Senior Procurement Specialist - Ingredients

Business Unit Overview

Feeding the world is what we do – how we do it is unique. We are not your textbook consumer packaged goods company. While others may be slow to make change happen, Post continuously drives both inorganic and organic growth. Our history is evidence of that fact with over 100 years of heritage and growth from brands that transcend generations like Honey Bunches of Oats, Fruity Pebbles, Malt-O-Meal, Bob Evans, Kibbles 'n Bits, Egg Beaters, Peter Pan peanut butter and more.

Our food service and ingredient businesses supply other products you love for brands, restaurants and stores.

We have more than 55 offices and manufacturing sites and approximately 13,000 employees. Over the past 13 years, Post has made 28+ acquisitions and innovative financial transactions and reached $8.2 billion in net sales in fiscal 2025. During turbulent times of market uncertainty, the food industry has provided a level of stability unlike other industries.

Post Holdings, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Brentwood, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. Our casual professional atmosphere encourages team members to collaborate, innovate and support our operating companies. Our passion and drive advance the reputation of our operating companies and brands—together, we make a difference.

The role of the Sr. Procurement Specialist is to execute sourcing strategies for the procurement of various ingredients to maintain production, minimize costs, maximize sales values, and ensure trade and regulatory compliance for this essential business process. This includes generating purchasing recommendations to support business goals in collaboration with the Director, Ingredients and Commodity Risk Management and business unit stakeholders and driving continuous improvements throughout the function to increase efficiency and/or reduce overall total cost of ownership for the business units.

This role will be responsible for Vegetables and other ingredient categories across multiple Post Holdings Business Units with a spend totaling ~$125 million +/-.

Responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:

Leadership

• Identifies and communicates key responsibilities and practices to promote a successful approach and attitude, confidence in leadership and teamwork to achieve business results
• As Project Manager for critical Ingredient initiatives, provides leadership and exerts positive influence while working toward solutions involving cross functional teams, across all PHI subsidiaries
• Builds relationships to facilitate effective communication to leadership with cross-divisional leaders
• Supports the implementation of company programs to ensure the success of Post Holdings businesses and programs.

Planning and Execution

• Develops individual goals to support all business units
• Maintains an entrepreneurial approach to commodity and ingredient procurement, while planning, controlling, and reporting bought positions, future demand, market activity etc. so that opportunities and risks are clearly articulated to stakeholders within the business units and PHI as needed
• Recommends strategies, schedules and work requirements to Director, Ingredients & Commodity Risk Management to ensure that business activities meet time and budget goals
• Manages activities within all business units and across PHI as needed to ensure long-term supply and cost savings
• Oversees the implementation and utilization of measurement tools to evaluate business process effectiveness and supplier performance
• Plans and manages logistical requirements for inbound commodity and ingredients and ensures that programs are aligned with business goals and objectives
• Prepares, communicates, and educates business partners (including customers) and team members on procurement policies and practices

Business Requirements

• Assesses critical information required to make effective decisions or recommendations
• Manages reporting processes to communicate activity status and weekly procurement update and risk management projections to the business units and PHI as needed
• Recommends modifications to buying strategy and risk management protocol as needed to achieve superior financial results.
• Provides periodic market updates as needed
• Manages position in compliance with company risk management policies
• Ensures that processes and systems improve service, gain efficiencies, or improve quality and reduce costs
• Administers approved strategies, tools, and metrics to support PHI business requirements including:
  Sourcing, Commodity Management, Risk Management, Negotiation, Contracting, Inventory Control, Cost and Capacity Analysis, Corporate Sustainability/Social Responsibility Initiatives, Cost Control - including Total Cost of Ownership, Cost Improvement, Procure-to-Pay
• Maintains relationships with other business units, functional areas, and suppliers to support overall business requirements
• Manages the process for evaluating bids, negotiating contracts and…