Lamb Weston

Procurement Specialist

Lamb Weston$64K — $97K *
Eagle, ID 83616In-Person
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field required.
  • 3 years of experience in purchasing or supply chain required.
  • Experience in contracting and sourcing of categories.
  • Preferred background with plant operations.
  • Proficiency in SAP and Ariba preferred.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in strategic planning and execution of sourcing practices.
  • Define requirements and templates for analytics and market intelligence.
  • Support continuous improvement and standardization of sourcing processes.
  • Analyze spend data and market insights for strategy development.
  • Assist with go-to-market and negotiation strategies documentation.
  • Perform supplier analysis for selection process support.
  • Monitor, control, and report on KPIs for assigned category.

Benefits

  • Health insurance benefits including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care.
  • Well-being programs and wellness incentive programs.
  • Paid time off.
  • Industry-leading 401(k) plan with generous contributions.
  • Employee assistance program for mental health and concierge services.
Full Job Description
Title: Procurement Specialist

Location: Eagle, ID

Job Requisition ID: Req-270872

Time Type: Full time

Job Description Summary

The Procurement Specialist works in collaboration with global and regional category teams to support the development and execution of sourcing strategies. Key responsibilities include partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to manage spend and analyze market trends, generating insights from sourcing and bidding activities, preparing materials for supplier negotiations, and supporting end-to-end project execution.

This role also contributes to supplier relationship management and ensures adherence to procurement policies, controls, and compliance standards, including defining, executing, and monitoring appropriate purchasing channels. The Procurement Specialist serves as a key point of contact between internal stakeholders-such as operations, manufacturing, and facilities-and external suppliers to ensure efficient and effective procurement processes.

Job Description

  • Participate with strategic planning and the execution of sourcing practices
  • Defines requirements and templates for analytics and market intelligence.
  • Supports the continuous improvement and standardization of the strategic sourcing processes.
  • Analyzes spend baseline, Category Area profile, and market insights to support development of Category and supplier strategies.
  • Supports the development of Go-To-Market and negotiation strategies in alignment with the Category Manager and ensure proper documentation thereof.
  • Performs supplier analysis including supplier screening, financials, and capability assessments to support supplier selection process.
  • Executes end-to-end sourcing projects for less complex
  • Performs supplier selection and fact-based negotiations.
  • Provides support to regions and countries on a case-by-case basis to offset local or global skills gaps (brings specific Category or technical knowledge to key stakeholder meetings and negotiations).
  • Builds up knowledge repository and encourage active enhancement by Global areas based on local experience.
  • Assists and drive stakeholder alignment
  • Actively engages with stakeholders as defined in alignment throughout the strategy development and sourcing execution process.
  • Coordinates operational interfacing and interactions
  • Escalates issues to appropriate level in the organization
  • Assists & actively supports in supplier relationship
  • Drives supplier performance by lifting and shifting best practices from one region to another region.
  • Monitors, controls and reports KPI's for the assigned category.
  • Productivity and Payment Terms recording and tracking.


Basic & Preferred Qualifications

Education/ Certifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in related field required.


Skills and Experience:

  • 3 years experience in purchasing or supply chain required.
  • Contracting and sourcing of categories
  • Preferred Background with plant operations
  • Analytical and Problem Solving
  • SAP and Ariba experience preferred
  • Prioritize work with multiply timelines and stakeholders
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities or projects
  • Excellent problem solving, interpersonal and organizational skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Lead and demonstrates cross-functional team management


Physical Environment/Demands:

  • Most work is performed in a temperature-controlled office environment
  • Incumbent may sit for long periods of time at desk or computer terminal
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
  • Incumbent may use calculators, keyboards, telephone and other office equipment in the course of normal workday
  • Stooping, bending, twisting and reaching may be required in completion of job duties
  • Valid Driver's License and driving record that meets Lamb Weston Driving Standards


Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:
  • Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
  • Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
  • Paid Time Off
  • Financial Wellness - Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
  • Family-Friendly Employee events
  • Employee Assistance Program services - mental health and other concierge type services


Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Anticipated Close Date
The anticipated close date is a good faith estimate for when this job will be closed. Some jobs may be unposted or filled earlier or later than the Anticipated Close Date depending on interview processes and business needs.

Anticipated Close Date: 08/11/2026

Pay Transparency
In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate's work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role is listed below.

Pay Rate or Range: $64,900.00 - $97,360.00

About Lamb Weston

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. is an American food processing company that is one of the world's largest producers and processors of frozen french fries and other frozen potato products. It was spun off from Conagra Brands on November 9, 2016. The company is headquartered in Eagle, Idaho, a suburb of Boise, and has operations in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Learn more about Lamb Weston
Size
7,800 employees
Market Cap
$12.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$296 million
5 Year Trend
+5.3%
Revenue
$3.5 billion
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