Head of Business Analysis and Planning

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A great job-and a great future-awaits you at Smithfield Foods. We are an American food company with a leading position in packaged meats and fresh pork products. As the Director, Strategic Sourcing , you will lead enterprise-wide sourcing strategies for high-impact direct materials. You will manage approximately $1 billion in spend across 300+ vendors, guiding supplier selection, contract negotiations, and relationship development. You’ll oversee a team of direct and indirect reports, driving cost efficiencies, supply assurance, and quality through strategic partnerships and cross-functional collaboration. Your leadership will ensure procurement strategies are fully integrated with company goals while continuously improving cost management, sourcing processes, and vendor performance.

Develop and oversee procurement programs including purchasing, contract negotiation, vendor selection, and RFP processes with structured evaluation frameworks.

Establish and manage overall cost reduction goals and drive the execution of initiatives across direct material categories.

Rick Management: Actively manage supply risks while ensuring procurement and regulatory policy compliance.

Enhance Supplier Performance: Lead continuous improvement efforts in vendor service levels, adoption of new technologies, and overall alignment with business goals.

Strengthen Cross-Functional Partnerships: Collaborate with key business leaders to understand needs, uncover cost-saving opportunities, and leverage purchasing power across the enterprise.

Optimize Supply Chain Costs: Partner with production schedulers, plant teams, and purchasing leads to reduce costs while maintaining supply continuity and material quality.

Review and optimize purchasing arrangements to consolidate SKUs and improve cost and service performance with the vendor community.

Leadership: Drives a positive employee experience through leadership by way of employee development and coaching.

Education & Experience: Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university in business, food science, packaging, agri-business, economics, engineering, supply chain or related discipline and 10+ years’ relevant experience in a multiple facility organization; Contract Management: Proven ability in contract reading, writing, negotiation, and execution with a track record of delivering results.

Strong PC skills with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); knowledge of Workday or other procurement tools is a plus.

Project Management & Analysis: Strong project management skills to support cross-functional initiatives. Business & Supply Chain Acumen: Ability to navigate complex, unstructured problems. Must understand production planning and materials requirement planning (MRP).

Work Environment & Travel: Must be comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Up to 25% travel to manufacturing plants and vendor locations required.

SAP experience is strongly preferred.

Relocation Package AvailableYes

Smithfield is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans status, status as a disabled individual or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law.

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