GLOBAL PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR

Description Procurement Director - Packaging and Ingredients Purpose and Scope/General Summary: We are looking for a Procurement Director - Packaging and Ingredients for JBS that reports onsite to the corporate office in Greeley, Colorado. The Procurement Director – Packaging & Ingredients leads sourcing strategy, supplier relationships, and procurement performance across a significant direct-material spend portfolio supporting a complex, multi-site manufacturing network. This leader is accountable for delivering measurable financial value, ensuring reliable supply, and advancing quality, innovation, and sustainability objectives. As a strategic business partner to Operations, R&D, Quality, Supply Chain, Commercial, Finance, and Sustainability, the Director translates business priorities and market insights into actionable category strategies. The role combines long-term planning with disciplined execution to improve cost competitiveness, support growth, protect margins, and strengthen operational resilience. The Director will build and develop a high-performing procurement team, establish clear performance expectations, and lead cross-functional initiatives that deliver sustainable business results. Key Accountabilities Strategic Sourcing & Category Leadership Develop and execute multi-year packaging and ingredient category strategies aligned with business objectives, manufacturing needs, and growth plans. Lead strategic sourcing, competitive bidding, supplier selection, negotiations, and contract development across assigned categories. Translate market intelligence—including commodity trends, supply-demand dynamics, supplier capacity, cost drivers, and geopolitical developments—into sourcing decisions and actionable business recommendations. Establish category roadmaps that balance cost, quality, service, innovation, sustainability, and supply security. Define supplier segmentation and sourcing models based on business criticality, supplier capabilities, switching costs, and market conditions. Drive total-cost improvement through specification optimization, value engineering, standardization, demand management, and cross-site collaboration. Packaging Procurement Lead sourcing strategies across major packaging materials, including areas such as corrugated, flexible films, shrink bags, labels, pallets, trays, rigid packaging, and other primary and secondary packaging. Develop market-based pricing models, cost breakdowns, and should-cost analyses to improve transparency and negotiation effectiveness. Monitor key cost drivers—including resin, paper and recovered fiber, energy, freight, and labor—and establish appropriate pricing mechanisms and contractual protections. Partner with Packaging Engineering, R&D, Operations, Quality, and Sustainability to optimize packaging performance, material usage, manufacturing efficiency, and total delivered cost. Develop supplier capabilities and capacity plans to support new product launches, packaging redesigns, manufacturing expansion, and network changes. Advance material reduction, recycled content, recyclability, and alternative packaging solutions while maintaining food safety, product protection, and operating performance. Ingredients Procurement Develop sourcing strategies for ingredients and related raw materials that deliver competitive costs while meeting food safety, quality, specification, availability, and service requirements. Partner with R&D, Quality, Operations, and Commercial teams on formulation changes, new product development, productivity initiatives, and alternative sourcing. Anticipate commodity price movements, crop and supply risks, capacity constraints, and other market developments that may affect cost or availability. Identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, dual sourcing, specification optimization, and strategic partnerships. Coordinate supplier qualification and material approval with relevant functions to enable timely, effective sourcing transition…

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