YOUR OPPORTUNITYWe have an exciting opportunity for a Sr. Purchasing Manager at our Guymon facility. This senior leadership role oversees the purchasing and receiving functions supporting one of the largest pork processing operations in the country. The Sr. Purchasing Manager will lead a team responsible for securing materials and ingredients, ensuring compliance with company policies, and leveraging corporate contracts while driving efficiency across purchasing, receiving, materials scheduling, supply, warehouse, and maintenance inventory systems. Areas of oversight include packaging, food ingredients, parts room, PPE, sanitation, and office supplies. As a strategic partner to Operations, the Sr. Purchasing Manager is accountable for optimizing cost, quality, and service while developing a high-performing team. This position plays a critical role in advancing Seaboard Foods' culture of safety, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES This list is not intended to be all-inclusive, and other duties may be assigned.
- Lead, coach, and develop the plant purchasing and receiving team to ensure high performance, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Oversee the timely preparation, processing, and approval of requisitions and purchase orders to support uninterrupted operations.
- Manage plant-level inventory through effective min/max levels, reorder points, and obsolete material processes to minimize shortages and waste.
- Partner with Operations, Food Safety, and Quality Assurance to ensure purchased goods meet specifications, compliance standards, and delivery requirements.
- Maintain strong vendor relationships while driving supplier performance, competitive pricing, and risk reduction strategies.
- Ensure accurate and efficient procure-to-pay processes by collaborating with Accounting and Corporate teams on invoice reconciliation and payment.
- Provide reporting and analysis of key purchasing metrics to management, identifying opportunities for cost savings and efficiency improvements.
- Develop and manage plant purchasing budgets, forecasts, and capital plans aligned with divisional and corporate strategies.
- Implement and sustain inventory management systems and processes that safeguard accuracy and comply with regulatory and food safety requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives leveraging lean and best practices to optimize purchasing, receiving, and supply chain effectiveness.
CORE COMPETENCIES FOR SUCCESS IN ALL ROLES: instills trust, communicates effectively, action-oriented, ensures accountability, and drives results.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTSTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required or preferred. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, or related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 8+ years of progressively responsible purchasing, inventory, or supply chain management experience, including at least 3-5 years in a leadership role.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with the ability to interpret data and apply insights.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access) with the ability to learn new systems quickly.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate information to cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
Preferred:
- Experience with JD Edwards (JDE), SAP, or other enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.
- Prior leadership experience managing purchasing, inventory, or supply chain teams in a manufacturing or processing environment.
- Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methodologies.
SCHEDULE WORK ENVIRONMENT The physical and work demands listed here represent those an employee should possess to successfully perform the job's essential functions. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to move around the facility including office, warehouse, outside, and production floor areas.
- The employee must regularly lift and move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and move up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- Work is performed primarily an office environment with frequent visits to production and warehouse areas .
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts; temperature variations, noise, odors and airborne particles
- The noise levels vary depending on the environment and may require hearing protection in certain areas.
- The hours and days of work are established by departmental needs and at the discretion of management. After-hours, weekends, and overnight travel as requested.
WHY SEABOARD FOODS?- Medical, vision & dental benefits upon hire
- 401K with company match
- Paid Time Off & Company Holidays
- Wellness Program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee pork purchase program
For a complete list of our benefits please visit our career site: https://www.seaboardfoods.com/careers/why-sbf/
