Procurement Manager - Packaging

Job description

Employment Type: Salaried Work Arrangement: Remote Position Summary: This individual will proactively manage the direct raw material supply base to meet Ventura Foods Customer Experience by procuring Packaging materials that meet service, quality, cost, inventory, growth, and innovation business requirements. Major Duties and Responsibilities: Category Strategy & Market Intelligence Cost Management, Value Creation & Savings Pipeline - Develop and manage multi‑million‑dollar Packaging Category Strategies within Direct Procurement. - Deep expertise in packaging raw materials/substrates/chemicals; leverage market & commodity insights, escalation/de‑escalation mechanisms, and inflation mitigation to inform forecasting, decisions, and competitive pricing. - Provide quarterly updates on cost inflation by category and update quarterly standard costs. - Identify, assess, build business cases for, prioritize, and execute cost savings initiatives (product optimization, service/quality optimization, supplier optimization, process improvement, competitive bidding, should‑cost modeling, joint CI, negotiations). - Partner with suppliers and external category experts to develop robust savings/val...