.
• Implements procurement functions alongside transactional purchasing team.
• Develop a supplier onboarding and management process that ensures vendor capability, capacity, and performance through meaningful feedback and continuous communication of expectations.
• Set expectations and drive behavior within the purchasing team to manage suppliers on a daily basis.
• Develops, maintains, and implements instructions regarding purchasing systems and procedures to drive efficiencies and reduce cost.

Requirements

• Ability to drive issues to closure in a professional and compliant manner.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or comparable program required
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Minimum of five years purchasing experience required, including three years of experience in vendor contract negotiations.
• Must be analytic – compile, analyze and present data. Proven ability to use data to develop and execute.
• Availability for occasional travel as necessary.
• Proven ability to achieve cost savings and to meet department and company targets.
• Ability to create and maintain effective supplier relationships.
• Ability to work effectively with all levels of employees.
• Minimum of four years in a procurement leadership role, including personnel management.

Great to Haves

• Experience in capital equipment manufacturing industry highly preferred.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing techniques highly preferred.
• Familiar and supportive of technology and automation. MRP/ERP software experience required. Working knowledge of advanced features in Microsoft Office suite. Advanced user of Excel – creating complex spreadsheets, formulas, etc.

Physical Demands

To perform this job successfully, the physical demands listed are representative of those that must be met by an employee. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle and feel, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. The employee may occasionally be required to crouch. The employee may occasionally lift items as heavy as 25lbs. Specific vision abilities may include the employee’s ability to see near and far distances.

Who We Are

For over 60 years Shick Esteve has specialized in finding innovative solutions and providing unmatched service for food industry leaders around the world. How do we accomplish this? Through our people! Behind everything we do are our team members striving for excellence empowered by a culture of hard work and dedication. We embrace our values of passion, accountability, fun, consistency, and responsiveness, and believe in the power of a cohesive, high-performing team. Our people are what set us apart from the competition, and if you’re ready to join an industry-leading company that truly values its employees, we want to hear from you today!

Founded in 1956, Shick Esteve provides ingredient automation solutions to multiple industries that include baking, coffee, distilling/brewing, confectionery, pet food, snack food and prepared foods, among others. Our goal was and still is to enhance each customer's production process with solutions that provide accuracy, accountability and consistency in an economical manner. We are committed partners to our customers.

Shick Esteve is an operating company of Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand (NYSE: HI) is a global industrial company that provides highly engineered, mission-critical processing equipment and solutions to customers in over 100 countries around the world. Our portfolio is composed of leading industrial brands that serve large, attractive end markets, including durable plastics, food, and recycling. Guided by our Purpose — Shape What Matters For Tomorrow™ — we pursue excellence, collaboration, and innovation to consistently shape solutions that best serve our associates, customers, communities, and other stakeholders. To learn more, visit: www.Hillenbrand.com.

At Hillenbrand and Shick Esteve, we strive to build a diverse workforce through equal opportunity employment that embraces and leverages the differences each individual has to offer. Equal Employment Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer of minorities/females/disabled/veterans.

DISCLAIMER: The above information on this job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by the employee within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of any employee assigned to this job. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.