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About Upfield!
We are the largest plant-based company in the world, and we believe in doing what's right for our people, our customers and the planet.
At Upfield our purpose is clear: we make people healthier and happier with nutritious and delicious, natural, plant-based products that are good for you, our planet; and with packaging that's free from plastic. We've got iconic brands like Country Crock, Violife, and Imperial that people all over the world know and love. We've been a trusted category leader since 1871 and yet we feel like we're only just getting started.
Performance, Passion and Care define who we are as a company, how we work every day, and the responsibility we feel toward our Associates, our consumers, our business partners and our world. We are a highly entrepreneurial fast-paced team running a multi-billion Euro business across 60 countries with the mind-set of a start-up! We are agile, creative, fast-to-market and obsessed with customers and consumers.
About the Role!
The Upfield Procurement team is responsible to develop, implement and execute best practice procurement principles, such as develop long term supplier relationships, key performance indicators, and sourcing procedures. The team identifies and implements solutions in alignment with the cross functional teams. They constantly strive to implement efficiencies in their portfolio through end-to-end category management.
You are responsible for the North American packaging portfolio, which entails about $75M in total spend. You will serve as the point person acting as the primary liaison between suppliers and internal business partners to support collaborative strategies. Financial analysis and Savings tracking is also key in your role. In addition, you will support innovation and supply continuity support to our spreads, cheese, and creams brands.
Role Overview:
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What's Next?
If you're interested and qualified, please apply! A Talent Acquisition Manager will reach out to schedule and conduct a pre-screen call with you. If everything checks out, you will receive confirmation with next steps to start your interview process for the Ingredients Buyer, which could be up to 4 face-to-face interviews with the hiring team.
We understand your resume might not be up to date and recommend that you apply with what you have or your LinkedIn Profile. Upfield is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, we understand that you might not meet all the requirements stated in the description, but we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this role or other roles.
Upfield is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias.
No personal characteristics should be a barrier to joining Upfield. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other personal characteristics.
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Full Time
$123k-143k (estimate)
05/06/2024
05/19/2024
upfield.com
BOGOTA
1,000 - 3,000
2018
Private
ALVARO ANDRES MEJIA RODAS
$10M - $50M
Retail
Upfield is a producer and supplier of plant-based cheeses, oil and dairy products.
The following is the career advancement route for Packaging Buyer positions, which can be used as a reference in future career path planning. As a Packaging Buyer, it can be promoted into senior positions as a Buyer IV that are expected to handle more key tasks, people in this role will get a higher salary paid than an ordinary Packaging Buyer. You can explore the career advancement for a Packaging Buyer below and select your interested title to get hiring information.