Procurement Manager West AB (Boise, ID)

Summary

The Procurement Manager directs their procurement team ensuring supplier product positioning and purchasing business objective alignment. This position will examine existing procedures as well as seek opportunities to streamline activities.  This position will be responsible for managing analytics to maximize supplier offers while minimizing inventory levels.  This position oversees and directs the product purchasing team ensuring efficient execution of purchase orders, costing, compliance, and reporting.  Each manager must strategically align their portfolio with the broader strategy of the Innvictis Brand and the overall business.  This role is critical to the profitability and sustainability of the retail and distribution business with Simplot and require a high level of tactical development and execution

Key Responsibilities

• Oversees and directs the product purchasing team ensuring purchase orders, pricing, terms, compliance, inventory utilization, and reporting are executed well and handled efficiently.
• Through team, facilitates supplier product exchange programs for most efficient utilization of seasonal products, while maximizing exchange dollars to optimize terms.
• Through the team, works with Suppliers to manage projections by product and develop timeline for shipping product into regions utilizing DC’s strategic to specific markets.
• Collaborate with Supplier Relations and Strategy Leads to communicate/coordinate corporate chemical direction with team to optimize purchasing.
• Manage supplier contractual commitments, price protection, swap programs, returns, and inventory protection.
• Collaborate with sales organization to create sales and procurement forecasts.
• Coordinate efforts between distribution and the procurement team to determine “first placement” of purchased inventory into the Simplot Grower Solutions (SGS) system as well as when to buy vs move product internally.

Typical Education

Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) from 4 year college or university (Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered for meeting the minimum requirements of the role)

Relevant Experience

5+ years related experience and/or training

Other Information

• Extensive knowledge of crop protection products including uses, supply sources, and replacement or alternatives
• At least three years of management experience
• Experience with agricultural procurement processes and supplier requirements
• Experience performing analytical analysis using Excel
• Experience with Agvance and using Power BI
• Experience optimizing processes and creating standard operating procedures