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Sr. Buyer- External Manufacturing - Chicago Illinois
Company: Kraft-Heinz Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posted On: 05/21/2024
General information All posting locations: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America Job Function: 02 - Procurement Date Published: 08-Mar-2024 Ref #: R-80212 Description & Requirements Job Purpose As a Senior Buyer for External Manufacturing, you will be a member of Kraft Heinz's North American Zone's (U.S. and Canada) Procurement team and play a role in identifying external manufacturers supporting critical categories for the business. You will deliver value to the organization by facilitating the strategic sourcing process, establishing and managing relationships with our external manufacturers and suppliers, and developing the strategy for the category management. You will help us live our value of Daring to Do Better Every Day by delivering efficiency and cash flow targets that are focused on our Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). You will work and collaborate closely with several cross-functional areas. Essential Functions & Responsibilities - Strategic Sourcing: Most of your focus will be on facilitating the strategic sourcing process for the category and related subcategories. As a Sr. Buyer, you are expected to develop a detailed understanding of the market and the conditions affecting cost and product availability through market and industry analysis, supplier research and review, and category and supplier segmentation. You will lead sourcing events, analysis, negotiations, contracting, and implementation.
- Category Strategy: To ensure the most effective supply base design, you will develop the category strategy and ongoing category management resulting from sourcing activities. You will collaborate with risk management to understand product pricing movements and develop mitigation and optimization strategies to support them.
- Category Management: The scope of this position includes category financial planning and budget setting related to respective spending areas. You will need to solve problems related to unexpected supply, new product development, and project timeline challenges to support the business.
- Project Management: The role will deliver specific efficiency and cash flow targets in relation to their categories in alignment with overarching goals and objectives for the NA Procurement organization, focusing on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). This position is linked closely with several cross-functional areas from an overall project management perspective and strategy execution.
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