Description
This is a hybrid position requiring 1-2 days a week in our Chicago HQ office (River North).
The Role
The Procurement Planner for GTI is responsible for purchasing, vendor management & research, contract negotiation and the day-to-day purchasing operations. You will develop operating plans to ensure GTI has the resources to support current forecasted business and projected growth to respond to current and emerging markets.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate and communicate effectively with Procurement, Innovation, Brand, Project Team, Supply Chain, Ops Sites, and other HQ cross functional teams
- Balance multiple tasks while improving the efficiency of our Procurement team, managing competing priorities effectively
- Purchase Order creation in the ERP system, shipment tracking, delivery coordination, and payment confirmation, overall vendor management
- Develop a business relationship with functional stakeholders and solicits feedback on sourcing and vendor performance, share and discuss supply base opportunities, and identify new and changed needs.
- Support the development of cross-functional teams by identifying internal customers and stakeholders for inclusion; interfaces with internal customers to understand requirements and resolves issues; involves key stakeholders in sourcing development and execution; informs Sr. Director of Procurement of conflicts between stakeholder requirements and sourcing strategy.
- Set the standards for conducting internal and external research on supply market and competitive activities within assigned spend categories to ensure the highest levels of insight is generated; under-takes or ensures the identification of supply market economics and trends; ensures the identification of qualified supply base, maintains market information on suppliers and drives optimization of the supply base.
- Oversee the management of on-going vendor relationships and supplier performance across their portfolio; ensures regular supplier meetings take place and implements improvement strategies with suppliers.
- Execute purchasing for assigned categories.
- Monitor status of open purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery of all materials, including timely resolution, communication, and mitigation of future potential problems
- Work with internal team members to achieve optimal inventory levels for assigned categories based on forecast, demand variation and material lead times.
- Coordinate material flows throughout product/BOM changes, obsolescence, and the introduction of new suppliers and/or materials due to new product development
- Be a shared resource among the procurement team when support is needed
- Continue to work with leadership on maintaining and managing diverse vendor management database
- Identifies strategic opportunities which result in cost savings, areas for efficiency and opportunities for Procurement team.
- Works closely with the accounting team to ensure vendor billing is corrects and terms & conditions are adhered to.
- Follows procurement strategies, policies and procedures as defined by the leadership team, develops a comprehensive understanding of the business and user requirements for assigned spend categories.
- Monitor status of open purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery of all materials, including timely resolution, communication, and mitigation of future potential problems.
- Identifies and drives process improvement workstreams to support both Procurement and cross-functional business partners.
- Lead or provide input in special projects as required.
Qualifications
- 2+ years’ experience in manufacturing or CPG procurement operations
- Highly motivated, self-directed, innovative, and able to work independently or among teams with keen judgement, common sense and resourcefulness.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint & Outlook)
- Adapts and thrives in a demanding, start-up, fast-paced environment.
- Superior communication and interpersonal skills (verbal, non-verbal, written), with the ability to build relationships at all levels, both internally and externally.
- Possesses a high level of critical thinking.
- Consistently operates with an elevated level of professionalism and integrity, including dealing with confidential information
- Experience with MRP/ERP systems preferred.
- Strong analytical skills preferred
Additional Requirements
- Must pass any and all required background checks
- Must be and remain compliant with all legal or company regulations for working in the industry
- Must be a minimum of 21 years of age
The pay range is competitive and based on experience, qualifications, and/or location of the role. Positions may be eligible for a discretionary annual incentive program driven by organization and individual performance.
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