Senior Director of Procurement - Commodities

Bringing Home the Dough

The Sr. Director of Procurement manages all Flour Commodities (including Organic), supplier relationships including contract negotiations, and materials movements used in the baking process for all plants within the network while being accountable for managing significant annual spend and for managing approximately 200 materials and 25 suppliers. Hedging of agricultural commodities through market exchanges is critical to this role. The Sr. Director of Procurement sets strategic sourcing strategies for the Flour (Including Organic) Category that delivers consistent supplies of materials, drives productivity projects that have a financial impact to the company’s bottom line, supports growth efforts related to the integration new plants, new product lines or additional lines at our plants, while hiring, training, and developing our team talent.

Rising to the Challenge: Position Responsibilities

• Provide thought leadership to the Commodity Leadership Team for the overarching Commodity Strategy development
• Create Flour (Including Organic) Category Strategies to address growth, productivity, risk management and continuous improvement and development
• Establish performance goals and metrics Flour (including Organic).
• Drive and develop Productivity initiatives that improve our total cost of ownership and overall efficiencies through RFP’s, alternate supplier development, specification and\or formula optimization, supplier relationship management and negotiation. Strive for 1.5-2X benefit of team G&A Expense or 1-2% improvement per year
• Establish key cost assumptions for the annual planning cycle that address raw material feed stock inflation/deflation and productivity offsets impacting the respective materials for financial planning purposes
• Work with plant inventory fulfillment teams to ensure that they can order, receive, and pay for there respectively managed raw materials on a timely and accurate basis
• Negotiate supplier contracts: price, volume, service, payment terms with our respective risk management terms and conditions to ensure raw material quality and food safety
• Manage the respective suppliers on issues related to maintaining an uninterrupted supply of raw materials to bakery locations including the establishment of business continuity plans
• Gather agricultural commodity and\or raw material feed stock information from various sources and assess its impact on the business
• Ensure that business processes being used support accurate data input into SAP at all levels of the organization
• Participate as a member of the Flowers Foods Commodity Risk Subcommittee \ Flowers Foods SLT DASHBOARD Reviews to discuss agricultural and raw material feedstock market information, current coverage positions and financial plan impacts
• Qualify new vendors to supply existing materials. Also evaluate the use of new Flour Commodities
• Work on special projects for VP Procurement or others on the Procurement Leadership Team
• Build and maintain a positive good image of Flowers Foods through personal involvement in the community and through business related activities
• Position supports the +ERP DIGITAL SAP integration efforts related to Commodities.
• Practice and comply with all Company policies and procedures (EEO, Harassment, Safety,Sarbanes Oxley, etc.)
• Perform other duties deemed by management to be an integral part of the job, including but not limited to fulfillment of work schedules, adherence to attendance policies, and other applicable operating rules, policies and procedures

Knead to Know: Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years’ procurement experience
• 5+ years' of wheat and flour hedging/procurement 

Additional Ingredients: Essential Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; or equivalent combination of education and experience.