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    Vice President of Protein Procurement - Los Angeles, United States - Top Quality Recruitment

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    Description
    Employment Type: Full-time

    Available Positions: 1

    Location: On-Site

    Application Deadline: February 10th, 2024

    Summary

    The Vice President of Protein Procurement is responsible for providing strategic leadership for our procurement team. This role will work collaboratively to establish long-range goals, strategies, plans, and policies.

    Key Activities
    • Drive standardization of processes and procedures, transaction methods with suppliers, supplier selection processes / ongoing supplier management, data collection, negotiation, performance improvement, cost reduction, and communication strategies;
    • Originate, lead negotiation efforts, and govern purchase agreements and vendor contracts with a bias for the achievement of quality, delivery, cost containment, and process improvement. Identifies and capitalizes on opportunities to reduce purchasing costs;
    • Develop and maintain systematic, analytical, and results-based methods for monitoring supplier performance and communicate these results to the suppliers and end users. Provide timely and actionable information for corrective actions to be taken where necessary to both the supplier and end users. Develop and utilize benchmarks and scorecards to be used for continuous improvement; creation and improvement of best-practice-based processes and procedures;
    • Manage and support corporate oversight for purchases, across multiple expense categories and create strategic vision for the company as well as driving purchasing synergies to achieve cost savings across company product lines. Create and enforce Purchasing policies;
    • Develop a multi-year strategy around optimizing the supplier base. Ensure purchasing actions are jointly developed, fully communicated, and correctly integrated into strategic plans and budgets of the BUs;
    • Foster meaningful business relationships across business units to ensure the effectiveness of purchasing strategies and deploy Subject Matter Experts as necessary to cement change. Manage purchasing staffing and across existing sourcing functions.
    Preferred Skills
    • Direct experience with USDA/FDA preferred
    Educations & Experience
    • BA/BS in supply chain management, economics, finance, operations, engineering, business, accounting or manufacturing-related field or equivalent experience preferred. MBA a plus;
    • 10 years experience in commodity-based purchasing; minimum of 3 years in a director-level procurement role. Strong analytical skills.
    Are you looking for your next opportunity? We can help.

    Finding a great opportunity that fosters growth, a great culture, and leadership opportunities can be difficult. Top Quality Recruitment (TQR) connects professionals with leadership opportunities across the Packaging, Food and Beverage, Medical Devices, and Biotechnology industries. With 50+ years of experience, we believe in one-to-one communication and finding the best candidate/employer match possible.

    TQR is an equal opportunity employer that encourages diversity. We will consider all applications.

    Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request.

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    We thank all applicants for their interest and appreciate the time and effort involved; however, due to the large volume of resumes received only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Please attach your resume to your application.

    Job ID: 7053


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