Employee Type:
Full time
Location:
IL Oak Brook
Job Type:
Supply Chain Procurement
Job Posting Title:
Mgr., Procurement
About Us:
TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of more than two dozen production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.
What You Gain:
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Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform – DevelopU – with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way.
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An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.
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Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period – you’re eligible from your first day!
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401(k) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll.
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Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holidays).
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Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs.
Job Description:
About the Role:
Responsible for purchasing commodities and ingredients used in the production of goods across a network of private-label food manufacturing facilities. Maintain uninterrupted supply of ingredients and commodities to plants while optimizing price, quality, and service.
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Superior understanding of market dynamics related to assigned commodity portfolios, quick decision-making abilities to enable strategic positions for large dollar scale categories along with understanding freight and inventory logistics to attain lowest total cost of ownership for production facilities.
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Strategic Sourcing, vendor negotiations in addition to leading and participating in cross functional groups to optimize ingredient supplier selection.
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Act as market expert to internal and external stakeholders. Includes both written and verbal communications as needed.
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Monitor plant usage patterns and formulate buying strategies based on past usage and future forecasts.
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Work closely with supply chain and planning teams to maintain plant production schedules as well as administer vendor relationships arising from logistic challenges.
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Analyze market conditions, formulate and execute risk management strategy for various commodities.
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Produce ingredient and commodity price forecasts for all the business, and monitor that price risk against budgeted line item prices and usage. Initiate cost savings objectives, drive them through the business, and seek to complete high percentage of approvals.
Daily/Periodic Tasks
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Monitor and analyze assigned ingredient and commodity markets (25%)
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Forecast prices and communicate commodity positions (15%)
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Identify suppliers on a global basis for strategic sourcing of food ingredients (15%)
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Managing supply and quality problems/issues at plants (10%)
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Ensuring vendor compliance with company purchasing and quality policies (10%)
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Negotiate with suppliers to achieve optimal supply agreements (10%)
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Provide market & pricing documentation to support PPV detail (10%)
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Communicate ingredient strategy as requested (5%)
Important Details: This is a full-time position located out of our corporate office in Oakbrook, IL. This would be a hybrid scheudle with Monday/Friday remote and Tuesday – Thursday onsite.
About You:
You’ll fit right in if you have:
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Bachelor’s Degree Required in relevant field
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Strong technical and analytical skills
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Excellent verbal & written communication skills
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Excellent negotiation skills
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Must enjoy working in a collaborative and team oriented environment
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Intermediate to Advanced Microsoft Excel
Minimum Experience Preferred:
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3-5 years of procurement experience in the food manufacturing industry.
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Commodity experience
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SAP and e-RFQ experience preferred
Travel Requirements: 10%
Your TreeHouse Foods Career is Just a Click Away!
Click on the “Apply” button or go directly to www.treehousefoods.com/careers to let us know you’re ready to join our team!
Your TreeHouse Foods Career is Just a Click Away!
Click on the “Apply” button or go directly to www.treehousefoods.com/careers to let us know you’re ready to join our team!
At TreeHouse Foods, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us “Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time”. TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact [email protected]
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What We Do
Rooted in tradition and built with a strategic vision, TreeHouse Foods provides private label food and beverage offerings to retail grocery and food away from home customers across North America.
TreeHouse’s branches extend across multiple product categories providing custom solutions for most of the leading grocery retailers and foodservice operators in the United States and Canada. Our growing product portfolio includes: Baked Goods, Condiments, Snacks, Meals and Beverage
Customers partner with TreeHouse to receive the best service, quality, and value for their custom brands. Our integrity, operational excellence, and market insights have made for a great view up here at TreeHouse and we like what we see on the horizon.
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