Procurement Manager (Government)

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The Procurement Manager leads in the development and execution of procurement strategies. This person plays a key role in managing supply partners, supply, cost, and risk for food ingredients, spices, and commodities that support the B&G Foods manufacturing network. A successful Procurement Manager will build and manage a strong and dynamic portfolio and will play a critical role in the company's ability to deliver safe, quality, and cost effective products.

Responsibilities:

• Negotiate, manage, and execute supply contracts.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for assigned categories that incorporates food safety, customer requirements, product requirements, market conditions, business risk, and supplier capabilities.
• Manage and forecast costs, purchase price variance, and inventory.
• Monitor and improve supplier performance.
• Assist the Product Development team with the sourcing of new products.
• Collect, evaluate, and report crop conditions, commodity movement, market information, and logistical trends.
• Collaborate and communicate with management and cross-functional teams to understand/align on business objectives, risk management, costing, and pricing actions.
• Support sales and marketing with data to implement costing actions.
• Serve as the subject matter expert and advisor on assigned categories.
• Participate in developing annual budgets for assigned categories.

Experience, Skills, Education:

• Bachelor's Degree required, Master's Degree preferred
• 5-10 years of procurement experience in packaging, chemical or consumer products required
• Microsoft Excel proficiency required
• ERP proficiency required, preferably with JDE or SAP
• Excellent communication skills needed, both written and spoken