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• Locates and works with the appropriate departments to qualify new suppliers.
• Identifies key materials for the company and secures secondary/tertiary suppliers for these items.
• Preparing bid requests, contract proposals, and other documents needed to initiate a procurement process.
• Negotiate the execution of agreements to secure a competitive market position for Neogen.
• Onboards New Suppliers to ensure all needed forms/documentation has been completed.
• Works with Quality and Regulatory departments to resolve any identified issues/risks with a supplier.
• Maintains a pulse on market conditions for the designated product lines/commodities and recommends needed actions to minimize risks for the company.
• Work closely with all internal stakeholders and departments.
Skills and Competencies:
Cultural Savvy: Demonstrates and lives One Neogen Pillars of Trust; Openness, Honesty, Respect, Credibility and Service through all actions, behaviors, and communication. Consistently embodies Pillars and fosters a culture and environment of trust.
Communication: Clearly conveys information and ideas through a variety of media. Varies message based on audience. Actively listens to all team, peer and leadership while fostering collaboration.
Decision Making and Problem Solving: Sees opportunities for innovative problem solving. Generates unique, workable, and useful solutions to difficult problems. Ensures team has information and tools necessary to make decisions.
Driving Performance: Drivers performance within team. Utilizes time and resources effectively. Creates accountability for Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), seeks innovative solutions and sets priority standards.
Education and Experience
• Minimum 3 years of experience in sourcing/purchasing organization at global company.
• Bachelor degree in economics, engineering, or similar field of studies.
• Proficient in English reading and writing.
• Fluent in Chinese is an advantage.
• Work in flexible time with internal Europe & USA team.
• Experience with SAP preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 especially excel and Power BI is an advantage .
• Experience across commodities in plastic industry is an advantage.
• Experience in leading negotiations and managing small to medium value procurement projects.
Come Be Part Of A Mission that Matters!
From inside the farm gate to our dinner plates, Neogen protects the world’s food supply. Through a variety of animal healthcare products, to food safety solutions for dangerous bacteria, allergens, toxins, drug residues and much more, Neogen is there — and you can be too.
What We Do
NEOGEN Corporation develops and markets products dedicated to food and animal safety. The company’s Food Safety Division markets dehydrated culture media and diagnostic test kits to detect foodborne bacteria, natural toxins, genetic modifications, food allergens, drug residues, plant diseases and sanitation concerns. NEOGEN’s Animal Safety Division markets a complete line of diagnostics, veterinary instruments, veterinary pharmaceuticals, nutritional supplements, disinfectants and rodenticides.
