Senior Procurement Manager – Glass Packaging

Build your career at Sazerac! With almost 400 years of rich history, Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent, American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world. Since the 2000s, Sazerac has averaged double digit growth every year! Sazerac Company produces and markets the most award-winning bourbons and whiskeys in the world, including Buffalo Trace, Pappy Van Winkle, Eagle Rare, Blanton’s, and Sazerac Rye. Additionally, Sazerac owns many popular brands across a range of spirits, including Fireball, Southern Comfort, Seagram’s V.O., Myers’s, Goldschläger, Parrot Bay, 99 Brand, and Platinum Vodka. 

We’re proud of our award-winning culture and distilleries. Our Louisville office has been named one of the “Best Places to Work in Kentucky” four times, and our Buffalo Trace Distillery has earned the title of “world’s most award-winning distillery” through the dedication of our craftsmen for well over 200 years. Whether you’re a recent graduate or an experienced professional, Sazerac provides extraordinary opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, entrepreneurial industry.

The Senior Procurement Manager – Glass Packaging purchases and manages availability of high quality and best price glass packaging for all Sazerac Manufacturing locations. Develops and implements effective category sourcing strategies and generates bottom-line material cost improvement. Works closely with manufacturing and marketing teams to achieve objectives and successful delivery of projects. Drives supplier quality improvement and accountability, contract negotiation, and total cost savings. This position reports to the Procurement Director of Direct Materials and is based in Louisville, KY.

Responsibilities:

• Assist the accounting teams and VP, Procurement to assure that bills of materials are developed accurately, and that information is supplied as needed to stakeholders to assure continued data integrity. Work closely with the manufacturing teams to achieve objectives - cost, quality, service and inventory turnover. Drive supplier quality improvement and accountability. Work closely with the marketing teams to support the successful delivery of New Brand, and Brand Renovation projects - Ensuring on time, at quality on Cost targets are achieved.
• Assist the Accounting and Procurement teams to ensure that costs are accurately captured, reported, and budgeted using the best available market knowledge and analysis. The major outcome of this roles is to provide relevant and accurate information to allow timely decision-making concerning commodity pricing. Monitor manages the assigned commodity and category contracts. Ensure sourcing events are planned and executed and contracts executed accordingly.
• Analyze demand and supply chains to facilitate proper reorder points of goods to maintain full operational support, proper safety stocks, and reduce excess inventories. Major outcome is to allow operational functionality while maintaining inventory levels that do not tie up company resources in storage and dollars. Identify, develop and implement cost improvement strategies with key company suppliers. Build long-term strategic relationships and look for joint improvement opportunities.
• Maintain a list of goals / desired outcomes for personal and professional development, to include a 6 month, one year, and 5 year plan. Use the FYI book and the Sazerac Talent Development System as a guide. Maintain a one to one dialogue with reporting manager to communicate progress to personal, departmental, and company goals / objectives. When called to lead on procurement initiatives that have companywide impact. Lead and direct the proactive management an understanding of industry best practices and technology trends for the assigned commodities and categories. Ensure benchmarking is in place and provide insight.
• Maintain a high level of support and energy towards achieving company and departmental priorities. Assure that performance of suppliers is geared towards improving internal customer service and overall operations. Manager should be a leader in supporting initiatives that achieve results. Work closely with manufacturing leadership on various in/outsourcing, cost reduction and performance improvement initiatives. Drive supplier quality improvement using the SNCR / DMR Process, ensure accountability. Ensure all supplier qualification are completed and maintained. Support and further develop the regular department management and reporting process
• Assist with the development, implementation and use of the VIR system. Develop and implement a set of prospective VE efforts the manufacturing teams, internal stakeholders and suppliers.
• Secure information from suppliers and provide needed information to comply with the Bioterrorism Act to the Sazerac internal team.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 7+ years relevant experience

Preferred:

• Wine and spirits industry experience
• 5+ years’ experience with development and management of vendor relationships including contracts
• 2+ years’ experience in purchasing materials for food/beverage/ or packaged goods manufacturing
• 2+ years’ Experience managing multiple locations
• Willingness to travel