Procurement Manager, Indirect

4 weeks ago

Chicago, United States Kraft Heinz Company Full time
Job Description

As the Procurement Manager, Indirect- HR Services, you will be responsible for all strategic planning and sourcing activities for related subcategories (e.g., Contingent Labor, Learning and Development, Talent Acquisition, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and University Relations) across the Kraft Heinz North American Zone (U.S. and Canada). You will leverage your experience and knowledge to build comprehensive strategies at the category level and implement the strategy through the sourcing process. The role drives value for Kraft Heinz by supporting program compliance through supplier and contract management. You will drive sustainable strategies that will actively seek to reduce and/or control costs for products and services while growing efficiencies for the business. As well as collaborating closely with stakeholders in the various Business Units, Operations, Finance, and other corporate functions to provide innovative new products and services to meet business objectives. In addition, you will serve as a key global liaison and coordinate with our third-party administrator supporting these procurement categories. Success in this role requires a professional who can focus on balancing outstanding service to internal business clients, global teamwork while improving value for the company for the services purchased.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities
  • Lead mid to executive-level clients and supplier relationships on an ongoing basis to ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Lead Sourcing and Category Management for a wide portfolio of sophisticated and/or critical categories to Kraft Heinz.
  • Establish and deliver performance goals for a portfolio of categories representing a significant amount of spend.
  • Lead strategic sourcing projects for supplier selection/optimization to implement Category Management vision and strategies.
  • Handle Supplier Relationships and conducts Supplier Business Reviews - High Level Partner concern Point for Performance and Risk Issues.
  • Develop and handle supplier base for specific categories.
  • Lead discussions with critical suppliers around long-term objectives and strategies, ongoing market trends, innovation and technology advances, and potential investment decisions.
  • Support major supplier issues and work with team members to identify and drive resolutions.
  • Identify business needs at the sourcing and category project level in the following areas: Assurance of Supply, Quality, Service, Cost, and Innovation (AQSCI).
  • Develop multi-year category vision and strategy based on the data, insights, and business requirements.
  • Build and maintain strong business relationships to increase influence over total category spend.
  • Identify and evaluate potential value generating projects based on complexity, resources, risk, time to implement, and estimated financial impact.
  • Manage prioritized portfolio of projects for the category in the near and long term.
  • Lead the supplier selection and RFx award process.
  • Perform highly sophisticated contracts in accordance with policies and processes; ability to apply competency across categories.
  • Apply expert level of negotiation techniques and tools in all situations.
  • Actively maintain strong understanding of category dynamics (current market, pricing, cost drivers, industry, and supplier variables) through trade groups, publications, etc. and communicates changes to business partners.
  • Manage Total Cost of Ownership at the category level through collaboration with Data Analytics, accountable for measuring and reporting value delivery.
  • 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 relevant experience and certifications will be considered in lieu of a degree.
  • Possess at least 5 to 7 years of experience in Procurement, preferably in Indirect Procurement with relevant category expertise.
  • Strong written, verbal, and analytical skills, as well as interpersonal and presentation skills.
  • Effective negotiator and influencer with demonstrated examples with internal stakeholders and external suppliers/partners.
  • Strong Business acumen with the ability to understand and explain Procurement results and variances to non-Procurement audiences.
  • Proven project management skills along with solid analytical and consultative skills; able to make sound, data-driven business decisions. Prior experience with business case development and multi-workstream project management is critical to success in this role.
  • Experience in developing long-term business strategies and confidence when doing so.
  • Extensive experience in the sourcing life cycle process and have a strong grasp of the tools needed to complete the process.
  • Ability to multi-task, attention to detail, organized, outstanding customer service skills.
  • Judgment to handle confidential information and complicated business situations; ability to lead and influence others; project management, problem solving, leadership and team building skills.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and have an understanding for source-to-pay tools (SAP, Ariba, Workday, etc.).
Location(s)
Chicago/Aon Center

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact NATAI@kraftheinz.com

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