Job description
The Procurement Lead will collaborate with Plant Leadership, Global Procurement and Global Shared Services teams to assure supply of raw materials, chemicals, packaging and MRO (goods and services) for the Cedar Rapids Plant as well as our Potato Plants located in Fort Fairfield ME, North Charleston SC, Plover Wisconsin, Idaho Falls, ID, Richland WA and Moses Lake, WA . The role will be responsible for service delivery to all Ingredion’s regional and global teams, such as operations, supply chain and commercial for procurement related items; assuring proper compliance with Ingredion’s policies and procedures.
Core Responsibilities:
- Assure supply of raw materials, chemicals, packaging and MRO for our manufacturing facilities through demand planning activities to properly allocate volume with our supplier mix.
- Partner with S&OP to analyze and share forecast, scheduling with preferred vendors to guarantee demand visibility and set up actions towards risk mitigation of supply.
- Leverage cost efficiency through long term strategy agreements and deliver cost savings/avoidance within plants.
- Develop and maintain Supplier Relationship Management programs in order to assure supply and guarantee vendor service levels.
- Partner with operations and supply chain stake holders to set specific scope of works and item specifications in order to fully align procurement processes and guarantee procurement best practices. (RFI, RFP, competitive value-added analysis).
- Participate on plant’s leadership activities, such as projects and staff meetings to identify needs and properly communicate risks and opportunities from the procurement stand point.
- Partner with Global Shared Services to identify, execute and consolidate standardization opportunities to leverage cost efficiency among plants.
- Ensure company policies and procedures are being adhered to as they pertain to the Procurement Process.
- Develop work plans, identify data needs, and successfully interpret analytic insights.
Qualified candidates will have:
- General procurement background, preferably professional in business, supply chain, engineering, economics or related.
- Ability to organize, schedule and successfully manage multiple priorities.
- Strong SAP background on the Materials Management Module.
- Strong MRP/Demand Planning background.
- Sound knowledge in RFI, RFP and cost/benefit analysis.
- Sound knowledge in cost breakdown and data management.
- Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, especially Microsoft Excel.
- Sound knowledge of SAP. Ariba and Power Steering are desirable.
Ingredion provides accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. If a job applicant requires an accommodation during the application process or through the selection process, we will work with the applicant to meet the job applicant's accommodation needs.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, military status, or disability status.
Relocation Available:
No
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