Packaging Sourcing Strategist

Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 79,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

Job summary

Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates is seeking a Sourcing Specialist - Packaging in Illinois to own packaging subcategories, drive RFQs/RFPs, and deliver bold sourcing decisions across internal stakeholders. You will analyze spend, propose cost-optimizing strategies and support end-to-end contracting in a fast-paced, global setting.

You will collaborate with Operations, R&D, Quality and Finance to balance value, quality and sustainability while advancing supply continuity and market

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 3+ years of procurement or strategic sourcing experience.
• Experience leading RFQs/RFPs, evaluating supplier proposals and supporting supplier selection decisions.
• Experience preparing for and participating in supplier negotiations and commercial contracting.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret spend, pricing, market data and commercial scenarios.
• Ability to develop well-rounded sourcing recommendations that consider cost, quality, service, innovation, sustainability and supply continuity.
• Strong communication, stakeholder-management and supplier-relationship skills, with the ability to work independently in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment.
• Packaging, FMCG/CPG, direct-materials, manufacturing, cost-modeling, commodity-pricing or global sourcing experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own assigned packaging subcategories, sourcing initiatives and workstreams with increasing independence.
• Lead competitive RFQs and RFPs from market analysis and supplier engagement through proposal evaluation, supplier selection and award recommendation.
• Analyze spend, supplier proposals, cost drivers, market indices and external developments to identify sourcing opportunities and commercial risks.
• Develop sourcing scenarios, business cases and recommendations that balance value, service, quality, innovation, sustainability and supply-chain continuity.
• Partner with internal cost-modeling and business teams to prepare negotiation strategies, lead supplier negotiations and support end-to-end contracting.
• Maintain accurate pricing and commercial agreements following sourcing events.
• Build productive supplier relationships and support supplier segmentation, performance management and portfolio optimization.
• Collaborate across Procurement, Operations, Supply, R&D, Quality and Finance to implement sourcing decisions and deliver business commitments.
• Support regional and global sourcing initiatives, including standardization, analytics, automation and continuous process improvement.

Skills

Procurement experience

RFQ/RFP leadership

Supplier negotiations

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Global sourcing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates is seeking a Sourcing Specialist - Packaging in Illinois to own packaging subcategories, drive RFQs/RFPs, and deliver bold sourcing decisions across internal stakeholders. You will analyze spend, propose cost-optimizing strategies and support end-to-end contracting in a fast-paced, global setting.

You will collaborate with Operations, R&D, Quality and Finance to balance value, quality and sustainability while advancing supply continuity and market