Reporting to the Procurement Director you, the Procurement Specialist will support Proteins. You'll build category strategy for raw cut supplies and customer services supporting raw protein, operations and suppliers following approved buying programs. Use the established procurement policy at a competitive price ensuring the needs of internal customers are met.

With guidance, you will:

• Manage categories to help reduce potential supply and quality issues

• Provide support for sourcing materials or services, savings projects, and procurement strategies.

• Analyze data to ensure supply at competitive market prices

• Provide POV (point of view) updates monthly to communicate changes in pricing, market data.

• Provide forecasts and coordinates inventory run out plan on remaining short-shelf life EP owned materials with plants, M&OP, and suppliers

• Manage raw protein cuts across multiple systems, including: JDE, SAP, and Right Angle to update, change, and monitor forecasted pricing and PPV (purchase price variance)

• Monitor vendor quality and service performance with internal customers. Champion corrective actions and quality improvement plans with facilities, quality assurance, R&I and suppliers

• Lead and implement process improvements, cost savings projects, working capital, and inventory plans.

Position Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance; Economics or Agricultural

• 2+ year experience in Purchasing, Supply Chain, Finance or Sales.

• Experience analyzing data with a continuous improvement mindset.

• Experience using SAP or comparable ERP systems

• Excel – vlookups, formula relationships, pivot tables,

• Detail Oriented

• Minimal travel required.

• 3 Days in the Omaha Office Tuesday - Thursday

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Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

• Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement

• Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan

• Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement

• Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company:

Conagra Brands is one of North America's leading branded food companies. We have a rich heritage of making great food, and a team that’s passionate about innovation and growth. Conagra offers choices for every occasion through iconic brands, such as Birds Eye®, Marie Callender's®, Banquet®, Healthy Choice®, Slim Jim®, Reddi-wip®, and Vlasic®, and emerging brands, including Angie's® BOOMCHICKAPOP®, Duke's®, Earth Balance®, Gardein®, and Frontera®.

We pride ourselves on having the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in the food industry. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com (https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2940510-1&h=2999397156&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conagrabrands.com%2F&a=www.conagrabrands.com) .

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. ​