Stratas Foods LLC is the leading supplier of fats and oils to the Foodservice, Food Ingredients and Retail Private Label markets in North America and is a producer of quality bulk and packaged dressings, mayonnaise and sauces. Stratas Foods was formed in October 2008 as a 50/50 joint venture between ACH Food Companies (ACH) and Archer Daniels Midland (ADM).
Manufacturing facilities are located in Dallas and Houston, TX; Decatur and Quincy, IL; Englewood, NJ; Hillside NJ, Fresno, CA; Nashville, TN; and Valdosta, GA. Corporate offices are located in Memphis, TN. We are committed to maintaining a progressive workplace by utilizing the ideas, skills and talents of all of our employees. We strive to make Stratas Foods a great place to work and are building a team capable of meeting our business goals.
Job DescriptionProvide cross functional support to the Supply Chain Department by distributing reporting, coordinating follow up action items, documenting and distributing policy and procedure updates.
Responsibilities
- Maintain supply database for reporting and planning purposes.
- Evaluate Material Resource Planning report to direct Purchase Orders (PO) to appropriate suppliers
- Maintain PO delivery information and communicate changes to internal stakeholders across multiple sites and/or categories.
- Maintain policy and procedure documentation.
- Assist Supply Chain team members in tracking down price and/or contract discrepancies.
- Assist with management for continuous improvement.
- Works with minimal supervision on a variety of complex tasks while adapting procedures as appropriate.
- Collaborate closely with onsite teams and participate in onsite meetings to drive departmental objectives
- Other duties as assigned.
Education: College degree preferred; some college with practical work experience would substitute
Experience: 0 to 2 years’ experience in commodity procurement or rail logistics.
Equipment/Software Skills: Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook; Power BI preferred.
Competencies:
Analytical Skills – Ability to collect relevant data and logically draw valid conclusions supported with excellent planning and organizational skills; ability to read, analyze and interpret reports.
Communication – effective written and oral communication is a must, as this position liaises with operations, sales, and oil procurement along with oil suppliers.
Teamwork/Customer Service – this position works closely with sales, operations, suppliers, and oil procurement. Must be team oriented and customer focused in order to handle the complexities and issues of the position.
Additional InformationPhysical:
Average requirements for office employee with majority of time spent sitting
Sensory:
Sensory requirements include those sued to effectively communicate via phone, computer and in person
Mental/Reasoning:
Must be able to process large amounts of data, be able to identify trends and errors; and process multiple detailed requests in a timely manner
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision
Stratas Foods is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee in any manner prohibited by law, including but not limited to, on the basis of race or color, religion, gender, age, genetic information, national origin/ancestry, mental or physical disability, family status/marital status, military/veteran status, and any other legally protected status.
Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision-The Employer will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Employer’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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What We Do
Stratas Foods LLC is a leading supplier of fats, oils, sauces, mayonnaises and dressings to the Foodservice, Food Ingredients and Retail Private Label markets in North America.
Stratas Foods has built its leadership position in the industry through a combination of product consistency, quality and service. Stratas is also recognized for its innovation in terms of research and development to meet the demands of consumers for “better performing” and “better for you” products. Stratas’ team of scientists, working in its industry leading Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Center, are often well ahead of client or industry demands.
The RDI Center enables Stratas' team of scientists to develop, test, and prototype a wide range of innovative oil products in well-equipped labs and pilot plant facilities. The RDI cutting-edge products are well-received in the market place and in the industry.
Stratas Foods also has the most customer-focused experimental kitchen in the industry, THE KITCHEN, where customers can experiment, test and invent new recipes. THE KITCHEN regularly hosts ideation and innovation sessions with chefs and branding teams, sales training, marketing and branding, bringing sauce ideas and food to life in real life applications, the testing and building of sauces, dressings and marinades.
We have exciting videos from the RDI Center and THE KITCHEN, in addition to product news and recipes that we will be sharing on this page.
With production facilities in Illinois, California, Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, and New Jersey and distribution centers across the U.S. and Canada, we are well positioned to meet the needs of our customers
