Job Details
SUPPLIERS MANAGEMENT :
- Conduct ongoing market research to identify potential vendors and maintain knowledge of market/industry trends.
- Establish connections with those vendors.
- Find new packaging suppliers (and occasionally ingredient suppliers) for new projects, back-up suppliers for existing Packaging items, new cost effective suppliers for existing items. This includes : find serious candidates, check capabilities (manufacturing location, warehousing, lead time, colors, industrial volume...), requesting quotes, review and compare quotes to keep only serious candidates to present to R&D team for further trials.
- Organize, with R&D, the purchase of material for trials.
- Attend meetings with vendors and take minutes.
- Organize trips to merchandising events and make travel arrangements as required.
- Establish with suppliers beneficial relationship and purchase agreements
- Assist with periodic forecasting analysis and review annual needs
- Update relevant databases in the ERP (Updating cost for existing item as well as new item cost...)
- Participate in standard cost determination;
KPIs : Implement and roll out procurement key indicators.
REPORTING : Assist in preparing Procurement Reports, Help filling Norac group pricing analysis...
OTHER : - Help implementing MRP
- Perform routine administrative tasks for the department.
- Help building tools to improve overall functioning/reporting of the department.
- Any other relevant duties as assigned by the Corporate Procurement Manager from time to time (ingredient sourcing....).
Requirements
Bachelor minimum,
3 - 5 years preferably of related work experience in procurement and/or packaging within the manufacturing industry
Ability to negotiate, analyze, improve processes.
Advanced Excel skills (pivots, v-lookups, and data manipulation)
Proven ability to communicate effectively across multi-site operations within the US and Internationally
Strong attention to detail and ability to multi-task will be essential
Experience in operating in an ERP (Sage X3, SAP...) and proven ability to make improvements in the ERP
Ability to be autonomous