Senior Associate, Seafood Procurement

StarKist Co.; Reston, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 72,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

StarKist Co. in Reston, VA seeks a Senior Associate, Seafood Procurement to plan and manage the purchase of raw seafood and products, ensuring price, quality, and delivery align with company goals.

You will coordinate vessel schedules, communicate with suppliers, and support plant operations across regions. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Business or related field, 3–5 years in consumer goods purchasing (seafood preferred), bilingual English/Mandarin/Chinese, ERP experience, and travel

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, or a related field.
• 3 to 5 years’ experience in consumer goods purchasing or manufacturing (preferably seafood).
• Bilingual English/Mandarin/Chinese is required.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities dealing with multi-cultural and multinational workforce.
• Prior experience with an ERP system.
• Strong communication, tact, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Travel approximately 30% of the time, including international travel.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate current and potential suppliers of raw material and finished products.
• Communicate and build relationships with boat owners and their operational teams.
• Support the Fish Procurement Team with daily responsibilities.
• Develop insight into fundamental supply, demand, and regulatory factors affecting markets.
• Analyze factors affecting both supply and demand and keep regulatory factors updated.
• Define problems, identify alternatives, and take appropriate action.
• Keep prices and technical information from suppliers confidential to secure competitive prices.
• Provide support for inventory management of purchased goods to meet usage requirements at lowest cost.
• Manage relations with suppliers.
• Assist in developing and implementing policies, procedures and systems to enhance purchasing.
• Provide market intelligence and present strategies and updates to senior leadership.
• Communicate effectively with plant management to support production plans.
• Coordinate and compile payment information for raw seafood to suppliers.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Negotiation

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or related field

Tools

ERP system

Job description

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Senior Associate, Seafood Procurement

Regular Full-Time Virginia, Reston, VA, US

Senior Associate, Seafood Procurement

This position is located in Reston, VA
This position is not remote work
US Citizenship or Green Card Holder - no sponsorship available

PURPOSE -

• Under the direction of the Manager, Seafood Procurement, this position will help to plan and manage the purchase of raw seafood and seafood products to ensure that price, quality, quantity and delivery schedules contribute effectively to company profit and growth objectives.
• This position will be responsible for the coordinating of vessel schedules for unloading, sizing of fish to support daily plant activity and company objectives. Position will also manage communications between the plants and fish suppliers, in regards to downgrades, rejects and all quality issues.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES –

• Evaluate current and potential suppliers of raw material and finished products.
• Communicate and build relationships with boat owners and their operational teams on a regular basis.
• Support the Fish Procurement Team with daily responsibilities.
• Develop insight regarding the fundamental supply, demand, competitive and regulatory factors of affecting various markets.
• Analyze factors which can affect both the supply and demand side as well as keep updating any regulatory factors that can affect into various markets.
• Define problems, identify alternative solutions and take appropriate action.
• Treat all prices and technical information submitted by suppliers as confidential in order to preserve a good business reputation and obtain competitive prices.
• Provide support for inventory management of purchased goods to meet the usage requirements of the company at the lowest possible cost.
• Manage relations with suppliers.
• Assist in the development and implementation of policies, procedures and systems to enhance the purchasing function.
• Provide market intelligence on an ongoing basis and present strategies/tactics/plans/financial updates to senior leadership as necessary.
• Communicate effectively with plant management teams and staff to support plant and company production plans.
• Coordinate and compile payment information for raw seafood to suppliers.

KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE/COMPETENCIES- What degrees or courses are required for this job? What type of and how much prior experience is required to do this job? List specific competencies required for this job.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, or a related field
• 3 to 5 years’ experience in consumer goods purchasing or manufacturing (preferably seafood experience)
• Bilingual English/Mandarin/Chinese is required
• Demonstrated leadership abilities dealing with the complexities of multi-cultural and multi-national workforce in fluid and diverse geographic locations
• Prior experience working with an ERP system
• Demonstrated communication skills in situations requiring tact, negotiation, and influence where direct control is not possible
• Ability to travel approximately 30% of the time – including international travel

The approximate pay range for this position is $72K to $92K. This range is provided as a good faith estimate at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.

StarKist Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, religious creed, ethnicity, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, registered domestic partner status, medical condition, disability, military service, pregnancy and related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by federal, state and local laws and ordinances. EOE/AA/Vet/Disability