Buyer, Ingredients and Chemicals

Cargill

2 days ago

Expires on29 Oct 2025

Wichita, Ks, United States

Job description & requirements

br /br / Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. We are a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.br / br / br / br / Job Purpose and Impactbr / br / br / The Buyer, Ingredients and Chemicals will support North America sourcing activities. In this role, you will execute complex procurement tasks to provide inputs to the global category team. You will vet new suppliers and identify new sources of ingredients finding the right match for Cargill and our customer’s need.br / br / br / br / br / Key Accountabilitiesbr / br / br / br / Partner cross-functionally with business managers, marketing and culinary teams influencing with strong communication and partnership abilitiesbr / Build and apply a comprehensive understanding of regional spend, stakeholder landscape, and the procurement landscapebr / Identify opportunities to improve processes, remove redundancies and find opportunities to add valuebr / Drive or support supplier negotiations of contacts and pricingbr / Execute medium and highly complex sourcing events.br / Influence the implementation of regional sourcing decisions and provide support with the implementation of global sourcing decisions.br / Provide inputs to the global category team for category strategy development and execution.br / Monitor continuous regional supplier and stakeholder relationships.br / Follow established procedures to select suppliers for procurement of noncontracted materials, goods, services and supplies.br / Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.br / Other duties as assignedbr / br / br / br / br / br / Qualificationsbr / br / br / MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONSbr / br / Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experiencebr / Minimum of two years of related work experiencebr / br / br / PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSbr / br / Demonstrated contract negotiation skills br / Ability to develop and deliver presentations as the lead presenterbr / Proficiency in Microsoft Power Point and Excelbr / br / br / #LI-HS1br / #themusebr / #fgbbr / br / br / br / Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.br /br /br /br / br /br /br /Salary: . Date posted: 09/05/2025

Job domain/function :

Educational qualifications :

Location :

Wichita, Sedgwick County, Ks, United States

Create alert for similar jobs

Buyer, Ingredients and Chemicals-Cargill-Wichita, Ks, United States