Job Description

ABOUT CAN CORPORATION OF AMERICA (CCA)

Can Corporation of America (CCA) has been a family owned can manufacturer since 1975 supplying food processors, coffee roasters and general line customers throughout the United States and Canada. Our Industry leading manufacturing process enables us to produce high quality steel cans from 202×214 to 603×710 and most standard sizes in between.  CCA employs 300 dedicated associates, operates two production facilities and has approximately 500,000 square feet of manufacturing and warehouse space located in Blandon, PA.

ABOUT GIORGI GLOBAL HOLDINGS (PARENT COMPANY OF CCA)

Collectively, the group of U.S. and international companies is known as Giorgi Global Holdings, Inc. The US collection of agriculture, food and packaging operations are all part of The Giorgi Companies, Inc. (TGCI). With Peter Giorgi as its President and CEO, this group of Companies is now third generation family-owned carrying on a tradition of excellence. The Company believes that the continued health of its operations and sustainable growth in the marketplace are driven by a few key principles: attracting industry talent, demonstrating a top-down environment of business integrity, investing wisely in capabilities, and placing future bets based on long term growth opportunities – backed by patient capital. Our intention is to continue in this course by growing our international business in the areas of sustainable packaging and growing our US businesses in the areas of select food, agriculture and packaged goods.

BASIC JOB DESCRIPTION

The Procurement Manager is responsible for the establishment and management of the procurement process for the company. This position should raise supplier performance, implementation/usage of contract templates and ensure operational compliance with procurement policies, and manage company spending via establishment of a competitive bidding process and negotiation with potential suppliers and vendors. The Procurement Manager educates employees on applicable purchasing policies, develops sourcing strategies, implements programs and conducts continual analysis of the procurement process.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

·         Manage the supplier selection process for products and services for used by the company.

·         Manage the bidding process including, pre-bid/ proposal meetings, walk- thru(s), bid openings, bid tabulation and bid reviews.

·         Ensure continued contract compliance.

·         Develop and implement Sourcing Strategies for the company.

·         Assist as needed with contract start-up activities such as updating the time-line and deliverables.

·         Identify and develop Sourcing Strategies to deliver savings and improve internal efficiency.

·         Conduct analysis and prepare reports on supplier performance metrics, conducts benchmarking studies and tracks contract utilization.

·         Ensure all necessary legal and risk management approvals associated with sourcing solutions have been obtained.

·         Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements, policies and procedures.

·         Conduct business reviews to discuss current spending, Key Performance Indicators, potential business opportunities, and market trends.

·         Establish a goal setting process with suppliers to improve overall performance, processes, and information flow.

·         Ensure that required certificates of insurance from vendors are maintained and updated annually or as needed in company records.

·         Work closely with the finance team on project cost management, month end accruals, AP and PO questions including issue resolution.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

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·         A Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Accounting, Supply Chain Management or related discipline is preferred.

·         5-7 years’ experience in Purchasing, Strategic Sourcing, or a related field preferred.

·         Market knowledge of materials and services purchased to support the packaging industry.

·         Ability to work independently.

·         Advanced knowledge of SAP software strongly preferred.

·         Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Applications including, Word, Excel, Outlook, and Power Point.

OTHER KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES OR CERTIFICATIONS

·         Must have outstanding leadership, verbal and written communication skills.

·         Accredited certification, CPM, Apics preferred.

Company Description

We are a privately held and diversified agricultural, food manufacturing and food packaging company with a long term focus. Giorgi Mushroom Company (GMC) is a vertically integrated, family owned and operated agribusiness in Berks County, Pennsylvania. GMC is the largest, single-location mushroom farm in the world producing over 180M pounds annually of the Agaricus bisporus varieties: White Button, Portabella, Cremini, and Shiitake mushrooms. Giorgio Foods, Inc., is an integrated processor and distributor of the finest value-added mushroom products for the retail, food service and industrial markets. Giorgio Fresh, Inc., is our fresh packing operation that receives, packs and ships over 220M lbs a year of fresh mushrooms. Our largest operation located in Blandon, PA, is 130K sq ft and located within the heart of our mushroom farming operations in Berks County. Can Corporation of America (CCA) is a steel can manufacturer supplying food processors in the fruit, vegetable and coffee industries throughout the United States and Canada. In 1976, our owners decided that third party can companies were not serving the long term needs of Giorgio Foods, Inc. and therefore decided to move can manufacturing in-house. Today, Giorgio Food accounts for less than 5% of CCA's production output. Metal packaging manufactured by Can Corporation is the most sustainable packaging in the world.