at The Kraft Heinz Foods Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
About Us
The Kraft Heinz Company is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands and global sales of approximately $25 billion. We're a globally trusted producer of high-quality, great-tasting, and nutritious foods for over 150 years. Our brands are truly global, with products produced and marketed in over 40 countries. These beloved products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, infant and nutrition products, and numerous other grocery products in a portfolio of more than 200 legacy and emerging brands.
No matter the brand, we're united under one vision:To sustainably grow by delighting more consumers globally. Bringing this vision to life is our team of 39,000+ food lovers, creative thinkers, and high performers worldwide. Together, we help provide meals to those in need through our global partnership with Rise Against Hunger. We also stand committed to responsible, sustainable practices that extend to every facet of our business, our consumers, and our communities. Every day, we're transforming the food industry with bold thinking and unprecedented results. If you share our passion - and are ready to create the future, build a legacy, and lead as a global citizen - there's only one thing to do: join our table and let's make life delicious!
Our Culture of Ownership, Meritocracy & Collaboration
We're not afraid to think differently. Embrace new ideas. Dream big. We empower our people at every level - from entry-level intern to senior leader - to own their work. We share a responsibility to think like Owners - to be mindful of the collective and sustained success of Kraft Heinz - which we apply to every situation, every day. As part of Kraft Heinz, you're supported to grow and achieve. You're expected to bring your authentic self to work every day, to lead with humility, and drive outstanding performance at every level - and you'll be rewarded. You're given opportunities to leave a mark and build a legacy. But you won't do it alone. You're supported by passionate teammates along the way, and our collective, collaborative spirit fuels our incredible progress.
Job Description
Primary Responsibilities
Works closely with Factories, Engineering, R&D, and broader procurement teams, while driving results and challenging internal and external stakeholders.
Perform spend, contract and market analysis for assigned categories.
Conduct bid events, prepare bid analysis, make sourcing recommendations to strategic sourcing managers.
Generate materials in support of presentations, workshops, and negotiations.
Provide necessary inputs for supply agreements and monitor compliance.
Manage supplier performance.
Ensure adherence and compliance to procurement processes and policies.
Develop and execute sourcing strategies for assigned categories.
Stakeholder communication and management
Supplier relationship management
Deliver challenging productivity goals and create a pipeline of projects.
Capacity planning and business continuity plans
Ensure Supplier Quality Expectations compliance.
Support innovation projects through the commercialization process
Qualifications
Hold a bachelor's degree in supply chain management or related field. Candidates with equivalent experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
Minimum of 2 years' experience in Procurement (i.e., Indirect, CAPEX, Ingredients, or Packaging), Finance. Experience in process engineering a plus.
Demonstrated knowledge or experience in food or beverage manufacturing process.
Results oriented, driven, and able to execute on KHC innovation strategy.
Ability to effectively negotiate and influence business decisions and change.
Demonstrated relationship and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to deploy organizational agility, e.g., knows how to get things done both through formal and informal channels.
Effective at establishing trust and building effective business relationships and getting things done through others.
Ability to interface with a wide variety of business situations and all levels of management, trade groups, conventions, etc.)
Negotiations and influencing skills.
Priority Setting - Spends their time and the time of... For full info follow application link.
It is the continuing policy of The Kraft Heinz Company to afford full equal employment opportunity to qualified employees and applicants, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental handicaps, military or veteran status, sexual preference, or any other protected condition or characteristic in conformity with all applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations.
Final candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without Company sponsorship. Exceptions requesting work visa sponsorship will be reviewed on a case to case basis.
