Procurement Manager

Procurement Manager Location: Martinsville, VA or Memphis, TN (Plant Level) Essential Duties and Responsibilities Place purchase orders for ingredients, supplies, and packaging materials as assigned. Contact suppliers to get updates on orders, expedite, and troubleshoot late shipments as necessary. Identify and qualify potential new suppliers, request samples, specifications, and costs. Resolve freight/shipment issues, address quality concerns and pricing discrepancies. Manage the return, replacement and credit for problem deliveries. Support cross‑functional activities and interact with Logistics, Quality, Marketing, R&D and Sales to assess current and future sourcing requirements. Coordinate regularly with scheduling, warehousing, accounting, and production departments. Monitor purchases and inventory replenishment of materials and ingredient inventories to meet weekly production requirements. Actively seek opportunities to improve quality and service while driving out costs. Manage inventory levels through the use of tools and analysis to minimize the risk of write‑off while ensuring production continuity. Maintain personal knowledge of market trends, including analysis of market drivers, cost structures and technical improvements. Participate in meetings involving cross‑functional teams, leadership, suppliers or customers. Lead purchasing responsibility through 2‑4 direct reports (Buyers and Expeditors) across four sites. Qualifications B.S. degree in Business Administration, Accounting, or related field preferred. 5 or more years of professional experience required (Food Purchasing experience preferred). Strong interpersonal abilities, communication skills, analytical capabilities, and customer service experience desired. Strong organizational and multi‑tasking skills with a keen sense of urgency required. Comfortable with developing and presenting topics to various groups, including leadership. Motivated, self‑starter, able to work independently and make fact‑based decisions/recommendations. Able to see the bigger picture and work collaboratively with other business partners to accomplish the common goal. Proficient with MS Office (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel preferred; Power BI desirable) and ERP systems (MS D365 preferred). Additional experience/training in process improvement (Six Sigma or other technique), critical problem solving, and project management desired. Experience in a food manufacturing environment preferred. Must be 18 years or older. Benefits Competitive salary. Health benefits. Robust support system designed to help employees thrive both personally and professionally. #J-18808-Ljbffr