Sr. Manager, Procurement - External Manufacturing Frozen

• 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 critical categories to Kraft Heinz, including identifying and assessing potential new external manufacturing partners for business viability, including financial, quality, and product manufacturing feasibility.
• 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, including being the primary point of contact 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 a 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, implementation time, and estimated financial impact.
• Facilitate supplier collaboration with the assigned set of critical suppliers to leverage their capabilities to achieve continuous improvement and bring innovation to the business.
• Manage a prioritized portfolio of projects for the category in the near and long term.
• Lead the supplier selection and RFx award process and subsequent negotiations in partnership with department leadership.
• Execute the supplier selection process by identifying and developing suppliers capable of delivering products that meet or exceed KHC requirements, including upcoming innovation and sustainability commitments.
• Perform highly sophisticated contracts following Kraft Heinz’s Procurement policies and processes.
• Actively understand category dynamics (current market, pricing, cost drivers, industry, and supplier variables) through trade groups, publications, etc., and communicate changes to applicable business partners.
• Manage Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) 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.

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, finance, business, or related field; MBA preferred. Candidates with extensive relevant experience will be considered instead of a degree.
• Possess at least 5 to 7 years of experience in Procurement, preferably in external manufacturing 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 and 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.
• Possess extensive experience in the sourcing life cycle process and fully grasp 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 understanding of source-to-pay tools (SAP, Ariba, Workday, etc.).

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