Marel Hiring for Puchaser NPR at Gainesville, GA Full Time

Do you have a solid procurement track record and does it come naturally to you to build strong and valuable relationships to internal as well as external stakeholders? Are you ambitious and driven by the chance to really make a difference and do you thrive in a changing environment?

Marel is a large international company with an ambitious growth agenda. We are currently looking to strengthen our global indirect procurement function by getting a new colleague onboard to handle all NPR procurement activities in the USA. At Marel we use the term “Non-Product Related procurement” instead of what is typically referred to as “Indirect procurement”.

Your Team

You will become part of a strong global procurement team of dedicated and skilled colleagues in a dynamic procurement function with great opportunities for professional sparring as well as development and learning on both professional and personal level You will get to work with many different stakeholders – external as well as internal – in an exciting, international organization on a great and adventurous growth journey.

Your primary work location will be at our office in Gainesville, and it may happen that we require occasional work at some our offices located in Des Moines, Seattle, and Lenexa.

You will get the local responsibility for sourcing and procurement of products and services within the indirect procurement scope. More specifically, you will handle the sourcing activities related to e.g. facility services (utilities, waste management, cleaning services, office supplies etc.), manufacturing (production consumables), consultancy services, contingent labor, and many more.

Your job will be to perform and coordinate strategic sourcing initiatives within the defined area of responsibility, perform tenders, conduct negotiations and conclude contracts with main US vendors to deliver on agreed budgets/targets. You will manage and develop suppliers delivering products and services for the internal stakeholders at our US Marel sites.

Furthermore, you will work closely with the global category managers, who have the end-responsibility for the categories within the NPR procurement scope. In this position, you will get to work on a broad range of tasks, and you will work cross-functionally on a national as well as international level within the Marel group, with the focus of deploying our global category strategies locally.

More specifically, you will:
Implement and execute on regional level the global category sourcing strategies to improve Marel’s supply chain

Provide market intelligence, identify alternative vendors, new market developments and innovative solutions that will support the NPR procurement department and internal stakeholders you work with

Identify, develop and implement cost reduction opportunities based on your cost models and prediction of price development

Share responsibility of identifying and leveraging optimization of spend levers in regards to products / services within the scope of the US sites and internal stakeholders

Act as an actively involved and trusted procurement partner towards our internal stakeholders and support the departments in fulfilling their demand

Ensure continuous improvement of our procure to pay process in the US in close collaboration with the global NPR procurement and local finance team

Be accountable for main US vendor performance in the defined (sub-) categories and to define improvement plans to support the internal stakeholder demand

Your Qualifications

We imagine that you have a relevant educational background at Bachelor level with a commercial / business orientation or similar, and we expect that you bring some years of experience within procurement.

Furthermore, we hope that you:
Are proactive and able to make decisions and initiate action

Are a team player and like to work with many stakeholders and support your team members

Are a solid negotiator who manages to come across as persuasive and influential

Are up to date on the legal matters of contractual conditions

Have strong communication skills and are confident in engaging with internal and external stakeholders on all levels

Are analytical with the ability to gather, interpret and integrate information to formulate a vision and create a strategic approach

Are organized and detail oriented, able to follow instructions

Are able to work under pressure, cope with setbacks and are open to organizational change

We offer

An exciting and challenging job in a world class and global company with great opportunities for both professional and personal development. The international atmosphere supports the company’s vision, and exhibits Marel’s core values: Unity, Innovation and Excellence. Our workplace is characterized by a great working environment highlighted by an informal atmosphere and attractive working conditions, such as health insurance that takes effect the 1st of the month after your start date, flexible working hours, and matching 401k.

Global Health and Safety:
To promote employee health and safety, and consistent with legal and public health guidance, Marel requires that all new hires be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Accommodation requests will be considered consistent with applicable law.

Company information

Marel is the leading global provider of advanced processing systems and services to the Poultry, Meat and Fish industries. In partnership with our customers we are transforming the way food is processed. Our vision is a world where quality food is produced sustainably and affordably. Our state-of-the-art equipment and systems help food processors of all sizes, in all markets, to operate at peak productivity.

Our team is comprised of approximately 7,000 employees worldwide, offices and subsidiaries in 30 countries across six continents, and a network of more than 100 agents and distributors.