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The incumbent is expected to be the expert in the market information relevant to their assigned portfolio and material categories.\nWe Are Kemin We are visionaries who see things differently and are inspired by the world around us. We have been dedicated to using applied science to improve the quality of life for over half a century. We are a global ingredient manufacturer that strives to sustainably transform the quality of life every day for 80 percent of the world with its products and services.\nFor over half a century, Kemin has been dedicated to using applied science to address industry challenges and offer product solutions to customers in more than 120 countries. Kemin provides ingredients to feed a growing population with its commitment to the quality, safety and efficacy of food, feed and health-related products to customers in more than 120 countries.\nEstablished in 1961, Kemin is a privately held, family-owned-and-operated company with more than 2,800 global employees and operations in 90 countries, including manufacturing facilities in Belgium, Brazil, China, India, Italy, Russia, San Marino, Singapore, South Africa and the United States.\nResponsibilities\nResponsible for sourcing and operational purchasing of multiple raw materials, packaging, and CAPEX business needs. \nResponsible for providing input and executing departmental sourcing strategies that will achieve Kemin’s overall strategic goals while seeking continual improvement of the overall efficiency of the department. \nProvide frequent and on-going market insights around costs, material availability and constraints in addition to internal inventory reports and analysis. \nResponsible for managing suppliers regarding their products, negotiating contracts, assessing risk and forecasting market conditions, availability of raw materials, and ensuring proper inventory of raw materials. \nCompany expert on assigned category pricing, including global markets, both current and future. \nResponsible for purchasing category products, producing that required documentation, providing shipment support, and aligning with various departments including quality, logistics, operations, finance and regulatory as applicable. \nReview and obtain approval for all new material(s) or new supplier(s) of existing raw material, following Kemin’s Raw Material Risk Assessment, and other applicable policies and procedures. \nResponsible for sourcing multiple strategic ingredients, both domestically and internationally, analyzing market trends, and seeking continual improvement of the overall efficiency of the department. \nResponsible for managing inventory turns of raw materials. \nActively involved in project innovation process as it relates to raw materials and suppliers.\nWork with quality control, R&D team(s) as it relates to any raw material specification issues. \nProvides information to Finance for long-term planning and budgeting, for quarterly cost rolls.\nDevelop and implement Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) in compliance with ISO, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s), and changing international regulatory requirements. \nQualifications\nBachelor’s degree in with 5+ years of procurement experience. \nPrevious professional experience in the food industry is preferred.\n\nProfessional Purchasing Certification preferred.\nMust have a solid understanding and adherence to the Servant Leadership philosophy. \nMust have solid computer skills and excellent planning, scheduling, and formulating skills. \nChemical (raw material) knowledge is desired. \nPrevious experience dealing with ISO, GMP, and various international governmental and/or regulatory agencies highly desired. \nExcellent written and oral communication skills are required. \nEnglish is required.\nTravel: Up to 40% travel may be required.\nJob Offer Details\nContract: Permanent\nWorking hours: full-time, Monday to Friday, with flexible start and finish times.\nAnnual gross salary (RAL): 1SQ level CCNL Food Industry; Range RAL: 60,000-75,000 euro. Benefits: Meal vouchers (€10) or canteen; Variable compensation; Longevity Program; Health insurance (FASA); Company discounts; company gym and free fruit service.\nWork location: Veronella (VR)\nAll qualified candidates will be considered for the position without distinction of race, skin color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, or disability.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4679,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":["Health insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Supply Chain","Natural Resources","Animal Nutrition","Dietary Supplements"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-29T03:50:35Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":9,"reasons":["conf:3","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-30T05:48:23Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":83602,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/kemin-industries-procurement-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/kemin-industries-procurement-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-30T10:12:42Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":14691,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-31T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1772552},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1772552"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fkemin-industries-procurement-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fkemin-industries-procurement-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fkemin-industries-procurement-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/kemin-industries-procurement-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fkemin-industries-procurement-manager"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3437701}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"kemin.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3437701},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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