Procurement Specialist

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Milwaukee, WI
Junior
Food
The Role
The Procurement Specialist at Saputo assists with project planning and implementation across procurement channels, manages small projects, analyzes sales and inventory data, organizes meetings, and ensures timely progress on projects.
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At Saputo, we bring good to the table by making high-quality products, investing in our people, and supporting communities around the world . As a top 10 global dairy processor, we value contributions that matter and strive to foster an inclusive, growth-driven work environment. Ready to bring your best?

This position is responsible for supporting project planning and implementation for multiple projects across procurement channels. This role will have one special assignment within the project team, to manage the review and movement of excess inventory, off-grade, distressed, over-runs to appropriate outlets. Other project assignments will be determined based on larger team and company goals. Activities could include, but are not limited to, analyzing sales, purchasing, and inventory data, organizing meetings, ensuring team members meet project deadlines, keeping projects on-time and within scope, and alerting key stakeholders of project risks.

What You’ll Do at Saputo

  • Manage small projects and provide support for larger projects.
  • Create and maintain project sheets, timelines, and action registers.
  • Use business intelligence tools to pull data to assist in decision making.
  • Report monthly on active inventory, identifying areas of potential concern.
  • Facilitate and provide point of contact for cross-functional team communication.
  • Provide weekly project progress reports highlighting potential concerns and opportunities.
  • Perform other procurement project-related duties as assigned.

Who Is Right for The Role?

  • 1-2 years of project management or a similar position (food industry is a plus).
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Highly organized and meticulous with details.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
  • Strong Excel skills rooted in analysis.
  • Enjoys working in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
  • Up to 10% travel required.

What can Saputo Do for You?

  • Development opportunities that enhance you career fulfillment.
  • Meaningful compensation & benefits that help you care for your family.
  • Opportunities to contribute to your community and enhance the lives of others through Saputo products.

In the USA, Saputo ranks among the top three cheese producers and is one of the top producers of extended shelf-life and cultured dairy products, with a portfolio of well-loved brands such as Stella, Frigo Cheese, Montchevre, Stella, and Treasure Cave. We also boast a strong foodservice presence, partnering with reputable chain restaurants and broadline distributors.

Whether your expertise lies in manufacturing, operations, supply chain, sales, quality assurance, or in any other function, your role is integral to our success. You will make contributions that matter, all while working alongside colleagues who genuinely care about your success and who will roll up their sleeves to help.

Saputo Cheese USA Inc. and Saputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC endeavors to make CareersUSA.Saputo.com accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact Human Resources at 214-863-2300 or email [email protected]. This contact information is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

Saputo Cheese USA Inc. and Saputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC are equal opportunity employers. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you'd like more information on your EEO rights under law, please visit www.EEOC.gov.

To review the Saputo Cheese USA Inc. and Saputo Dairy Foods USA LLC Privacy Notice for California applicants, please visit our Corporate website associated section by clicking here (English) or here (Spanish).

Top Skills

Excel
The Company
Allansford, Victoria
10,001 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1954

What We Do

Saputo produces, markets, and distributes a wide array of dairy products of the utmost quality, including cheese, fluid milk, extended shelf-life milk and cream products, cultured products, and dairy ingredients. Saputo is one of the top ten dairy processors in the world, a leading cheese manufacturer and fluid milk and cream processor in Canada, the top dairy processor in Australia, and the second largest in Argentina. In the USA, Saputo ranks among the top three cheese producers and is one of the largest producers of extended shelf-life and cultured dairy products. In the United Kingdom, Saputo is the largest manufacturer of branded cheese and a top manufacturer of dairy spreads. Saputo products are sold in several countries under market-leading brands, as well as private label brands.

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