Procurement Manager, Indirect – HR Services

Job Description

Essential Functions & Responsibilities  

• ​​Ability to deeply understand and utilize procurement processes, tools, and systems, execute, and oversee lifecycle management processes. Be a proven expert in category planning, development, and execution, as well as ability to achieve tangible results in competitive and non-competitive supplier negotiations both directly and as a coach to others. 

• ​Manage 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 complex 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 execute Category Management vision and strategies. 

• ​Manage Supplier Relationships and conducts Supplier Business Reviews – High Level Escalation Point for Performance and Risk Issues. 

• ​As a component of supplier management activities for the role, you will segment suppliers at the category level, while developing and managing the supplier base for your 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 stakeholders to identify and drive resolution. 

• ​Identify business needs at the sourcing and category project level in the following areas: Assurance of supply, quality, service, cost, and innovation. Develop multi-year category vision and strategy based on the data, insights, and business requirements. 

• ​Build 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