Cattle Buyer

Cargill•Wichita, KS

About The Position

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well. This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate. Job Purpose and Impact The Cattle Buyer role is responsible for procuring cattle for our US Fed harvest facilities. A variety of purchasing options including: spot market negotiations, basis contracts, and other alliance type arrangements. Also continuing to maintain relationships with grid and formula yards in the area. In this role, you will coordinate and execute low to medium complex procurement requirements to provide input to the global category team. Key Accountabilities Execute medium complex requests for sourcing process. Drive implementation of local sourcing decisions and support local implementation of regional or global sourcing decisions. Provide local inputs to the global category team for category strategy development and execution. Build and apply a comprehensive understanding of local, stakeholder and procurement landscape. Follow established procedures to select suppliers for procurement of non-contracted materials, goods, services and supplies. Administer transactions associated with obtaining goods and services. Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff. Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Driver's license in good standing
Ability and willingness to travel in company vehicle 20,000 to 40,000 miles per year, depending on the territory

Nice To Haves

Cattle buying experience, Livestock judging or Meat Judging is preferred
Preferred Animal or Meat Science background
CME Risk Management experience.

Responsibilities

Procuring cattle for our US Fed harvest facilities.
Spot market negotiations
Basis contracts
Alliance type arrangements
Maintaining relationships with grid and formula yards
Coordinate and execute low to medium complex procurement requirements
Provide input to the global category team
Execute medium complex requests for sourcing process.
Drive implementation of local sourcing decisions and support local implementation of regional or global sourcing decisions.
Provide local inputs to the global category team for category strategy development and execution.
Build and apply a comprehensive understanding of local, stakeholder and procurement landscape.
Follow established procedures to select suppliers for procurement of non-contracted materials, goods, services and supplies.
Administer transactions associated with obtaining goods and services.
Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
Other duties as assigned