Buyer, Fresh Potatoes
Campbell Soup

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We cultivate and embrace a diverse employee population. We recognize that people with diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives fuel our growth and enrich our global culture.

We are looking for an individual who enjoys working in a fast-paced, team oriented environment, likes to be challenged, and values the opportunity to make a difference.

General Summary:

The Buyer, Fresh Potatoes position is responsible for the procurement of Agricultural Ingredients (Fresh Potatoes - Conventional and Organic as assigned for all Campbell Meals & Beverages and Snacks locations with an annual spend valued at approximately $85MM. The individual will be responsible for planning, formulating, guiding, driving and monitoring implementation of category management strategies for assigned ingredients, through all supply chains and Campbell Meals & Beverages and Snacks locations, ensuring quality of materials, competitive pricing, and adherence to company policies.

This role will be responsible for coordinating all sourcing and contracting directly, and indirectly, working with Brand, R&D, Innovation, Quality, Operation, and Supply Chain teams. The individual will be expected to deliver Procurement's financial and process goals and objectives while driving strategic alignment and developing strong partnerships with our internal business unit's leadership and strategic external partners.

Primary Responsibilities:

Strategic Accountability

* Source, build, and manage a network of raw material suppliers that are available to meet the business needs.

* Develop project plans and work with cross-functional teams to manage and track deliverables from inception to launch, including but not limited to managing the approval process for new suppliers and ingredients.

* Develop and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers, driving optimized value through a strategic relationship management program.

* Coordinate with all internal stakeholders to identify proper risk mitigation strategies for ingredients.

* Support all SRM initiatives with supplier and growers, and all product and platform launches to support the "Real Food" corporate strategy and "What's In My Food" transparency programs.

Operational Accountability

* Assist in and lead where appropriate the development of category management strategies to support Total Procurement Value (TPV) and promote value engineering analyses to support ongoing performance improvement and cost reduction that results in tangible benefits.

* Ensure consistent and accurate cost saving tracking to support Procurement goals.

* Support leaders from Marketing, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Quality Assurance, etc. for concept development, designing new programs, discussing product options, providing market education, etc. related to assigned category responsibilities.

* Ensure quality of service, competitive pricing, adherence to company policies, procurement processes and endeavors related to the operation of a proactive and strategic Global Procurement Business Unit.

* Ensure a deep understanding of supply markets and drivers for key areas - e.g. agriculture markets, currency, exports, weather and domestic economic factors.

* Establish strong working relationships with strategic partners to optimize value creation for all parties.

* Partner with the Campbell's Global Strategic Sourcing team to develop and support the sourcing calendar and manage all RFx opportunities for ingredient material supply.

* Maintain systems and processes to support the day-to-day business.

* Assist in developing and actively promoting Campbell's Supplier Diversity Strategy.

Job Complexity:

* Interact with team members at all levels in the organization, as well as senior leadership across multiple functions. The individual must have the ability to influence the direction of the business and align and engage resources that are outside their area of responsibility.

* Demonstrate strategic thought leadership in moving Procurement strategies forward with respect to assigned categories

* Identify problems, generate options and recommendations for business partners.

* Deal with ambiguity and be comfortable in a dynamic work environment.

* Partner with R&D, Supply Chain, and Marketing to develop, evaluate and implement programs/projects at a sustainable and competitive cost in support of Total Procurement Value objectives.

* Develop and actively promote Campbell's Diversity and Sustainability strategies.

* Work with managers and co-workers remotely and as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

* Education: Bachelor Degree, Master's Preferred

* Applicable fields of study: Agricultural Economics, Mathematics & Statistics, Agronomy, Agribusiness, Supply Chain

* Years of Relevant Experience: minimum of 2-3 years of procurement and/or related supply chain/CPG industry experience required; Ingredient / Agricultural background a plus.

* Systems experience with JDE and SAP required; experience in Tableau, Power BI, R-studio and SQL advantageous.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

* Integrates and aligns Procurement strategy with functional Business Units and Supply Chain strategies.

* Demonstrated performance of results in a matrix environment and/or with multiple companies.

* Cross company and/or cross matrix experience working in managing large complex projects.

* Influences cross-functional partners with knowledge of the supply landscape to drive strategy.

* Demonstrated self-starter, imaginative/innovator, and able to set executive direction.

* Builds supplier relationships and influences long-term supplier partnerships and innovation.

* Strong written and oral communication skills, decision making/problem solving and influencing, team building skills, and strong analytical skill set.

* Strong experience in procurement, finance, and contracts (legal).

* Excellent negotiating skills.

* Utilizes depth of knowledge to gain insights which produce competitive advantage.

* Work without direction and determine own methods to accomplish work.

* Strategic and analytical thinker including creating contingency for high risk issues.

* Ability to anticipate stakeholder needs while influencing and collaborating with them to drive value.

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