Senior Procurement Executive - Proteins
Role Overview
The Senior Procurement Executive manages sourcing, purchasing, and inventory for the protein category.
The role optimizes procurement for quality, cost efficiency, and timely delivery, and builds strong supplier relationships.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
The Senior Procurement Executive manages sourcing, purchasing, and inventory for the protein category.
The role optimizes procurement for quality, cost efficiency, and timely delivery, and builds strong supplier relationships.
Key responsibilities
- Identify and onboard reliable foodservice suppliers; maintain partnerships and conduct supplier performance reviews.
- Develop procurement strategies and plan for demand fluctuations to prevent shortages or excess inventory.
- Coordinate with logistics and operations on inventory flow, waste reduction, and timely shipments.
- Use data to forecast inventory needs and optimize procurement cycles.
- Negotiate pricing, contracts, and payment terms; keep purchases within budget and improve financial efficiency.
- Identify cost savings through value engineering and process improvement.
- Comply with company policies, food-safety standards, local regulations, and internal and external requirements.
- Maintain purchase, contract, and supplier records; collaborate with finance, operations, and sales.
- Support procurement for special or urgent projects and resolve shipment issues.
- Monitor market trends, pricing, and suppliers; reduce lead times, improve efficiency, and implement sustainable procurement practices.
Qualifications and experience
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
- CIPS or CPSM certification is preferred.
- Three to five years of beef and poultry procurement experience, focused on foodservice or FMCG.
- Proven strategic sourcing and supplier negotiation track record.
- Experience managing international and local suppliers in the foodservice industry.
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