Kraft Heinz · 1 day ago
Procurement Manager, Indirect – HR Services
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$102K/yr - $128K/yr
3+ years expKraft Heinz is a leading food company, and they are seeking a Procurement Manager for Indirect HR Services. The role involves managing supplier relationships, leading strategic sourcing projects, and ensuring performance goals are met for a portfolio of categories.
Food and BeverageFood ProcessingMeat and PoultryTobacco
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 and RFx award process
Executes highly complex contracts in accordance with policies and processes; ability to apply competency across categories
Applies expert level of negotiation techniques and tools in all situations; ability to apply competency
Actively maintain strong understanding of category dynamics (current market, pricing, cost drivers, industry, and supplier variables) through trade groups, publications, etc. and communicates changes to business stakeholders
Manage Total Cost of Ownership at the category level and be accountable for measuring and reporting value delivery
Enable continuous process improvement and cost reduction
Ensure the strategic sourcing process is robustly applied to all sourcing projects
Collaborates with global procurement peers to ensure support of and alignment to the supported functions
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, finance, business, or related field. Candidates with extensive relevant experience and certifications (e.g., CPM, CPIM, etc.) may be considered in lieu of a degree
Possess at least 3 to 5 years of experience in Procurement, preferably in Indirect Procurement with relevant category expertise
Experience in Supplier Performance and Risk Management tools is highly desirable
Strong written, verbal, and analytical skills, as well as interpersonal and presentation skills
Proven project management skills along with solid analytical and consultative skills; able to make sound, data-driven business decisions. Prior experience with business case development and multi-workstream project management is critical to success in this role
Strong Business acumen with the ability to understand and explain Procurement results and variances to non-Procurement audiences
Experience in developing long-term business strategies and confidence when doing so
Possesses extensive experience in the sourcing life cycle process and have a strong grasp of the tools needed to complete the process
Ability to multi-task, attention to detail, organized, outstanding customer service skills
Judgment to handle confidential information and complicated business situations; ability to lead and influence others; project management, problem solving, leadership and team building skills
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and have an understanding for source-to-pay tools (SAP, Ariba, etc.)
Benefits
Coverage for employees (and their eligible dependents) through affordable access to healthcare, protection, and saving for the future, we offer plans tailored to meet you and your family’s needs.
Wellbeing
Physical - Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Screenings/Assessments
Social - Paid Time Off, Company Holidays, Leave of Absence, Flexible Work Arrangements, Recognition, Training
Emotional – Employee Assistance Program , Wellbeing Programs, Family Support Programs
Financial – 401k, Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Disability
Company
Kraft Heinz
Kraft Heinz is a multinational food and beverage company offering a diverse range of condiments, sauces, snacks, cheese, and frozen foods.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$20M2019-06-10Post Ipo Equity· $20M
2015-07-06IPO
2015-03-25Acquired
Leadership Team
Carlos Abrams-Rivera
Chief Executive Officer
Andre Maciel
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2026-01-07
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