Senior Procurement Manager Jobs

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Position Overview
The Procurement Manager will leverage expertise and vision to deliver forward thinking sourcing strategies that mitigate risk and capitalize on opportunities. They will lead the sourcing process from supplier selection through delivery of materials and will collaborate with stakeholders to maximize supplier relationships and drive improvements in total value.
Essential Job Duties And Responsbilities

• Negotiation - Conduct negotiations leveraging sourcing best practices. Understand business needs, suppliers’ business drivers, and market conditions to enable fact-based decisions on negotiation strategies. Mitigate and resolve disagreements by proactively anticipating objections and adjusting negotiating approaches as needed. Seek guidance on and escalate complex legal and/or regulatory issues as needed.
• Sourcing Strategy - Create, recommend, and implement category strategies that mitigate risks in quality, supply, and price.
• Supplier Selection - Gather market intelligence to understand industry trends and supplier’s capacity, investment, and innovation. Leverage this market knowledge to create a roadmap for current business allocation and future supplier selection.
• Supplier Management - Develop and track supplier performance metrics and recommend process changes as required. Build Total Cost of Ownership and Should-cost models to help influence buying decisions.

Minimum Job Requirements

• Consumer products experience.
• Advanced analytical, problem solving and decision-making abilities.
• Able to work cohesively with multiple departments and teams.
• Strong computer skills, including advanced capability in Microsoft Excel and other data manipulation tools.
• Masters in business administration or equivalent and 5 years of Purchasing experience, or 10 years of experience in Purchasing Management.
• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business Administration or equivalent.
• Able to work independently with a high level of accuracy.
• Experience with multiple ERP systems.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to sit at a computer for extended periods of time.
• While performing the essential functions of the job, the employee may be required to bend, stoop, kneel, reach, and climb stairs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This position will work in a home/office environment with regular trips to corporate office, manufacturing locations, and suppliers.

It is Kate Farms policy that any position that requires regular interaction with health care professionals, requires that, if hired, you be vaccinated against Covid-19 unless you need a reasonable accommodation due to sincerely held religious beliefs, medical needs, or other reason protected by applicable federal, state, and local law.
In compliance with Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (EPEWA), New York City’s Human Rights Law (NYCHRL), and California’s Pay Transparency bill (SB 1162) we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles that will be, or could be performed in Colorado, New York City, or California. If the position applied to is not located in Colorado, NYC, or California, the following information may not apply. Salary Minimum: $108,000 Salary Maximum $146,708. The base salary range above represents the low and high end of the Kate Farms salary range for this position. This range will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to location, experience, internal pay alignment, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Kate Farms’ total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses and short- and long- term incentives.
Kate Farms cares well for its employees and it shows through the provision of standout benefits such as Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, FSA, 401k Retirement Plan, Paid Time Off, Remote Work options, and many more outstanding company perks.