Job Description
Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas'® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann's® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!
More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development and allows our associates to be their authentic selves.
Come join the largest baking company in the world and our family of 20,000 associates nationwide!
Top Reasons to Work at Bimbo Bakeries USA:
Annual Bonus Eligibility
Comprehensive Benefits Package
Paid Time Off
401k & Company Match
Position Summary:
The Vice President, North America Procurement is responsible for creating enterprise value across multiple business units in Canada and the United States through strategic sourcing, supplier partnerships, productivity delivery, supply assurance, risk management, working capital improvement, and organizational leadership.
Reporting to the Chief Procurement Officer for Grupo Bimbo, this role leads a geographically dispersed organization of more than 60 associates across Canada, the United States, and Costa Rica (service centre), including a direct team to lead of Directors and Managers responsible for direct materials, packaging, indirect, commodity risk management, supplier relationships, and enterprise procurement initiatives. The role is accountable for ensuring procurement remains deeply embedded within the businesses it supports, delivering measurable business outcomes while balancing the unique priorities and objectives of multiple independent business units.
The successful candidate will continue the evolution of a high-performing procurement organization, building upon a strong reputation for business partnership, talent development, productivity delivery, and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
Enterprise Value Creation
- Lead the development and execution of procurement strategies that create measurable enterprise value across business units in Canada and the United States.
- Deliver significant and sustainable productivity through strategic sourcing, supplier partnerships, value engineering, process improvements, and commercial innovation.
- Identify, evaluate, and execute opportunities to improve profitability, reduce total cost of ownership, and support business growth initiatives.
- Ensure procurement strategies are aligned with short-term business priorities and long-term enterprise objectives.
Procurement Leadership
- Provide strategic leadership for North America Procurement, including direct materials, packaging, and enterprise-wide procurement initiatives.
- Establish clear priorities and direction for the procurement organization while ensuring alignment across multiple business units.
- Drive excellence in category management, supplier relationship management, sourcing governance, and procurement execution.
- Continue advancing procurement maturity across all categories, with particular focus on expanding capabilities within indirect procurement.
Supply Assurance and Risk Management
- Ensure continuity of supply across all critical materials and services required to support business operations.
- Lead proactive identification, assessment, and mitigation of supply chain, supplier, commodity, geopolitical, and business continuity risks.
- Partner with Global Procurement teams to develop and execute commodity risk management strategies.
- Ensure appropriate contingency plans and risk mitigation strategies are in place for critical categories and suppliers.
Working Capital and Financial Performance
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Numbers & Facts
| Location | Irving, Texas |
| Industry | Other/Not Classified |
| Company Size | 5,000 to 9,999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1993 |
| Website | www.bimbobakeriesusa.com |
About Company
Bimbo Bakeries USA is a leader in the baking industry, known for its category leading brands, innovative products, freshness and quality. As part of Grupo Bimbo, the world’s largest baking company, BBU is proud to share the company philosophyHighly Productive and Deeply Humane in the U.S.
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