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Blount Fine Foods · 22 hours ago

Procurement Strategist

Warren, RI

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

3+ years exp

Blount Fine Foods is a family-owned manufacturer of premium fresh prepared foods, seeking a Procurement Strategist to analyze and strategize the procurement of raw materials to maintain proper inventory levels. The role involves negotiating purchase orders, managing budgets, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to support production needs.

Food and Beverage

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Use strategic thinking and forward planning to maintain proper inventory levels that support sales, forecasts, and market trends for assigned items

Negotiate and coordinate raw material purchase orders, expedite/prioritize, and assess purchase orders for accuracy and compliance with regulations where necessary. Review invoices for accuracy. Manage deliveries of vendor purchase orders and inter-site raw material transfers

Manage assigned category budget with regular reports outs of market and commodity analysis. Provide cost projections to sales and finance for customer pricing and budget forecasts

Plan and manage raw materials associated with new product launches and phasing out of discontinued raw materials

Manage and execute RFQ annually with vendor partners, maintain contracts and monitor contract balances for necessary revisions. Participate in cost and proposal analysis, contract negotiation & management, and program structuring to minimize risk with a heavy focus on vendor managed inventory programs. Monitor VMI programs through weekly/monthly inventory audits

Participate in vendor communication and relationship management, along with providing monthly forecast data to partners. Prepare meeting agendas and provide post meeting report outs for structured vendor business review meetings, on site, virtual or at vendor facility

Work with cross-functional teams in coordinating test batches including documentation, samples and test setup

Participate in BOM revision project cross functionally

Participates in corporate Goals & Objectives (GO’s) program

Utilize available data and reporting tools to ensure departmental KPI’s are being met and identify areas of improvement

Partner with Procurement Coordinator for management of shared assigned categories to properly allocate tasks and responsibilities within the category

Qualification

Food procurement experienceBudget managementNegotiation skillsVendor relationship managementMarket analysisMulti-taskingPivot

Required

3 years of food procurement/purchasing/manufacturing related experience

Ability to pivot and move quickly in a busy environment

Ability to multi-task

Preferred

Bachelors preferred or equivalent combination of both education and experience

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision benefits

401k with Company match

Paid time off including vacation, sick time and holidays.

Education Assistance Program

Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability

Discounts on Blount products at Company retail locations

Discretionary Annual Bonus Program

Company

Blount Fine Foods

Blount Fine Foods is a food production company that provides gourmet soups, sauces, sides, and entrees.

Founded in 1880

Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

501-1000 employees

http://blountfinefoods.com

H1B Sponsorship

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