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⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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Sysco

10,000+ employees

Founded 1969

📦 Logistics

🏥 Healthcare

🏨 Hospitality

Logistics • Healthcare • Hospitality

Sysco is a global leader in selling, marketing, and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments, and other customers who prepare meals away from home. The company's extensive product portfolio also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. With a talented workforce of over 76,000 colleagues, Sysco operates 340 distribution facilities worldwide and serves approximately 730,000 customer locations. For fiscal year 2024, Sysco generated sales of more than $78 billion. The company actively engages in sustainability efforts, partnering with food banks and advocating for farm-to-table initiatives. Sysco's mission is to support diverse communities, fight hunger, and be a trusted business partner by delivering quality products and innovative solutions.

📋 Description

• Support strategic sourcing activities for assigned plastic packaging components, including bottles, caps and closures, pumps, tubes, brackets, and related components • Prepare and issue supplier RFQs for new products, existing business, cost-reduction initiatives, and alternative sourcing opportunities • Analyze supplier quotations, including piece price, tooling, MOQ, lead time, freight, payment terms, and other commercial considerations • Develop supplier and cost comparisons to support sourcing recommendations and business decisions • Monitor supplier pricing and evaluate cost changes against material indices, market conditions, and applicable cost drivers • Support supplier negotiations involving pricing, tooling, commercial terms, rebates, and cost-reduction opportunities • Identify and evaluate secondary and alternative suppliers to improve competitiveness, supply continuity, and sole-source risk • Support qualification, vetting, and onboarding of new suppliers • Coordinate sourcing requirements with cross-functional teams • Partner with suppliers and technical teams on component development, samples, specifications, material requirements, tooling, testing, and commercialization • Track tooling quotations, sourcing projects, supplier deliverables, and project milestones • Maintain supplier quotations, pricing history, sourcing documentation, RFQ comparisons, and commercial records • Identify, quantify, and support cost-savings and cost-avoidance opportunities • Monitor supplier-related risks, including cost changes, capacity, lead time, geographic concentration, and sole-source exposure • Support supplier performance discussions involving quality, delivery, commercial issues, and corrective actions • Participate in sustainability, recyclable materials, PCR content, material changes, and packaging optimization initiatives • Develop and maintain effective supplier relationships while supporting company expectations for cost, quality, service, and supply continuity

🎯 Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required • Associate or bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Business, or a related field preferred • 3 to 5 years of experience in sourcing, procurement, packaging, manufacturing, supply chain, or a related field • Experience with plastic packaging, closures, bottles, or other manufactured components preferred • Experience working with domestic and/or international suppliers preferred • Experience supporting RFQs, supplier negotiations, cost analysis, or new-product sourcing preferred • Strong Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to analyze supplier quotations and cost comparisons • Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills • Ability to manage multiple sourcing projects, RFQs, suppliers, and deadlines simultaneously • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Ability to work effectively with suppliers and cross-functional internal teams • Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States

🏖️ Benefits

• Sysco benefits available; details provided at https://SyscoBenefits.com • Opportunity for personal and professional growth • Opportunity to contribute to a dynamic organization • Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer

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