Procurement Specialist

Job description

Reporting to the Manager of Procurement, you will manage the purchasing of food chemical ingredient materials while balancing price, quality, logistics, supplier reliability, and supply continuity. You will be accountable for research, high‑level issue resolution, negotiations, master data analysis, transaction processing, and report development. You'll collaborate with cross‑functional partners to identify and support process improvement opportunities. A Taste of Your Responsibilities: - Develop and apply an understanding of market dynamics, cost drivers, and logistics related to food chemical ingredients - Develop and apply an understanding of company facilities, requirements, capabilities, processes, and constraints - Build and maintain relationships with suppliers and multiple cross‑functional business partners - Support business process improvements and documentation efforts - Develop an understanding of SAP material requirements planning processes and data - Manage procurement master data in SAP and leverage applicable systems to help guide process efficiencies - Release requests for proposal and negotiate and execute contracts aligned to category strategies - Drive digital a...