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ABOUT THE COMPANY
Founded in 1888, Lee Kum Kee, a Hong Kong-based global food company, specializes in creating condiments and sauces that promote Chinese cuisine worldwide. With more than 300 products to choose from, Lee Kum Kee takes the mystery out of cooking authentic and delicious Asian foods in the comfort of your kitchen. Lee Kum Kee is committed to providing authentic and innovative condiments and sauces featuring the highest quality ingredients. Armed with a unique management culture, stringent quality control, superb and innovative products, coupled with the century long brand reputation, Lee Kum Kee has achieved unanimous recognition and won numerous prestigious awards.
Lee Kum Kee (USA) Inc., a division of Lee Kum Kee International Holdings Ltd., has its headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Southern California with more than 500 employees (Americas Zone Region). We are looking for the best and brightest talents to join our company and work together to bring the next level of success.
Position Summary
Responsible for the overall procurement strategy and execution for the packaging category, ensuring the best balance of quality, cost, and value. Oversees and supports international procurement operations, with a focus on optimizing supplier relationships and performance through effective vendor management programs. Actively contributes to both global (HQ-led) and local projects, ensuring alignment with company objectives and procurement best practices.
Essential Functions
General Operation
- Assist Function head to improve procurement efficiency, set up sourcing strategies to contribute to the Group goals and objectives
- Participate in contract negotiation; and reviewing supply sources and procurement processes in accordance to global procurement policy and procedure.
- Partnering with various business units to meet their procurement needs and ensure compliance with global procurement policies and procedures;
- Discover and develop reliable suppliers and organization partner, negotiate with vendors to secure advantageous terms.
- Perform risk management and mitigation for key purchases, supply contracts and agreements.
- Partnering with various business units by sourcing, leading, working closely with relevant function for packaging needs.
- Support Suppliers' contracts by categories
- Assist function head for annual budgeting by gathering market outlook and metric.
- Prepare monthly progress report on all outstanding issues.
Vendor Management
- Monitor the supplier performance to ensure uninterrupted supply without delay and acceptable quality in compliance with LKK standard
- Negotiate with the suppliers to achieve the greatest value of money on every purchase
- Develop alternative suppliers to enhance both market and price competition
- Formulate effective contingency plan on the supply of core materials to guarantee production continuity
- Perform complete regulatory compliance to enhance food safety
- Update market information to facilitate effective planning
- Achieve healthy stock turnover to minimize cost of carry-over stocks
- Provide professional advice to top management on vendor management
Cost Saving/ Reduction
- Follow and monitor "Cost Alert System/Power BI in Global, alert management for any procurement risk and price fluctuation
- Identify areas for every cost saving / reduction opportunity by working closely with the suppliers
- Lead, execute and sustain cost saving / reduction programs from corporate perspectives
- Keep track of both market and price fluctuation to generate the greatest saving / reduction
- Explore and implement all possible synergies to enhance procurement efficiency
- Carries out coordination with Projects & Special Task Forces assigned from direct supervisor.
COMPETENCIES
- Business Acumen
- Problem Solving
- Negotiating
- Communication Skills
- Team Player
REQUIRED EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE.
- Bachelor Degree in Purchasing or Supply Chain Management or related area.
- At lease 7 years of purchasing experience.
- In-depth knowledge of packaging materials (glass, plastics, etc.). Knowledge of manufacturing and food industry.
- Proven leadership and management skills in driving changes and transformation across a organization.
- Strong sense of integrity. Team player and able to work under tight deadlines.
- Strong communication and negotiating skills.
- Proficiency with cost analysis and budgeting controlling.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Strong experience in Excel.
- Experience with enterprise systems. SAP experience is strongly preferred.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Excellent in command of written and spoken English. Bi-lingual in Spanish or Chinese is preferred.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSE, REGISTRATIONS
None
TRAVEL
This position requires travel; most travel is outside the local area and overnight. Some of the travel may be international.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel, taste foods; and reach with hands and arms.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
This position operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. For out-of-area candidates, remote work could be arranged.
It is Lee Kum Kee's policy to seek and employ the most qualified persons in all jobs in a manner which will ensure equal employment opportunity as well as administer personnel actions in a manner as to not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability or protected veteran status. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.