Senior Procurement Manager Jobs

Nature's Sunshine is seeking a Senior Procurement Manager to help build a world-class procurement function that finds natural ingredients for creating unique products to share the healing power of nature. This role collaborates with manufacturers, distributors, and cross-functional teams (Quality Assurance, R&D, Regulatory, Operations, and Marketing), to execute cost optimization initiatives and continue to achieve record-breaking results.

Responsibilities

• Manage the supplier selection process in conjunction with Quality Assurance
• Lead the transformation into a world-class procurement function.
• Develops, prepares, launches, and evaluates RFPs, RFQs, RFIs, and other documents to assess supply base landscape, capabilities, and competitiveness to ensure NSP realizes cost optimization.
• Coordinate with manufacturers, distributors, and cross-functional teams (Quality Assurance, R&D, Regulatory, Operations, and Marketing) to identify savings opportunities that can be implemented and realized
• Accountable to deliver the lowest sustainable prices and ensure continuity of supply of all products for assigned categories that meet specifications for NSP products.
• Leading cross-functional initiatives to source natural ingredients across the globe.
• Monitor contract status of global contracts
• Build and execute comprehensive strategic category sourcing plans.
• Participate in other projects and tasks as needed.
• Lead global category initiatives to deliver key category performance indicators including pricing, cost savings, supplier rationalization, supply availability, and risk management.

Qualifications

• Self-driven intellectual curiosity to continue developing new skills.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines
• Strong active listening skills and collaborative approach to problem-solving.
• 5 yrs. experience in progressive procurement.
• Proven experience in Root Cause Analysis.
• Proven ability to negotiate substantial cost savings.
• Knowledge of nutraceutical ingredients is preferred
• Knowledge and experience of MRP and ERP systems, preferably Oracle systems.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• Skillful in MS Excel with the ability to create analytical formulas

Nature's Sunshine is dedicated to leveraging the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our team to champion social and environmental wellness. And through sustainable processes, renewable energy and waste reduction, we're devoted to preserving nature's power for future generations.

We believe integrity-doing what's right, in the right way-is how we succeed as a company and a society. We are stronger together, and we celebrate the unique perspectives of our diverse workforce. Our commitment to diversity, equality, inclusion and belonging ensures that every employee is treated with fairness and respect.

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