Ingredient Procurement Manager

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🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🛒 Procurement

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Carthage System - Professional Swine Management LLC

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2000

🍽️ Food & Beverage

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Food & Beverage • Consulting • Logistics

Carthage System - Professional Swine Management LLC is a family-farm-focused swine management and consulting company that provides comprehensive breed-to-wean and wean-to-finish management services. It manages all phases of pork production—including breeding, gestation, farrowing, nursery, and finishing—helping family farmers optimize health, genetics, productivity, and cost of production. PSM also offers external consulting on marketing, records, nutrition, and environmental planning, recruits farm and corporate staff, and supports small farming communities by enabling family farms to remain viable participants in the food supply chain.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for feed ingredients in collaboration with our strategic procurement partner, NextGen Ingredients. • Negotiate pricing, contracts, supply agreements, rebates, and commercial terms. • Evaluate supplier performance to ensure quality, reliability, and competitiveness. • Monitor ingredient availability and proactively mitigate supply risks. • Monitor domestic and international markets, competitor activity, and emerging ingredient technologies. • Analyze market trends to develop competitive pricing and purchasing strategies. • Prepare market intelligence reports and pricing recommendations to support business decisions. • Build and maintain strong relationships with customers while identifying opportunities for business growth. • Understand customer needs and recommend ingredient and CVS solutions that improve profitability and operational efficiency for the producer. • Prepare quotations, proposals, and commercial agreements. • Develop sales plans and growth strategies for assigned product categories. • Represent the company at customer meetings, supplier visits, and industry events. • Coordinate with logistics and feed mill personnel to ensure timely ingredient delivery. • Support demand forecasting, inventory planning, and purchasing schedules to optimize supply and working capital. • Perform other duties as assigned.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Animal Science, Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field required. • 5+ years of experience in feed ingredient procurement/ingredient merchandising, sales or relative fields. • Any similar combination of education and experience. • Knowledge of feed ingredients, including amino acids, feed additives, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, probiotics, acidifiers, and specialty ingredients. • Understanding of ingredient manufacturing processes, supply chains, and domestic and global ingredient markets. • Strong negotiation, analytical, customer relationship, and communication skills. • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel. • Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across CVS departments. • Demonstrated integrity, professionalism, and sound business judgment.