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Manager, Procurement – Packaging


Job Number:43673983
Company Name:Bay Valley Foods
Job Location:Oak Brook, IL US
Job Category:Engineering & Architecture


Manager, Procurement – Packaging




Manager, Procurement – Packaging






Position Purpose:

Responsibility for strategically managing packaging materials for manufacture in a BVF, and associated BVF co-manufacturing, plants. Maintain an uninterrupted supply packaging material to BVF plants while optimizing price, quality and service.




Principal Responsibilities:




  • Negotiating with suppliers to BVF on a global scale to attain best optimal solution of price, quality, and service to every BVF plant

  • Working with plant personnel to maintain plant production schedules as well as administer vendor relationships arising from logistic challenges

  • Keep attuned to any and all world events that affect the market prices, and report out to senior management on a timely basis

  • Produce price forecasts for packaging materials for all the business, and monitor that price risk against budgeted line item prices and usage. Initiate Right Side/Cost Saving objectives and serve as project manager in order to ensure execution of economic benefit through the business


Daily / Periodic Tasks



  • Identify suppliers on a global basis for strategic sourcing of packaging materials

  • Monitoring packaging material markets globally

  • Forecasting packaging material prices and communicates any risks or opportunities within our current supply positions

  • Managing and correcting supply and quality problems/issues at BVF plants

  • Ensuring vendor compliance with company purchasing policy, and company quality policy

  • Develop and communicate packaging strategy

  • Negotiating with suppliers to achieve optimal supply agreements

  • Providing market & pricing support documentation to support PPV detail




Requirements:




Manager, Procurement – Packaging






Education or equivalent experience



  • Basic Skill set (list required skills): 

    Communication, analytical, technical, computer effectiveness, effective negotiation, teamwork and consensus building

  • Be superior at understanding market dynamics on particular packaging material portfolios and have quick decision making experience to enable strategic positions for large dollar scale categories

  • Understanding freight and inventory logistics to attain a “lowest landed" cost for plants.

    Strategic Sourcing steps for key vendor negotiations.

    Lead and participate in cross functional groups to optimize supplier selection


Specific experience required



  • Project management experience

  • Procurement in the Food Manufacturing Industry

  • Excellent verbal, and communication style, and superior negotiation experience


 


Key Competencies

Project management experience and a high degree of analytical aptitude


Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities required

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