Foster Farms has been a family-owned and operated company for four generations. Since our founding days back in 1939, we have always been committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available. The hope is that our commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and our people will shine through in everything we do.

We are always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Farms team. We offer the experience of a large organization, but operate like a family business. More than half of our job openings are filled by internal promotion, and we encourage employees to gain a variety of experiences across different functional groups.

Purpose of Position:

To assure Foster Farms maintains a competitive advantage in the area of packaging and ingredients through contracting and procurement practices, resulting in the maximum return of shareholder investment.  Provide leadership in all buying aspects all plants and minimizing material write offs.  Develop and monitor performance reporting on a monthly and annual basis. 

Essential Job Functions:

Direct, manage, and oversee all purchasing functions to meet daily business requirements in contracting and buying at all plants. 

Provide leadership and direction to staff in an attempt to meet or exceed departmental annual objectives.

Minimize acquisition costs for packaging and ingredients through a multiple supplier competitive bid process, contract negotiations and operational implementation.

Develop, maintain and implement cost savings initiatives across all aspects of the business.

Prepare and monitor annual, quarterly, and period reports to help inform the business of materials purchasing changes. 

Support Marketing, Sales and Operations in new product development and product changes by meeting implementation deadlines and minimizing costs. 

Direct and manage all groups to become more strategic within their given area, bringing greater value to the company and instruct and encourage professional advancement

Assist the Sourcing Department in improving the functionality of our MRP buying system by working with staff, field buyers and IT for efficiency gains.  

Requirements:

Degree in Business Administration or related field, MBA preferred

Minimum seven-ten years work experience in procurement area

Strong analytical skills and in-depth knowledge of Packaging and Food Ingredients industry, markets and supply chain

Excellent negotiation skills and knowledge of business law

Experience in contract creation

Strong leadership skills with minimum 10 years supervisory experience

Strong understanding of SAP system

Good understanding of Agriculture Industry

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Foster Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities, Females, Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Foster Farms participates in E-Verify during the hire process at all locations for all new employees.