Plant Procurement Manager - (Smithfield, PA)

Plant Procurement Manager Location:Smithfield PA Country:United States Company Order Number:5954 # of openings:1 Description The role of the Plant Procurement Manager is to organise the local plant buyers to manage and monitor all plant issues in line with Group Purchasing policy, to improve Cost and Delivery performance, manage the entire commercial relationship for local suppliers, and support the category team to manage global suppliers. Critical responsibilities * Lead and monitor the execution of the cost productivity actions for plant. * Escalate issues to Geographical Purchasing Coordinator and/or Global Category Managers * Manage and develop the local team of plant buyers * Represent purchasing in cost reduction workshops and ensure that identified opportunities are executed * Propose and validate with the commodity team the cost productivity actions for the plant * Cover all purchasing activities for series materials modification requests * Implement agreements for indirect materials and services by