Position Title: Sr Buyer, Indirect

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Grade: Grade 04

Requisition ID: 39579

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

About The Role.

This role is responsible for supporting procurement across the portfolio of indirect categories (freight & logistics, facilities management, co-manufacturing, energy, and business services) as part of McCain North American procurement team.

This includes but is not limited to market and industry dynamics, supplier research and evaluations, supply chain risk, energy & services spend and price variances. In addition, the role will also support and facilitate the strategic sourcing of over $500 million in indirect spending for the McCain Foods company. The role will also support initiatives and sourcing activities across a portfolio of indirect categories. The scope of this position includes category strategy development, ongoing category management, contract negotiations and supplier relationship development and management.

Drive Leadership On Specific Sub-categories Sources And Market Knowledge, Influencing Business Needs And Commercial Results To The Company. Will Develop a Broad Understanding Of

* Renewable electricity and sustainability initiatives
Conventional energy (electricity & Natural Gas)
* Freight & Logistics
Facilities Management and Real Estate
Co-Manufacturing
Business Services

Communications and Interactions – The person will manage multiple internal and external organizational relationships. They will lead the overall supplier relationship strategy for spend areas, ensuring proper commercial treatment of suppliers by reinforcing policy, ethics and our strategic approach with suppliers and with other company departments.

Engage and collaborate cross functions and other team members to deliver best practices and accelerated results.

What You’ll Be Doing.

Drive cost and value focused strategy for applicable spend areas
* Monitor and manage supplier KPI ensuring seamless delivery of supply
Delivery of Sustainable Cost Advantage Program
Work with global commodities team to manage hedging practices for applicable energy markets
Lead and execute sourcing events (RFx & negotiations) to support category strategy goals
Build and leverage supplier relationship for the relative markets to deliver value to company
Ensure company purchases in the spend categories comply with company internal controls requirements
Responsible for category financial planning, budget and PPV management
Build up strong and effective relationships with McCain cross functional teams to deliver initiatives supporting company priorities such as savings, sustainability, cash improvement, and supply assurance

Academic

What you’ll need to be successful.

Must have: Bachelor's degree preferably in Business, Engineering, or Finance

Nice to have: MBA

Professional/Technical

Must have

Experience with MS Office suite

Nice to have

Experience in SAP, Coupa, ARIBA

Related Work Experience

Must Have

Requires having 1-5 years industry experience.

Nice To Have

Project Management Experience
Procurement or related industry Experience
Food Industry or CPG Experience
Commodity market experience

Other Technical/ Behavioral Competencies

Core Procurement Experience & Skills
Linking business needs to leverage scale
Project Management Skills
Stakeholder & Cross Functional Management
Sourcing strategy development
Strong supplier management skills
Negotiating / Influencing skills
Client relationship management
Financial analysis skills
Industry analysis skills
Commodity sourcing and risk management skills
Capacity: Proven ability to plan, organize and manage multiple priorities in a dynamic business environment, operating with a “Bias for action”
Business thinking: Able to connect business needs with external capabilities
Organizational Leadership: Able to lead the organization and supply base to maximize results
Collaboration: Regarded as a constructive team player and have a strong sense of partnership behavior while influencing without authority with internal stakeholders and external parties
Analytical thinking: Disciplined and data oriented to gain competitive advantage
Strategic thinking: Able to think strategically and plan for the long term
Communication: Ability to communicate objectives clearly both in writing and orally with a variety of internal stakeholders and external parties
Creative & Flexible: Able to evaluate opportunities and respond to changing requirements
Ability to work independently when needed, to make sound business decisions, and can accurately balance risks with business needs
Diversity mindset: Ability to manage in a matrix organization and across regions and cultures

About McCain.

Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.

Leadership principles.

At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

The McCain Experience.

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.

Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We’re big believers in the power of working together in person—it helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.

Compensation Package: $65,500.00 - $87,400.00 . USD annually + Bonus eligibility

The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs.

Benefits: At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.

Your well-being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree that this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. You can understand how your personal information is being handled here.

Job Family: Procurement

Location(s): US - United States of America : Illinois : Oakbrook Terrace

Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.

Sr Buyer, Indirect

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