Strategic Category Buyer - Packaging (On-site)

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At Idahoan Foods, we bring people and families together by providing high quality, convenient food that delights and nourishes lives. As a top 20 household penetration CPG brand, when you join our table, you're joining a team that aims high and values collaboration, continuous improvement, sustainable sourcing and innovation, active engagement in the community, and doing the right thing. We understand that it's our team members that serve as the foundation of our ambitious future and we're committed to knowing you, growing you, and celebrating you.

Job purpose

This position is responsible for building, implementing, and managing our category spend and strategy for Idahoan's paper-based packaging spend throughout the Idahoan Supply Chain network. As an integral part of Idahoan's Procurement Team, you will work on our supplier partnerships, along with finding suppliers and resources that fit with our business goals and customer demands. You will be a key contributor to support the growth, innovation, and sustainability ambitions of the business. You will lead and contribute to key sourcing projects relating to internal production, while monitoring and driving key performance indicators related to financial performance, quality, standardization across sites, Design to Value (DTV) and responsible sourcing, with a focus on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). This role reports to the Sr. Procurement Category Manager, and will closely partner with our Supply Chain/Planning, Operations, Engineering, Operational Excellence and Quality Teams.

Main Responsibilities

• Develop and implement category strategies for Idahoan's paper-based packaging spend
• Strategically partner with Idahoan's main Corrugated Packaging supplier(s) to continually extract value out of the life of the relationship
• Manage strategic sourcing initiatives, including the preparation and execution of all RFP, RFQ and RFI processes, as well as direct negotiations
• Partner with our Packaging Engineer/Marketing to identify alternate and innovative ideas/suppliers to provide business solutions, challenge requirements, and specifications to create a competitive advantage
• Develop alternate qualified, competitive sources of supply on a continuing basis through a comprehensive financial and market review to assist with both risk mitigation and commercial advantage
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders. Manage stakeholder engagement and alignment throughout the end-to-end sourcing process
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand business needs, insights, risks, and opportunities
• Support savings tracking processes and measure contract compliance and other key metrics to ensure targets are being met and value is being delivered to the business
• Manage the end-to-end contract process for paper-based packaging contracts
• Assist internal stakeholders in managing supplier relationships, tracking supplier performance metrics, and communicating performance feedback to suppliers
• Achieve agreed Savings Targets that are, at a minimum, above any annual cost of inflation
• Align with policies and procedures to further drive process controls and compliance
• Experience working in an ERP system and ability to transact and run reports
• Special projects as assigned

Qualifications/Required Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration, Logistics, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Packaging Engineering, or related discipline; equivalent experience will be considered
• Procurement/Supply Chain accreditation will be viewed favorably, e.g., CIPS, CPSM
• Familiarity with Source to Pay solution, e.g., Coupa, Jaggaer
• 3+ years of professional experience in Sourcing and Procurement, preferably having sourced key Packaging commodities including Pulp & Paper, Fiber etc.
• Collaborative team player and leader able to build a positive work environment
• Strong sense of ownership, sense of urgency, drive, and motivation
• Ability to lead and influence change in the face of complexity and ambiguity
• Effective relationship-building skills and the ability to work with people at all levels in the organization
• Strong negotiation skills

Other Details

• Willingness to travel up to 10% based on internal and external business needs
• This position is located in our Corporate Office

Alignment with Core Values of the Company

• Respect & Value Our People
• Stay in Front of Change While Reducing Costs
• Delight Our Customers
• Food Quality & Safety

Benefits

• Pay Range: $80k - $115k (DOE)
• Bonus Potential
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• PTO (Vacation, Sick, and Holidays)
• 401K match
• Company paid disability and life insurance policies
• Paid maternity and parental leave

Approach to Flexible Work

The majority of our roles are primarily located in one of our manufacturing facilities or in our corporate office in Idaho Falls, Idaho, offering us the ability to effectively collaborate, innovate, and develop the next leaders of Idahoan Foods.

While we want to capitalize on purposeful in-person days, we also value flexibility and appreciate that it can mean something different to everyone based on your unique circumstances. That's why at Idahoan we focus on meaningful conversations between you and your manager to identify what works best for the business, team, your role, and your personal needs. Within our manufacturing workforce, we follow our process for time off requests and working within our attendance policy. Those same elements apply outside of manufacturing, but your position may offer some additional flexibility to work remotely at times.

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.