Manager, Indirects - Capital, Design Construction

As a Direct/Indirect Material, Procurement Manager, you will lead and manage all strategic planning and sourcing activities for Capital Procurement, including, but not limited to Equipment, Engineering, Construction Services and Design Build with a total category spend of +$600MM. You will directly manage a portion of this spend amounting to +$200MM across the Kraft Heinz North American Zone (U.S. and Canada).

You will leverage your experience and knowledge to build comprehensive strategies at the category level and execute the strategy through the sourcing process. You will champion program compliance through Supplier and Contract Management, creating value for Kraft Heinz. You will drive sustainable strategies that actively seek to reduce and/or control costs for materials and services while increasing efficiencies for the business.

You will partner closely with various business units, operations, engineering, finance, and other corporate function stakeholders to provide innovative new products and services to meet business objectives. You may indirectly lead other Procurement professionals, be the key global liaison, and coordinate with our internal India-based procurement shared services team supporting these procurement categories. The successful candidate must be able to focus on balancing superior service to internal business clients, collaborating with a global view while maximizing value for the company of materials and services purchased.

• Manage mid-level clients and supplier relationships continuously to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Develop Sourcing and Category Management for assigned portfolios of critical categories to Kraft Heinz.
• Establish and deliver performance goals for a portfolio of categories representing significant spending.
• Lead assigned strategic sourcing projects for supplier selection/optimization to execute Category Management vision and strategies.
• Manage Supplier Relationships and conduct Supplier Business Reviews – Level Escalation Point for Performance and Risk Issues (experience with larger food equipment manufacturers and industry leaders is a plus!).
• As part of Supplier Management, segment suppliers at category level.
• Research and support in the development of the supplier base for specific categories.
• Lead discussions with suppliers around long‑term objectives and strategies, ongoing market trends, innovation and technology advances, and potential investment decisions.
• Support major supplier issues and work with stakeholders to identify and drive resolution.
• Identify business needs at the sourcing and category project level in the following areas:
  Assurance of Supply, Quality, Service, Cost, and Innovation (AQSCI).
• Drive the development of a multi‑year category vision and strategy based on data, insights, and business requirements.
• Build strong business relationships to increase influence over total category spend.
• Identify and evaluate potential value‑generating projects based on complexity, resources, risk, implementation time, and estimated financial impact.
• Manage assigned portfolio of projects for the category in the near and long‑term.
• Lead the supplier selection and RFx award process.
• Execute highly complex contracts in accordance with policies and processes; apply competency across assigned categories.
• Apply advanced levels of negotiation techniques and tools in all situations; apply competency across assigned categories.
• Actively maintain strong understanding of category dynamics (current market, pricing, cost drivers, industry and supplier variables) through trade groups, publications, etc. and communicate changes to business stakeholders.
• Develop Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) at the category level through collaboration with Data Analytics, accountable for measuring and reporting value delivery.
• Enable continuous process improvement and cost reduction.
• Ensure the strategic sourcing process is robustly applied to all sourcing projects.
• Collaborate with global procurement peers as needed to ensure support of and alignment to the supported functions.
• Manage and develop an internal India‑based procurement shared services team…