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Senior Buyer - CAPEX

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Job ID 308481 Date posted 06/05/2025 Location : Olathe, Kansas | Shippensburg, Pennsylvania | Amarillo, Texas | Wayzata, Minnesota Category  STRATEGIC SOURCING / PROCUREMENT Job Status  Salaried Full Time

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.
Cargill is 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. 
This position is in Cargill’s animal nutrition and health business, where we improve animal lives through better nutrition. Our team researches, innovates and creates solutions that deliver healthy results for our customers.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Senior Buyer - CAPEX will support multiple country or multiple business sourcing activities. In this role, you will execute complex procurement tasks to provide inputs to the global category team.

Key Accountabilities

  • Negotiate with suppliers’ big packages and manage overall project execution resolving factors and resolving factors that affect factors that affect prices, cost, with quality, reliability and ability to meet required schedules.
  • Monitor continuous regional supplier and stakeholder relationships.
  • Provide technical expertise in regional spend, stakeholder and procurement landscape.
  • Follow established procedures to select suppliers for procurement of noncontracted materials, goods, services and supplies.
  • Able to lead or collaborate with category teams.
  • Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
  • Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience. 
  • Experience as a Capital Buyer.
  • Experience with procurement.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with sourcing systems (Ex Ariba).
  • Advanced Excel knowledge.

Position Information

The expected salary for this position is $75,000 to $95,000. Compensation varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific location, certifications, education, and level of experience. The disclosed range estimate may be adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. This position is eligible for a discretionary incentive award. The incentive award amount is dependent upon company performance and your personal. At Cargill we put people first. As part of your overall rewards, we offer a comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked. Visit: https://www.cargill.com/page/my-health/mh-health-and-wellness to learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions).

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.

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