Feed Ingredient Procurement Officer

7 months ago


Abbotsford, Canada Friesen Group of Companies Full time

As the Friesen Group of Companies continues to grow, we are looking for passionate, hard-working team members whose values align with ours -- hard work, harmony, high standards and honesty.

The **Feed Ingredient Procurement Officer** will identify and pursue market opportunities to enable us to achieve a competitive advantage while weighing the risk and reward of the positions taken. The selected individual will set strategies that both support internal needs along with growing sales.

**Duties**:

- Responsible for collaborating between feed formulators and plant managers to provide lowest cost options for all feeds, feed and premix ingredients.
- Responsible for establishing expertise in all of the technical, economic and Macro Ingredient drivers of Amino Acids and Minerals.
- Responsible for developing and maintaining positive relationships with key business partners who manufacture and distribute Amino Acids, Mineral, Vitamins and other Feed Additives to ensure long term competitiveness in the market.
- Responsible for supporting commodity purchasing.
- Responsible for identifying, creating, and capturing value by using market insights, historical trends and intuition.
- Responsible for determining strategic supply objectives, using tools and reports for decision making around products and commodity purchases.
- Responsible for incorporating a good understanding and feeling of the market to engage in strategic negotiations.
- Responsible for identifying new ingredients, technology ideas and suppliers.
- Responsible for taking action to address pricing and/or delivery issues; advising management of market conditions and supply base activity that may present risk or needs to be elevated to management’s attention.
- Responsible for planning and managing inventory levels of all incoming ingredients.
- Responsible for ensuring suppliers provide the necessary documentation for all incoming ingredients to meet the company’s and Feed Assure/HACCP standards.
- Responsible for issuing purchase orders, placing orders, and maintaining purchasing records/data and pricing in the company system.

Experience and Education Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in agriculture, supply chain management, business administration, or a related field.
- 3-5 years of purchasing and supply chain experience, preferably in animal nutrition industry.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills, as well as excellent listening, relationship management and negotiation skills.
- Analytical skill for price history, trends and value opportunities.
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks, meet deadlines and make decisions that impact business results.
- Demonstrate agile behavior and creative problem solving, attention to detail and organization skills.
- Self-motivated and driven to meet both individual goals and team goals.
- Strong leadership skills: ability to set direction and execute defined strategies.
- Proficient in using ERP systems - Great Plains strongly preferred.
- Strong capabilities in using Microsoft Office as well as advanced Excel skills - updating and creating spreadsheets.

Based in Abbotsford, BC, the Friesen Group of Companies have served the agricultural community since 1953 with operations in livestock feed milling, hatcheries and poultry operations. At Friesen Group, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and a supportive team and family-oriented environment.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: $75,000.00-$90,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision care

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- purchasing: 3 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person



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