Location
Chicago, IL, United States
Posted
July 27, 2026
Job Description
Junior Buyer for Growing Confectionery
Primary Purpose
The Associate Category Manager will support Category Manager/Director on the Packaging Procurement team. This role partners with internal Procurement pillars, collaborates with the external supplier community, as well as internal cross-functional teams to ensure products are brought to market in a timely manner.
Key Job Responsibilities
- Work with suppliers and other internal departments including Project Managers, Production Planning, Operations, Quality Assurance, R&D, Packaging Engineering, Material Management, Master Data and Finance.
- Work with the departments noted above on the commercialization of new and/or updated products; responsible for understanding project and timeline, completing documentation and communicating to internal and external stakeholders.
- Assist in Dragonfly artwork approvals, PLM spec retrievals.
- Generation of requests for quotation to suppliers.
- Support productivity impro...
Primary Purpose
The Associate Category Manager will support Category Manager/Director on the Packaging Procurement team. This role partners with internal Procurement pillars, collaborates with the external supplier community, as well as internal cross-functional teams to ensure products are brought to market in a timely manner.
Key Job Responsibilities
- Work with suppliers and other internal departments including Project Managers, Production Planning, Operations, Quality Assurance, R&D, Packaging Engineering, Material Management, Master Data and Finance.
- Work with the departments noted above on the commercialization of new and/or updated products; responsible for understanding project and timeline, completing documentation and communicating to internal and external stakeholders.
- Assist in Dragonfly artwork approvals, PLM spec retrievals.
- Generation of requests for quotation to suppliers.
- Support productivity impro...