Duration: 6months
Location: Hackettstown NJ
Manage pricing standards on behalf of procurement group, working closely with supplier ensuring accuracy and timely response
Assist Brand teams and procurement operations associates with building accurate cost workbooks to feed into P&L analysis by finance and cross functional stakeholders
Analyze make ready reports from suppliers monthly to ensure exactness
Assist team with purchase orders, supplier transition and assignment of suppliers to packaging material, and other requests within internal tool COSMOS to guide shared service to make changes
Support vendor resolution and reconciliation on invoices
Own tracking and creation of packaging expedites, allowing suppliers to have visibility of forecasting needs before system setup and maintaining confirmations which mitigate supply risk
Assist category teams with building baseline information for tenders, capacity planning analysis, and days of supply reporting when needed
QUALIFICATIONS
Education/Training
Minimum: Bachelor's Degree required in Supply Chain, Procurement, Logistics or related field
Related Experience/Requirements:
One to three years of professional experience in analytical role supporting CPG or other fast paced environment
Experience establishing a wide variety of reports, tracking mechanisms, analyses
SAP Software Experience
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of technology and business area staff, with appropriate responsiveness
Able to manage workload and prioritization appropriate with minimal direction once trained
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
Strong alignment skills with the ability to communicate vision and gain alignment with stakeholders
Ability to work effectively across teams, build strong relationships (internally and externally)
Strong analytical skills with thought leadership that drives execution
Strong project management skills
Sound interpersonal skills enabling the ability to effectively work with cross-functional teams
Computer skills: Proficient in Excel. Experience in SAP or other ERP systems.