Director, Indirect Procurement

Overview

The Director of Strategic Sourcing provides leadership and overall direction for the Sourcing & Procurement functions for assigned categories and business units within Simmons Foods. Develops and manages sourcing strategies, processes and procedures to ensure proper inventory levels at all locations for continuous supply of goods. The Director of Strategic Sourcing will drive to continuously improve processes, optimize inventory levels, deliver a competitive cost advantage, recruit and develop talent, develop and grow effective external and internal relationships and thrive on driving results.

• Lead the team to manage sourcing strategies, processes and procedures to ensure optimal inventory levels at all locations and ensure surety of supply to support continuous operations of direct and indirect materials.
• Develop and sustain an effective supplier relationship management program to meet current and future business needs.
• Actively lead the teams in supplier and item level strategic rationalization exercises to ensure the ongoing efficiency and health of the business.
• Oversee and lead the competitive bid process, for goods and services, including sourcing event type, supplier selection, negotiations, pricing, commercial terms and agreements.
• Lead team members to develop and execute short and long-term capacity planning and analysis to meet the ongoing needs of the business.
• Responsible for ensuring all contractual agreements are executed and meet all company and legal requirements and include best practices to support the collective enterprise.
• Drive strategic Cap Ex investments in collaboration with Senior Management by providing strategic insights and analysis in the bidding process, securing pricing and negotiating contract terms, pricing and conditions.
• Recruit, develop and mentor talent to support the ongoing and future needs of the business.
• Collaborate and build strong relationships with cross-functional business partners and procurement teams across the enterprise, including Operations, Sales, Marketing, Research & Development, Finance, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, Regulatory and other team members to provide project support and ensure purchasing and procurement best practices are utilized to deliver business results.
• Build strong relationships with leaders across all business areas to resolve tactical and strategic issues (resource constraints, labor, quality, etc.) and identify and execute long-term solutions and drive accountability while establishing a culture that encourages people to work together to solve complex issues and problems.
• Drive transformational change by establishing results-focused KPIs that align with and support the annual operating plan, and actively manage the business to deliver against these metrics.
• Foster and grow a culture to drive continuous improvement to move the business forward while driving waste and inefficiency out of the organization.
• Direct responsibility to ensure the Strategic Sourcing team delivers on all ethical, sustainability, diversity company priorities and objectives.
• Drive joint business planning processes with strategic supplier partners to push the business forward and position the company to leverage key resources and deliver on future opportunities.

This is a Salary Exempt position.

Oversees the development and execution of strategies through the strategic sourcing process. Serves as primary champion and process leader for the strategic sourcing process across Refrigerated Meats, Packaging, Indirect or Commodity categories including contract negotiations. Works with the divisional President and senior team members to set priorities and performance goals for the purchasing and strategic sourcing teams, guides strategy development, oversees the development of annual strategic sourcing plans which specify how savings goals will be achieved, communicates team progress to senior business unit leadership and ensures clear alignment between team actions and business unit interests.

Leads strategic sourcing efforts in specific procurement areas of responsibility.

Oversees the process to select and manage suppliers. Based on the sourcing strategy, oversees the supplier selection and negotiation process for key sourcing teams. Establishes and maintains contractual and business relationships with senior management of key suppliers. Active in efforts to source from diverse suppliers. Effectively communicates all contracts with each facility for implementation purposes, accordingly.

Measures and tracks internal performance within each spend category. With the assistance of the Purchasing Managers, tracks forecasted vs. actual savings for sourced categories and communicates performance against these measures and their potential budgetary impact. Works closely with senior stakeholders in the business units to ensure savings are built into budgets and into the annual operating plan.

Monitor strategy implementation.…