Procurement Operations Specialist

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At Lactalis in the USA, we’re committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive—whether you’re just starting your journey with us or looking to take the next step in your career. From day one, we offer the tools and support to help you succeed.

As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we’re proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together.

In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani® Italian cheeses and ricotta, Président® specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft® natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone’s® cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond® cheddar, and Parmalat® milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s®, Stonyfield Organic®, Brown Cow™, Oui®, Yoplait®, Go-Gurt®, :ratio®, Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun®, Gopi®, and Arz®.

At Lactalis, we live by our core values—Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued.

Even if you don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy.

Requirements

From your PASSION to ours

The Procurement Operations Specialist will carry out responsibilities to support strategic procurement activities for North American procurement organization. The role will own the management of contract pricing and act as the Procurement systems subject matter expert for the Lactalis USA Business. Additionally, the Procurement Operations Specialist will support budget activities for the corporate procurement team, support transversal projects with the guidance of the Procurement Excellence Director and present project or other material to wide audiences, including members of the Executive Leadership Team. The role will report to the Director, North American Procurement Excellence.

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

• Serve as a SME (Subject Matter Expert) on SAP MM (P2P Lifecycle) and assist with roll-out and training to additional US entities.
• Act as the bridge/primary liaison between corporate procurement and plant materials replenishment.
• Ensure the creation and timely management of Price contracts (Outline Agreements, Purchase Info Records and other associated SAP documents) in SAP.
• Develop and maintain documentation relative to all Procurement Excellence activities
• Participate in, or own specific elements of process improvement projects and initiatives (local and transversal) under the guidance of the Director, Procurement Excellence
• Provide training and guidance to corporate procurement, plant operations and other teams regarding procurement processes and related tasks
• Lead testing efforts for SAP changes for procurement activities
• Create complex dashboard and analytics from SAP data to support corporate procurement, procurement excellence or other key stakeholders
• Support SAP integrations (current & future) using group core model as a framework
• Provide AP support and invoice/purchase order discrepancy resolution for zone purchasing team.
• Assist with new vendor and material setup process, document requests, etc.
• Update all item designations and changes.
• Assist in compiling, organizing, and maintaining detailed data to maintain specifications for all raw material and packaging resources.
• Assist Business Process Owner with project management of various purchasing initiatives.
• Create and share best practices with other purchasing shared services specialists in the zone and with headquarters in France.
• Work autonomously to drive continuous improvement in LAN Procurement
• Provide other miscellaneous support for general purchasing functions.

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

• Bachelor's degree is preferred.
• A major in in Supply Chain, Procurement, Business or IT is an asset.
• 5+ years of procurement or supply management or operations support experience is required.
• Advanced knowledge of SAP MM and the Procure/Source to Pay lifecycle is required.
• Advanced Excel skills are required.
• Internal procurement processes including strong SAP knowledge in Lactalis ECC6 & S4/H platforms
• Good understanding of LAN & global organizations and structures

At Lactalis, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards Program with a variety of affordable benefits and coverage options. We support insurance costs significantly, contribute generously to retirement plans, and offer Paid Time Off from day one. We are committed to your professional growth, providing training and development opportunities, including Education Reimbursement. Join us and grow your career.

Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities. Further, any division of the Company that is an Affirmative Action Employer will comply with all related legal obligations.