Product Manager

Summary

Reporting to the Senior Category Product Manager, the successful candidate will oversee the dependable sourcing of trading and non-trading goods, including raw and packaging materials, for GraceKennedy-owned factories. The role aims to facilitate the procurement process by aligning it with demand-driven requirements models and plans while adhering to service level and inventory holding agreements.

Responsibilities

• • Performing purchase functions such as negotiating agreements with Suppliers, preparing and dispatching purchase orders, and making changes where necessary.
• • Ensuring proper cost and price management of the assigned portfolio.
• • Aligning inflows with demand by validating forecasts where necessary and mitigating real and potential supply risks.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

• • Proficiency in the use of computer and software applications for the execution of job functions.
• • Ability to analyze situations accurately and develop effective courses of action
• • Working knowledge of purchasing principles & practices, materials, specifications and standards, prices, and current market conditions, laws governing contracts, regulations, and the policies and procedures governing related operations.
• • Possess robust analytical and problem-solving skills.
• • Own and operate a reliable motor vehicle.

Preferred Qualifications

• ★ Bachelor’s degree in Social, Pure, and Applied Sciences or other degree with an analytical base
• ★ One (1) year SAP MRP experience.
• ★ Minimum of two (2) years of professional experience in purchasing, commodity, and/or supplier agreements.

Additional Information and Instructions

Qualified applicants are invited to submit applications no later than 01/12/2024

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