Job Description

Description:

General Summary

The Procurement Manager develops and executes procurement strategies across dry ingredients, product packaging and produce categories to achieve the safety, quality and financial goals of King & Prince Seafood. This is an end-to-end procurement role involved in supply market intelligence activities, strategy development, operational purchasing, and new product development. Provides leadership in cross-functional collaboration with Supply Planning, R&D, QA, Sales, Category Management and Operations.


Note: This is a fully remote position and visa sponsorship is not available.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Develops and executes purchasing plans using MRP planning tools to meet the packaging and ingredient needs of the short-and-long range production plan Maintains Supply Chain planning tool master data (MOQ, order lead time, shelf life, safety cover) to ensure accurate outputs Maintains proper inventory levels for all items using standard re-order point methodologies Eliminates/minimizes packaging and ingredient obsolescence Keeps up with current purchasing trends and regulatory policies by taking courses, attending seminars/web casts, networking with other purchasing professionals and reading relevant material Coordinates closely with R&D, Category Management, and Sales and Marketing to facilitate the success of product development projects and initiatives Maintains a firm knowledge of accepted product quality and workmanship standards as well as purchasing practices and policies Through the maintenance of supplier scorecard, communicates results and assist suppliers in addressing root cause of service shortfalls Manages purchasing contracts and formalized RFP's for timely and accurate execution Initiates, leads, and participates in projects designed to improve processes, reduce costs, and enhance product quality

Requirements:
B.S./B.A. degree in Supply Chain or business preferred 5+ years of experience in packaging and ingredients procurement Certified Purchasing Manager certification preferred Strong financial, analytical, critical thinking, and negotiation skills Proficiency in MS Office - Excel, Word and PowerPoint Exposure to MFGPRO and MRP systems is preferred Strong interpersonal and organizational skills Ability to effectively communicate and present information to top management, suppliers, and customers Strong problem solving skills; define, collect data, analyze, evaluae solutions, act quickly to resolve, monitor results * Willing and able to travel up to 20% of the time