Procurement Manager position

Wyomissing, PA

Under the guidance of the Senior Procurement Manager, the position is responsible for the procurement of indirect commodity materials and services as assigned for all Campbell locations in designated region, ensuring quality of materials and services, competitive pricing, adherence to company policies, procurement processes and endeavors related to the operation of a proactive and strategic Global Business Units.

Principle Accountabilities

1. Develop category management strategies for cost reduction or value enhancement that result in tangible benefits to the bottom line
   with sound knowledge on internal analysis and external market analysis
2. Assess realized benefits from sourcing and develop improvement strategies and initiatives post-sourcing
3. Build and institutionalize market intelligence capabilities (people, database, information, analysis) within the category management
   team on key markets, suppliers and solutions worldwide (supplier benchmarking) to support strategy development purposes 4. Stay abreast of leading edge purchasing techniques and champion the use of formal category management techniques and processes
   within team
4. Evaluate strategies based on changing market conditions and provide inputs during strategic sourcing activities, including internal
   and external analysis and negotiations
5. Lead coaching and individual training/development for the team as required to build capability to deliver overall category
   objectives
6. Continuously improve upon personal skills – adopting continuous learning and skill development and seeking feedback

Job Complexity

Ensure items and services are purchased in accordance with established policies and procedures.
Utilize category/commodity knowledge to support business objectives.
Evaluate and purchase materials and services at a competitive cost. Must be knowledgeable of commodity characteristics and marketplace cost drivers. Close interaction with Corporate, Business Units and Plant personnel.
Set strategy, manage and evaluate acquisition process (Sourcing, Developing and Negotiating) ensuring competitiveness and limiting the risk to Godiva.
Lead cross functional groups to develop Productivity programs that deliver Enabler and Total Procurement Value (TPV) targets. (Category Management)
Develop and lead Supplier Relationship Management programs that focus on Quality, Productivity and Innovation.
Subject Matter Expert of category specific information on spend, supplier performance, user adoption and compliance, standards and specifications and industry benchmarks.
Promote value engineering analyses to support ongoing performance improvement and cost reduction.
Godiva and Supplier facilitiy visitation.
Develop and actively promote Godiva's Diversity Strategy.
Effectively develop and manage direct reports.
Utilize ERP system for Contract Management.
Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelors degree
• 5-7+ years experience
• Manages large, complex, or multiple projects effectively
• Defines clear roles, responsibilities and expectations for core and extended team members and proactively manages against set goals
• Delegates to others in ways that ensure both freedom to act and appropriate support
• Stretches team perspective — faster, broader, deeper insights into issues and potential ramifications
• Brings intellectual leadership to the problem solving effort
• Ensures credible, actionable high impact recommendations
• Very powerful presenter
• Able to hear what was not said as easily as what was said
• Listens to learn — able to adapt communications 'on the fly' to what is being said
• Integrates purchasing strategy with other functional strategy in the business by ensuring that purchases input is considered in the development of business unit and supply chain strategies
• Influencing cross-functional partners with knowledge of the supply landscape to drive strategy
• Able to develop and drive holistic and multi-year strategies across industries and categories
• Influences long-term supplier technology and resource direction towards Godiva's needs
• Uses depth of knowledge to gain insights which produce competitive advantage
• Demonstrates the ability to create and manage extremely complex relationships
• Recognized by the business for providing robust supply base risk mitigation and opportunity management
• Brings in new industry trends and approaches
• Consistently achieves competitive advantage/beneficial outcome in complex negotiations
  

Apply on-line at www.godiva.com requisition#4470

OR

Send the resume to michelle_franek@godivachoc.com

April 9, 2008