Buyer - Value Added Ingredients

Join Land O’Lakes, and you join boundless thinkers and doers from all walks of life working together to feed the world. Take pride in working with some of America’s favorite brands, including Purina Animal Nutrition, WinField United, Vermont Creamery and KozyShack, and more.

You’ll be joining a team committed to everything from the seeds that go into the ground, to the technology that improves crop yields and sustainability, to the grain that animals eat to produce milk, to marketing the final product, like our many legendary products.

We’re looking for audacious optimists and innovative thinkers to help us meet food’s toughest challenges.

The Buyer -Value Added Ingredients will be responsible for sourcing/management of ingredients & additives for the Land ‘O Lakes Dairy Foods business.  Working within the overall Supply Chain organization, you will play a key role to insure adequate supply, quality, and optimal cost of ingredients to the manufacturing facilities and internal partners.

You will have up to $60MM of spend under management of various micro-ingredients including colors, flavors, fruits, vegetables, sweeteners, seasonings, food chemicals and other food ingredients.

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Key focuses Include:

• Ensure the supply of ingredients and additives, at the lowest total cost, in order to maximize gross margin and ensure adequate and timely supply to our manufacturing facilities
• Identify areas of potential cost savings and work with R&D and other supply chain partners to pursue those opportunities
• Develop and execute RFP's
• Negotiate supply and pricing agreements with suppliers
• Review and route supplier agreements for execution
• Gather and communicate market information and implications within the organization
• Partner and communicate effectively with key supply chain partners including pricing, formulation, manufacturing, logistics and quality
• Manage relationships with assigned key suppliers

Required Experience/Knowledge:  

• 4 year degree in Business, Economics, Food Science or related field
• 4+ years of experience in sourcing, procurement, planning/logistics, ingredient merchandising, food quality, dairy foods R&D or related businesses
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
• Purchasing system or ERP/MRP experience
• Intermediate Excel and Microsoft application skills

Preferred Experience/Knowledge

• Negotiation skills
• Knowledge of dairy foods processing operations
• Project management experience

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including pre- and post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

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