Procurement Category Manager, Primary Packaging

Who We Are
The Mark Anthony Group of Companies is one of North America's most diversified and successful private beverage companies focused on the alcohol beverage sector. Founded in 1972, the Company grew organically from a one-man wine importing business to a producer and distributor of fine wine, premium spirits, and ready-to-drink beverages, including White Claw Hard Seltzer.
Role Overview:
The Procurement Category Manager, Primary Packaging is responsible for category strategy development, competitive sourcing execution, contracts management, and supplier performance management for the Primary Packaging spends across MAB's internal manufacturing and co-packer sites.
Core Duties and Responsibilities

• Drive category strategy development and sourcing execution plans for Primary Packaging and related spends for all MAB sites, including cans, glass, closures and other packaging formats.
• Work with the Senior Manager to embed rigor in category management practices and a disciplined approach to creating and executing sourcing and supplier management plans.
• Act as primary Procurement liaison to business stakeholders for inputs into Brand Innovation, Renovation, and spec/supply optimization programs.
• Deliver measurable value through rigorous sourcing, contracting and supplier management practices across the MAB network.
• Help build material cost standards and budget for fiscal year budget resets. Ensure categories meet or exceed budget plans for the year via implementation of category strategies & sourcing events

Category Strategy Development:

• Contribute to the development of forward-looking category strategies for assigned Packaging categories that leverage deep market expertise; are aligned with stakeholder/business requirements; and deliver best value outcomes and support broader MAB objectives.
• Provide leading supply market expertise and industry knowledge that is used to influence/support/enable the Innovation, Brand Change and Product Development project pipeline.
• Work with the Senior Category Manager to build discipline of forecasting of category risks and opportunities on a continual basis in partnership with Finance.

• Provide recommendations for supplier segmentation and map out SRM activities (i.e. business review meetings) to support

Sourcing Execution and Contracts Management:

• Negotiate and manage supplier contracts to maximize value, mitigate risk, identify improvement opportunities, and minimize total cost of ownership.
• Provide input into capital budgeting process with cross-functional stakeholders in Manufacturing, Engineering, and Innovation-related functions.
• Conduct formal bidding process with diverse group of suppliers, working with CapEx project owners to ensure on-time and within-budget project completion.
• Lead commercial negotiations for CapEx projects and escalate issues / risks to VP of Directs Procurement as needed.

Supplier Relationship and Performance Management

• Lead and develop high-performing supplier relationships that deliver vs. KPIs across cost, quality, service, innovation, and others. Act as primary relationship manager and interface between supplier and MAB teams.
• Partner with stakeholders and suppliers to launch and implement Innovation, Brand Change, and spec optimization programs.
• Lead and continue to refine the use of a supplier performance management framework that drives continuous improvement with suppliers for the MAB business.
• Identify strategic partnership opportunities across multi-year time horizon to maximize value and minimize risk for MAB.

Position Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement actionable category strategies that generate a pipeline of value opportunities across the Primary Packaging spends.
• Design and execute sourcing processes in line with category strategies.
• Lead supplier relationships that align with a segmentation model that prioritizes the allocation of resources with suppliers of greatest business impact.
• Leverage depth of knowledge/experience in cans/aluminum/glass and related commodity markets to forecasts risks and opportunities to supply availability and total cost.
• Understanding of packaging/can/glass manufacturing and potential issues related to sourcing materials for manufacturing sites

Qualifications, Education, & Experience

• Knowledge and experience in the strategic procurement of branded packaging for a multi-national Food/Beverage/CPG company
• Highly analytical - analyzes data and utilizes facts effectively for presentation to stakeholders.
• Strong negotiation and organizational skills with attention to detail, able to successfully manage multiple accountabilities simultaneously.
• Strong written/oral communications, excellent presentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work within and across multiple functional teams.
• Self-starter: ability to raise issues and present solutions to problems independently

MAG Value Alignment
At Mark Anthony, we live by 5 Core Values every day. They are the cornerstone of our culture and the values that we look for in who we hire:
Sense of Urgency

• We value sense of urgency because we are a fast-paced company in a fast-paced industry

Authenticity

• We value authenticity because we need to stay real
• You are authentic, diplomatic, respectful, thoughtful and you always have the best intentions

Humility

• We value humility; there is no room for egos here
• You're not stubborn, you listen, take feedback/direction and respond quickly to changing direction. We are a team that supports each other

Trust

• We value trust because unless we are both trusted and trusting, we will not succeed as a team
• You put trust in others and do your best to never let anyone down

Working Conditions

• Physical Requirements
• Sitting for long periods of time
• Standing for long periods of time