Jr. Procurement Buyer
Heineken
- Petaluma, CA
- $76,212-85,738 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Benefits - Awesome coverage for: Medical, Dental & Vision
- Time off - Approx 33 days off in your first year (combo of vacay, holidays and personal days)
- Retirement - up to 5% contribution on 401K plan
- BEER - and non-alcoholic Lagunitas beverages
- Schwag - 50% off food and merch
- Gym Membership - $50 monthly reimbursement for that beer belly (or at least to prevent it)
- Pet Insurance - keep your fur babies covered with pet insurance options
- Skills to Pay the Bills - professional development, 24/7 operation
- Opportunities - Expand your horizons in CA, Chicago . . . the world!
- It's Friday, Ya'll - Get Paid every other Friday, starting at: $76,211.59 - $85,738.04
- Provide training sessions to promote the standard operating procedures/ STP/ SAP/ Basware.
- Ensure the Purchase Requisitions (PRs) follow the Lagunitas compliance guidelines.
- Provide timely support on inquiries related to Purchase Order (PO), connects the business owner with supplier and ensures the StP policy/ process is respected and followed up.
- Offer support on system related matters (SAP/ Basware) and collaborate with the technical team to reach resolutions
- Reporting cost- and cash saving initiatives in global tools (SNOW)
- Demonstrates strong project management and stakeholder management skills. Build and sustain effective stakeholder relationship.
- Act as an escalation point and Subject Matter Expert for the internal business as well as the external supplier.
- Lead the supplier onboarding and supplier compliancy program (supplier code, shine, duns)
- Report on procurement fundamentals (# suppliers, # PO, retro PO, Invoices with PO) and put measures in place to improve compliance scores and controls
- Report yearly volumes required into Anaplan
- Seeks for opportunities to divest and sell redundant assets, lead this process from start (business inquiry) to finish (signed bill of sale)
- Support the Category Manager in updating price/ payments terms in SAP (outline agreement management)
- Bachelor's degree in Business administration (preferred)
- SAP experience/ Other ERP
- relevant experience in a global environment in a similar position within Finance or Procurement
- Proven experience with processing the Purchase Requisitions and POs as well as good understanding of vendor management
- Passion for Lagunitas and the beer business.
- Ability to lead change amongst a cross-functional group of executive-level and hourly colleagues.
- Superior verbal and written communication skills to enhance understanding of business performance and strategy.
- Must be analytical, organized and efficient.
- Experience in consumer packaged goods industry preferred.
- Experience in MS Office
- Reports to Procurement Services and Sustainability Director