Manager Procurement

Job Category
:
Logistics/Supply Chain/Distribution/Trans

Requisition Number
: MANAG
001646

• Posted :
  November 25, 2025
• Full-Time
• On-site

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Laurel, MD 20723, USA

Are you looking to catapult your career by driving high-impact transformation with household brands?

Do you crave an entrepreneurial, fast paced, and engaging growth assignment working with incredible people from across the globe?

At Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, we are excited to start a new chapter of accelerated growth as part of Froneri – a global pure-play ice cream leader.

Come help us transform DGIC into the #1 ice cream brand! With nearly 100 years of winning experience in the U.S, a robust portfolio of powerhouse brands that consumers know and love such as Häagen-Dazs, Drumstick, Dreyer’s & Edy’s, and the backing and coaching of European-based ice cream experts, we know we have the winning recipe.

Headquartered in Walnut Creek, the Bay Area’s hub for up-and-coming food trends, our teams across our offices and factories are raising the bar on all things ice cream. We are investing in significant capital expansions to grow our Operations and Supply chain and are transforming how we work at every level to become agile, accelerate growth and elevate our quality. With a renewed focus on frozen treats, our tight-knit team of ambitious innovators are fully immersed in the business and encouraged to flex and make decisions quickly.

We are committed to pursuing every great idea and delivering the best ice cream experience for our consumers, when and where they want it.

Unleash your potential at Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream and discover what a sweet career we have in store for you.

Main Purpose of the job:

To achieve the best procurement for Laurel, maintaining service and quality. Looking for new ideas and opportunities and communicating across relevant departments. The main interface between suppliers and the business on price and relationship.

Job Description

Role and Activity

• Agreeing and managing contracts.
• Working with R&D team sourcing and costing materials for product briefs, creating a preferred supplier list. The buyer is the only interface for the pricing with the supplier.
• Liaising and managing new contracts with Supply Chain team.
• Keeping up to date with current markets, influences, and opportunities.
• Looking for new product ideas, liaising with R&D.
• Awareness of commercial impact on finished products of all materials.
• Improving product margin.
• Represent The Froneri Way of working through the behaviors and characteristics in our Operating Model and Core Values.
• Giving Froneri a competitive edge.
• Ensuring we get the best price in the market.
• Gathering local market information and sharing in the group.
• Prices correct on ERP systems
• Adheres and respects global purchasing policies.

Measurable Outcomes

• Positive buying price variance.
• Check and sign off product costings that meet business needs of expected margin, and control the number of new materials and suppliers.
• Supply chain department has the necessary contracts and agreements in place to operate.
• Know prices and current markets.
• Attend R&D meetings and weekly group buying KPI meetings.
• Attends factory daily review meeting.
• Visits lines in Factory at least three times a week talking to the line managers about issues and supplier performance affecting them.
• Can generate costs and recipe awareness.
• Weekly KPI figures measuring progress and projects.

BEHAVIORS AND CORE VALUES:
Must consistently showcase the desired behaviors that represent our Core Values.

We Take Ownership

• Stay committed to responsibilities from start to finish
• Make sound decisions and get into the right level of detail
• Apply resources to initiatives that add growth, improve efficiencies, or reduce waste

We Do What Is Right

• Choose transparency over convenience, even if it means difficult conversations
• Set clear roles and responsibilities, enabling everyone to exercise appropriate initiative and judgment
• Speak up when you see something that does not align to our values and policies

We Seek to Improve

• Strive to continuously improve and innovate to exceed expectations
• Value feedback from others and encourage open dialogue to…