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Form of workAs the Senior Indirect Buyer for Marketing Procurement, you will be responsible for leading all strategic sourcing activities for pre-press, product development, charitable, subscriptions, and institutional categories across the Kraft Heinz NA enterprise. This position will use their experience and knowledge to implement the strategy through the sourcing process. They will ensure program compliance through supplier and contract management adding new value for Kraft Heinz.
This role will drive balanced strategies that will actively seek to reduce and/or control costs for their assigned categories while growing efficiencies for the business. This position will work closely with the stakeholders in Procurement and Marketing to provide innovative services to meet business objectives. The successful candidate must be able to focus on balancing superior service to internal business clients, while maximizing value for the company of services purchased.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities Manage mid to executive-level clients and supplier relationships on an ongoing basis to ensure customer happiness, including conducting Supplier Business Reviews. Lead Sourcing Management for the assigned North American Zone categories for Kraft Heinz. Lead and deliver performance goals for categories representing a significant amount of spend.
Manage strategic sourcing projects for supplier selection/optimization to implement Category Management vision and strategies. Identify business needs at the sourcing project level in assigned areas. Develop multi-year sourcing vision and strategy based on the data, insights, and business requirements and capabilities.
Identify and evaluate potential value generating projects based on complexity, resources, risk, time to implement, and estimated financial impact. Manage the supplier selection and RFx award process. Applies advance level of negotiation techniques and tools in all situations; ability to apply proficiency across categories.
Actively maintain strong understanding of category dynamics (current market, pricing, cost drivers, industry, and supplier variables) through trade groups, publications, etc. Enable continuous process improvement and cost reduction. Ensure the strategic sourcing process is robustly applied to all sourcing projects Expected Experience & Required Skills Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, finance, business, or related field.
Candidates with extensive proven experience and certifications (e.g., CPM, CPIM, etc.) may be considered in lieu of a degree. 3+ years of demonstrated ability in indirect procurement, purchasing, strategic sourcing, or a related field. Strong written, verbal, and analytical skills, as well as interpersonal and presentation skills.
Ability to understand, organize, and communicate sophisticated information in an easily understandable format tailored to a variety of audiences. Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, support requests from, and collaborate directly across all levels of the organization. We "own" it at KHC and success requires an individual who is results-oriented, self-motivated, proactive, independent, and responsive.
Have strong analytical, planning, and execution skills, including exceptional attention to detail. Possess a strategic mindset; can effectively articulate various perspectives and impacts of issues and understand the future impact to the business. Able to see all sides and the inherent value to stakeholders.
Able to effectively negotiate and influence business decisions and change. Able to multitask and juggle projects at varying levels of complexity. Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and have an understanding for source-to-pay tools (SAP, Ariba, etc.).
Work Environment & Schedule This position is considered a normal office environment with moderate travel to customer locations, stores, manufacturing facilities, etc.; offices are open workspaces. To create a more agile and modern workplace, we allow Chicago/Aon Center based employees to work virtually for up to two days each week and expect them to work in-person during the defined core days at their assigned work location at least three days per workweek.
