Buyer, Ingredients and Chemicals

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Job Title: Buyer, Ingredients and Chemicals
Location: Wichita, KS, Midwest United States, USA

Company: Cargill, Inc
Industry Sector: Agribusiness
Industry Type: Input Retail, Cooperative and Related Crop Services
Job Type: Full Time

Job Description: Cargill's size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. We are a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials - from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Buyer, Ingredients and Chemicals will support North America sourcing activities. In this role, you will execute complex procurement tasks to provide inputs to the global category team. You will vet new suppliers and identify new sources of ingredients finding the right match for Cargill and our customer's need.

Key Accountabilities

Partner cross-functionally with business managers, marketing and culinary teams influencing with strong communication and partnership abilities
Build and apply a comprehensive understanding of regional spend, stakeholder landscape, and the procurement landscape
Identify opportunities to improve processes, remove redundancies and find opportunities to add value
Drive or support supplier negotiations of contacts and pricing
Execute medium and highly complex sourcing events.
Influence the implementation of regional sourcing decisions and provide support with the implementation of global sourcing decisions.
Provide inputs to the global category team for category strategy development and execution.
Monitor continuous regional supplier and stakeholder relationships.
Follow established procedures to select suppliers for procurement of noncontracted materials, goods, services and supplies.
Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS