Procurement Analyst/Senior Analyst - Packaging

Simple Mills is a rapidly-growing company on the forefront of the clean food movement, transforming center store grocery aisles with products made from nutritious, purposeful ingredients. Simple Mills is a female-founded business, started by Katlin Smith in 2012 out of her own Kitchen. In the company’s short history, Simple Mills has disrupted the market to become the #1 bestselling natural baking mix, the #1 bestselling natural cracker, and the #1 bestselling natural cookie.

The company’s mission is to advance the holistic health of the planet and its people by positively impacting the way food is made. Simple Mills is distributed in 25,000+ stores nationally including Whole Foods, Target, Walmart, Kroger, Costco and more, and available online at retailers like Amazon and Thrive Market. The brand’s newest products include: Organic Seed Flour Crackers, Seed & Nut Flour Sweet Thins, and Soft-Baked Almond Flour Bars. Simple Mills has earned broad recognition from top tier media and industry associations- including a segment on our Founder & CEO Katlin Smith on NPR’s How I Built This. Our products have been featured in a wide array of top publications including Vogue, Women's Health, Forbes, Business Insider, mindbodygreen, NOSH and many more. Simple Mills was also a 2020 Health Magazine Snack Award Winner!

Role Description

The Procurement Analyst/Senior Analyst - Packaging is a critical role on the Supply Chain team. This role will impact Simple Mills’ continued growth with hands-on execution of responsibilities while gaining experience and exposure to procurement, supply chain, manufacturing, and overall operations strategy. The position will report to the Materials Planning Manager.

Key Responsibilities Include:

Procurement

• Execute packaging material planning, ensuring timely procurement of packaging materials.
• Establish a vendor managed inventory program with our top packaging supplier to elevate packaging inventory management and maximize efficiency within our manufacturing network.
• Partner with cross functional brand team to streamline graphics commercialization process.
• Implement new material planning technology to modernize ordering process and enable supply chain digitization objectives.
• Support the strategic sourcing process and associate projects, including but not limited to sourcing events and negotiation, supplier onboarding, and execution of cost focused strategy initiatives.
• Support the Simple Mills Supplier Partnership Program and quarterly business reviews with key suppliers.
• Minimize loss of raw material inventory and inventory overages, support reconciliation on-site at co-manufacture (co-man).
• Support R&D trials and innovation requests.  
• Performs other projects as assigned

Logistics

• Identify raw material freight optimization and overall inbound logistics opportunities.
• Ensure all suppliers comply with shipping and receiving policies of Simple Mill’s co-mans. 

Performs other projects as assigned

•  2+ years' experience in Procurement and/or Supply Chain.
• Bachelor's Degree requiredin Supply Chain, Business, Economics, or related field.
• Previous experience working with suppliers on a day-to-day basis.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills (ability to structure and analyze data, manipulate pivot tables, create trackers, and utilize basic functions).
• Previous experience with NetSuite or ERP system a plus.
• Previous experience in packaging procurement or planning at a CPG or packaging supplier a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills with the ability to interact with employees at all levels of the organization in a professional manner.
• Ability to support cross-functional projects with varying levels of complexity.
• Detail oriented with the ability to work with speed and accuracy.
• Thrives in ambiguity, creatively solves problems with incomplete information, and a drive to provide solutions.
• Self-directed and results focused with a bias towards action. Able to synthesize multiple pieces of information and active decisively with a strong sense of urgency and ownership of resolution.
• A passion for natural food and healthy eating as well as a desire to change the way we think about ingredient labels

• You will make a huge impact as a key member of an emerging brand that’s changing the way we eat and facing explosive growth
• Working with a vibrant community of passionate team members that are driven by healthy food that tastes good and fuels your body
• We strive to foster and embed a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion across our organization. We know it is not only critical to the success of diversity initiatives - but instrumental in creating an equitable and inclusive workplace! It also creates a positive employee experience. DEI will remain at the center of our people strategy as grow and scale our organization.
• Our culture is aligned with doing good in the world and we are committed to the environment, fairness to employees and to our customers
• Integrating into a company that is passionate about its people and their development, with consistent training and multiple forums/platforms to participate in, contribute to and learn from
• Employee benefits include robust Health Benefits packages, 401(k) plan, Unlimited PTO offering, one-time stipend for getting your home workspace setup, monthly cell phone/internet stipend, health & wellness stipends, product stipends and many other perks! 

Compensation will be competitive for the ideal candidate. Simple Mills operates with a hybrid-model: a balance of in-person and virtual work. Hybrid employees will work from our Chicago, IL office at least once per week. When working remotely, employees must work from a designated location in the United States (the new hire’s permanent residence, as documented in our HR System, Rippling) with sufficient internet access to support video conferencing. Safety protocols in accordance with CDC recommendations are followed.

At Simple Mills, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect and inclusion. Equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, past or present military service, physical or mental disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. All aspects of employment are decided on the basis of business need, job requirements, and individual qualifications. #LI-DNI

Simple Mills is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Simple Mills will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodations are needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact careers@simplemills.com.