Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas’® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann’s® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA! More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development and allows our associates to be their authentic selves.#LI-SO1Come join the largest baking company in the world and our family of 20,000 associates nationwide!Top Reasons to Work at Bimbo Bakeries USA:Salary Range: $102,000 - $142,800Comprehensive Benefits PackageAnnual Bonus Eligibility401k & Company Match Position Summary:The North American Procurement team manages significant spend across direct and indirect spend categories including commodities, ingredients, packaging, indirect and capital spend in a fast growing and challenging environment. The team is focused on driving productivity and promoting risk mitigation while developing and implementing category strategies. Other initiatives include supporting sustainability and innovation agendas.The Senior Sourcing Manager – Capital leads the procurement of Capital Spend across the region by providing sourcing and procurement expertise and support for business units across the US and Canada. A key deliverable is working with key stakeholders (engineering, operations and more) to ensure suppliers provide the best price, quality, and service to Grupo Bimbo. This is a fast-paced, detailed orientated, position in which the procurement individual will work with internal stakeholders across North America to create and implement strategic sourcing strategies and drive productivity and efficiency. You will provide procurement leadership, support, and expertise in the areas of supplier negotiations and contract development for North America. In addition to supporting functional initiatives from a procurement perspective, you will also act as project-leader for cost-savings and cost-avoidance initiatives on behalf of the organizations, targeting annual cost reduction.
Key Job Responsibilities:Strategic procurement leadership of Capital Spend; strong ability to coach and influence others.Develop and implement the North America Capital sourcing strategy, covering bakery equipment, packaging machinery, utilities, construction, facilities upgrade, etc.Establish multi-year-old sourcing roadmaps that align with corporate capital plans and growth priorities.Develop and drive robust category management strategies resulting in tangible benefits to the bottom line and improved risk mitigation. Align closely with stakeholders within Operations Engineering and Facilities.  Build strategies by deeply understanding indirect spend categories, analyzing user needs, and identifying potential new supply sources.Support the annual Capital Spend planning process, ensuring alignment between project pipelines and sourcing capacity. Define sourcing governance standards, approval workflows, and supplier engagement protocols for all capital projects.Run transparent tenders, developing multiple diverse sourcing options, and constructing clear business proposals. Strong ability to turn data into insights and actions. Develop and implement negotiation strategies. Negotiate purchase agreements with vendors that meet the needs of the business from a commercial and risk management perspective.Understand and communicate financial impacts. Manage vendor relationships and appraise vendor performance. Partnering with Global Procurement on implementing global strategies to achieve synergies and cost-reduction opportunities.Meeting annual cost reduction targets in assigned categories. Identify and monitor cost savings initiatives that are contingent on key stakeholder’s participation. Coordinate activities and reporting to keep projects on task.Partner with suppliers to bring key innovation to the business.Partner with Engineering and Operations to influence design and specification decisions that improve lifecycle cost and asset performance.Performs special projects as assigned. PREFERRED EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:University degree with a minimum of 7-10 years of procurement work experience, in a fast-paced organizationMust possess excellent analytical, communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.Team player capable of dealing with many internal and external stakeholders at various levels. Track record of building strong peer and stakeholder relationshipsA highly energetic individual, that can multi-task and prioritize projects based on immediate business need. Experience in project management dealing with tight timelines.Proven leadership and change management experienceStrong negotiation and contracting skillsProven ability to implement procurement processes and coordinate across multiple sites.High proficiency in MS Office suite (excel, PowerPoint, word). Knowledge and experience with Oracle is beneficial.Able to travel domestically and internationally up to 20%. Spanish language skills preferred             The physical and mental demands described in each job posting are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of each job. Reasonable accommodations may be requested to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of each job.Bimbo Bakeries USA is an equal opportunity employer with a policy that provides equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, any other classification protected by law.It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.