Sr Category Specialist Procurement

The Hershey Company; El Salto; Híbrido; MXN 1,080,000 - 1,441,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A multinational confectionery company is seeking a Sr Category Specialist Procurement based in El Salto, Jalisco. This role focuses on strategic sourcing and procurement activities for ingredients, managing a $30M budget. Ideal candidates should have 3-5 years of experience in procurement, strong negotiation skills, and a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field. Candidates will collaborate with various departments and ensure quality and compliance in sourcing activities.

Formación

• 3-5 years progressive business experience, with 3+ years in procurement.
• Experience in sourcing for the food industry is preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and implement sourcing strategies for ingredients.
• Lead cross-functional efforts for productivity programs.
• Prepare monthly ingredients price projections and track costs.
• Resolve supply issues and quality claims.
• Support leaders in concept development and market education.

Conocimientos

Strategic sourcing

Procurement management

Negotiation

Financial analysis

Supplier market knowledge

Problem solving

Excel

Power Point

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, engineering, supply chain, or equivalent

Descripción del empleo

Position Title: Sr Category Specialist Procurement

Reports to Title: Procurement Manager

Dept / Function: Procurement

Location: Jalisco

Summary:

Position committed to quality and food safety carrying out activities directly and indirectly designing, developing, obtaining, manufacturing, distributing and/or selling our products to satisfy our customers and consumers.

Direct Procurement Leader for Ingredients, is responsible for the procurement activities of all ingredients for El Salto plant with direct spend responsibility of approximately $30M USD.

The individual will be responsible for planning, formulating, guiding, driving, and monitoring implementation of category management strategies for the assigned ingredients, for El Salto, ensuring quality of materials, competitive pricing, and adherence to company policies.

This position has a high focus on the strategic work with cross functional units and suppliers to develop efficiencies across the entire Source to Pay Process and create value beyond total delivered cost.

Major Duties / Responsibilities:

• Apply the use of strategic sourcing model to develop and implement robust sourcing activities and processes that meet financial planning, secure supply, quality and price risk mitigation objectives across business units and plant networks
• Support and lead cross functional efforts to develop productivity programs that deliver margin enhancements through Hershey’s Continuous Improvement pipeline.
• Have the ability to interact with team members at all levels in the organization. and influence the direction of the business and align and engage resources that are outside their area of responsibility; Prepare monthly ingredients price projections and keep track of total cost of ownership and variations to budget and be able to provide input to financial team.
• Support to business as escalation path for supply issues, quality claims and AP discrepancies.
• Support leaders from Supply Chain, Marketing, Operations, Finance, Quality Assurance, etc. for concept development, designing new programs, discussing product options, providing market education, etc., related to assigned category responsibilities.

Knowledge, skills and abilities required:

• Strong personal and professional values, impeccable integrity and the energy level and stamina required to meet the demands of the position. Possesses a self-starter mindset.
• Strong, demonstrated skills and expertise in procurement and/or supply chain management.
• Possesses a deep, detailed, and broad knowledge of the ingredients market and the suppliers in those markets.
• Knowledge of purchasing principles/techniques and inventory analysis and control.
• Knowledge in conducting RFQ/RFP bidding exercises, and negotiation skill, including but not limited to Contracts.
• Ability to collaborate with internal departments, seek common ground and establish alignment on common goals.
• Problem solving and the ability to exercise good business judgment in a fast-paced working environment.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously; ability to prioritize in an ever-changing environment.
• Strong financial and business mindset
• Good knowledge of Excel and Power Point.
• Possesses exceptional planning and organization skills
• Ability to analyze and screen suppliers for financial, supply, and service capabilities.
• Ability to travel (mainly domestic) as needed (up to 25).

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, engineering, supply chain, or equivalent.

Experience:

3-5 years progressive business experience with 3+ years in broad and deep procurement experience, experience of sourcing for food industry is preferred.

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