Senior Procurement supervisor

Overview

The Senior Procurement Supervisor involves sourcing multiple strategic food ,animal-based protein, feed ingredients on a local basis to support regional and global needs, managing suppliers and contract negotiations, analyzing market trends, and driving innovation. The incumbent is expected to be the expert in the market information relevant to their assigned portfolio and material categories.

Responsibilities

MINIMUM EDUCATION (including licenses, certifications, designations, :

Bachelor’s degree in with 5+ years of procurement experience.  Must have a solid understanding and adherence to the Servant Leadership philosophy.  Must have solid computer skills and excellent planning, scheduling, and formulating skills.  Animal-based protein sourcing and experiencing in the food/feed industry knowledge is desired.  Previous experience dealing with ISO, GMP, and various international governmental and/or regulatory agencies highly desired.  Excellent written and oral communication skills are required and Thai is highly preferred.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Responsible for sourcing and operational purchasing of multiple raw materials, packaging, and CAPEX business needs.  Responsible for implementing global contracts. Responsible for providing input and executing departmental sourcing strategies that will achieve Kemin’s overall strategic goals while seeking continual improvement of the overall efficiency of the department.  Provide frequent and on-going market insights around costs, material availability and constraints in addition to internal inventory reports and analysis.  Responsible for managing suppliers regarding their products, negotiating contracts, assessing risk and forecasting market conditions, availability of raw materials, and ensuring proper inventory of raw materials.  Company expert on assigned category pricing, including global markets, both current and future.  Responsible for purchasing global products, producing that required documentation, providing shipment support, and aligning with various departments including quality, logistics, operations, finance and regulatory as applicable. Review and obtain approval for all new material(s) or new supplier(s) of existing raw material, following Kemin’s Raw Material Risk Assessment, and other applicable policies and procedures. Responsible for sourcing multiple strategic ingredients, both domestically and internationally, analyzing market trends, and seeking continual improvement of the overall efficiency of the department.  Responsible for managing inventory turns of raw materials.  Actively involved in project innovation process as it relates to raw materials and suppliers. Work with quality control, R&D team(s) as it relates to any raw material specification issues.  Provides information to Finance for long-term planning and budgeting, for quarterly cost rolls. Develop and implement Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) in compliance with ISO, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s), and changing international regulatory requirements. 

Qualifications

OTHER FUNCTIONS:

Support supplier and internal audits.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCES:

Proficient in verbal and written English Demonstrated use of negotiation skills. Ability to handle multiple projects in a team environment. Understanding of MRP, S&OP computer systems, as well as Microsoft Office (Excel, Word) Understanding and implementation of Lean Principles and their application to procurement Strong mathematical and analytical skills Strong decision-making abilities Food Safety process experience helpful

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