Procurement Coordinator

How Agropur invests in YOU:

Competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits package focusing on your physical, financial, and emotional health to include the following perks as well as the standard benefit offerings:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short and Long-term Disability Insurance

• 401(k) with 7% company contributions

• 3 weeks Paid Time Off

• Paid holidays and 2 floating holidays

• Paid parental leave

• Advancement Opportunities

• Salaried Grade 004: $67,800 - $84,800

What's involved in this role:

We are looking for a Procurement Coordinator in Lake Norden, SD.

The Procurement Coordinator is responsible for partnering with plant management and US Director Procurement Operations to support and manage the full cycle of strategic sourcing and procurement activities, deliver high levels of stakeholder customer service, lead continuous improvement projects and oversee departmental KPI reporting. This position is also responsible for efficiently analyzing sourcing options, focused primarily on cost savings, and understanding key elements of the business's sourcing needs.

• Serve as subject matter expert on and manage the procure to pay (P2P) process.

• Reviewing requisitions, creating and managing purchase orders and reconciling invoice issues.

• Partner with Plant Manager and Plant Controller on budget management and reporting.

• Partner with quality assurance to issue QIR's (Quality Incident Report) to vendors as needed per supplier non-conformances to specification.

• Develop and oversee departmental results tracking and KPI reporting to include development of KPI trackers.

• Provide outrageous levels of customer service to our business stakeholders. This includes problem solving and holding suppliers accountable to contracts and general expectations.

• Provide spend data analysis and category management support.

• Continuously improve the organization of information and data for the team.

• Lead sourcing and other departmental projects to include but not limited to sourcing events.

• Conduct opportunity identification across cost, risk mitigation, quality, supplier performance and team member productivity.

• Partner with US Procurement and site Purchasing Coordinators to develop, implement and adhere to procurement policies and standard processes.

• Oversee inventory management systems, processes and procedures across all departments to ensure products are in the right place at the right time.

What you need to join our team:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain or related required.

• Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered.

• Minimum two (2) years of experience in procurement or supply chain preferred.

• Minimum two (2) years of business-related cost analysis preferred.

Where you'll be working:

Agropur's US operations produce 1 billion pounds of quality, award-winning cheese each year. We create more than 20 different varieties, and provide whey protein and dry ingredients which are by-products of the cheesemaking process. As one of the world's largest dairy producers, Agropur partners with some of the most recognizable food, beverage and nutrition brands to help feed the world. Better Dairy. Better World. Agropurus.com

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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