Sr Procurement Specialist, Co-Man, Repackaging and Disposal

Title: Sr Procurement Specialist, Co-Man, Repackaging and Disposal

               

Location: Kennewick, WA

               

About Lamb Weston

We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950’s, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 10,000+ team members around the world, it’s our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.

We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.

We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you’d expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!

Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.

Job Description Summary

               

This position is responsible for developing strategies for current and future programs, sourcing and qualifying suppliers, negotiating pricing, executing contracts for Contract Manufacturing, Repackaging and Disposal. Responsibilities include integrating with cross functional stakeholders to achieve Lamb Weston’s key priorities, integrating capabilities, and program forecasts and opportunities to deliver on results.

Job Description

• Owns a $160m ‘book of business’ and aligns to company cost, quality, delivery and service requirements to achieve strategic initiatives.
• Elevates Procurement’s status as a trusted partner through customer centricity
• Monitors appropriate Supplier Risk Management protocols with critical suppliers
• Efficiently communicates strategies, priorities, goals, challenges, and results to executives and stakeholders.
• Leads complex sourcing efforts and negotiating with suppliers, including but not limited to RFQs and RFPs.
• Identifies opportunities to extract additional value and innovation from the supply base while considering performance management and risk management approaches.
• Passionately supporting ESG outcomes for assigned categories.
• Ensures materials and products acquired by the organization are disposed of in an environmentally responsible way.
• Leases with Legal to enable and streamline contract negotiations in an effective and efficient manner.
• Manages supplier contractual framework, including NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, and Pas.
• Drives supplier performance by lifting and shifting best practices from one region to another region.
• Monitors, controls, and reports KPI’s for the assigned category.
• Productivity and Payment Terms recording and tracking.
• Supports proactive organization sessions with internal customers to identify further Total Cost of Ownership reduction opportunities for MRO category.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required, Masters is a plus
• 3+ years of experience in procurement for Operations &/or Supply Chain, Contract Manufacturing and/or Repackaging.

Skills and Experience:

• Experience in transformation & continuous improvement of procurement
• Possess the ability & knowledge to negotiate, manage & enforce procurement agreements
• Knowledge of SAP ERP & related systems including, but not limited to SAP Ariba & SAP Concur
• Ability to collaborate productively with cross-functional, cross-geographical teams
• Ability to manage multiple priorities or projects.
• Capability to operate in uncertain environments & deliver results under pressure
• Exceptional interpersonal, verbal & written communication skills
• Natural influencer & persuasive at all levels of the business

Functional Competencies:

• Strategic Sourcing
• Risk Management
• Supplier Selection & Contracting
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Stakeholder Influencing.

Physical Environment/Demands:

• Most work is performed in a temperature-controlled office environment
• Incumbent may sit fo