Andes Global Trading, LLC
Position Summary.
Andes Global Trading is seeking a dynamic and strategic Director of Purchasing to lead our global protein procurement strategy. This high-impact role manages all purchasing functions, drives product and supplier development, ensures operational efficiency, and leads a high-performing team of buyers. The Director is expected to deliver measurable results aligned with our sales strategies while fostering strong vendor relationships and team culture. The role is essential to inventory performance, cost optimization, and continuous improvement across our beef, poultry, seafood, vegetables, pork and value added categories.
At Andes we are proud to be a hands-on, fast-moving, and entrepreneurial company.
The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-moving environment, has an entrepreneurial mindset, is a great cultural fit, and brings the appropriate structure to ambiguous, often rapidly changing environments.
Key Accountabilities: Leadership & Team Management
Lead, inspire, and develop a results-driven purchasing team; assess needs, recruit, and onboard accordingly.
Conduct monthly and quarterly reviews to establish goals, KPIs, and development plans for team members.
Oversee bonus execution, monthly commissions, and expense management.
Address personnel issues related to attendance, performance, and conflict resolution.
Ensure team completion of all trainings, company tasks, and monthly reports.
Foster a collaborative and accountable team culture aligned with Andes' core values.
Strategic Procurement & Sourcing
Lead strategic sourcing initiatives, protein category planning, and demand forecasting.
Manage cash flow and inventory positioning to support seasonal trends and sales strategies.
Source and purchase meat products (beef, poultry, pork) in compliance with specifications.
Design and build growth strategies for new product categories and vendor expansion.
Maintain vendor diversification and ensure A/P compliance.
Develop and nurture strong relationships with suppliers, meat plants, brokers, and traders.
Conduct quarterly business and credit line reviews with key vendors.
Negotiate pricing, contracts, terms, and delivery schedules using budget insights and market knowledge.
Supervise contract performance to ensure fulfillment and risk mitigation.
Align closely with sales and logistics to meet customer expectations and improve operating efficiency.
Support sales with real-time offers, sourcing plans, and customer-specific strategy execution.
Monitor and support the sales cycle from offer to order finalization.
Participate in key industry events, trade shows, and food expos (e.g., A-Trade).
Operations & Process Improvement
Create and enforce purchasing policies, inventory business rules, and documentation workflows.
Drive process improvements around open positions, product coding, and cost sheets.
Ensure purchasing data and reports are timely, accurate, and actionable.
Manage logistics alignment and after-sales support including timely claim resolution.
Utilize tools such as SAM, AI, ASTRO, SAP, and Power BI to streamline procurement operations.
Analyze market trends (e.g., Steiner, Urner Barry) and supplier performance data to inform purchasing decisions.
Lead category-level insights.
Organizational Involvement
Represent Andes in key trade organizations (e.g., USMEF, USAPEEC, CPI, MICA, AMI).
Engage in leadership roles and foster partnerships that advance company visibility and influence.
Performance Measures
Achievement of purchasing volume, margin, and profitability targets.
Vendor and product development milestones; diversification and category expansion.
A/P and credit term compliance with minimal quality or delivery complaints.
Efficiency metrics: inventory turnover, claim resolution, purchasing report accuracy.
Team satisfaction and development progress based on internal feedback and goal attainment.
Strategic cost savings, process improvements, and technological innovation adoption.
Required Experience and Skills:
5–7+ years of senior leadership experience in protein procurement: Beef, Pork, Poultry. Seafood is a plus.
Proven record in vendor negotiation, sourcing strategy, and contract management.
Strong analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills; Spanish fluency preferred.
Experience with ERP/procurement tools (e.g., SAM, SAP, Power BI); data-driven mindset.
Deep knowledge of North and South American meat markets and suppliers.
Ability to thrive under pressure in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
Committed to company values: honesty, transparency, accountability, and excellence.
Why work for Andes Global Trading? At ANDES, we recruit and hire people who think like owners as we are entrepreneurial in spirit. We own our unique values-based culture, and our work environment is deeply rooted in honesty, transparency, communication, commitment, responsibility, and most importantly, an amazingly genuine attitude.
We value our employees and offer competitive compensation and benefits package including health insurance for our employees, dental, vision, paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, and access to individual retirement account plans with company matching.
We pride ourselves on our fun and energetic environment that also provides our employees with a great sense of belonging as people are at the heart of all we do!
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At Andes we are proud to be a hands-on, fast-moving, and entrepreneurial company.
The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-moving environment, has an entrepreneurial mindset, is a great cultural fit, and brings the appropriate structure to ambiguous, often rapidly changing environments.
Key Accountabilities: Leadership & Team Management
Lead, inspire, and develop a results-driven purchasing team; assess needs, recruit, and onboard accordingly.
Conduct monthly and quarterly reviews to establish goals, KPIs, and development plans for team members.
Oversee bonus execution, monthly commissions, and expense management.
Address personnel issues related to attendance, performance, and conflict resolution.
Ensure team completion of all trainings, company tasks, and monthly reports.
Foster a collaborative and accountable team culture aligned with Andes' core values.
Strategic Procurement & Sourcing
Lead strategic sourcing initiatives, protein category planning, and demand forecasting.
Manage cash flow and inventory positioning to support seasonal trends and sales strategies.
Source and purchase meat products (beef, poultry, pork) in compliance with specifications.
Design and build growth strategies for new product categories and vendor expansion.
Maintain vendor diversification and ensure A/P compliance.
Develop and nurture strong relationships with suppliers, meat plants, brokers, and traders.
Conduct quarterly business and credit line reviews with key vendors.
Negotiate pricing, contracts, terms, and delivery schedules using budget insights and market knowledge.
Supervise contract performance to ensure fulfillment and risk mitigation.
Align closely with sales and logistics to meet customer expectations and improve operating efficiency.
Support sales with real-time offers, sourcing plans, and customer-specific strategy execution.
Monitor and support the sales cycle from offer to order finalization.
Participate in key industry events, trade shows, and food expos (e.g., A-Trade).
Operations & Process Improvement
Create and enforce purchasing policies, inventory business rules, and documentation workflows.
Drive process improvements around open positions, product coding, and cost sheets.
Ensure purchasing data and reports are timely, accurate, and actionable.
Manage logistics alignment and after-sales support including timely claim resolution.
Utilize tools such as SAM, AI, ASTRO, SAP, and Power BI to streamline procurement operations.
Analyze market trends (e.g., Steiner, Urner Barry) and supplier performance data to inform purchasing decisions.
Lead category-level insights.
Organizational Involvement
Represent Andes in key trade organizations (e.g., USMEF, USAPEEC, CPI, MICA, AMI).
Engage in leadership roles and foster partnerships that advance company visibility and influence.
Performance Measures
Achievement of purchasing volume, margin, and profitability targets.
Vendor and product development milestones; diversification and category expansion.
A/P and credit term compliance with minimal quality or delivery complaints.
Efficiency metrics: inventory turnover, claim resolution, purchasing report accuracy.
Team satisfaction and development progress based on internal feedback and goal attainment.
Strategic cost savings, process improvements, and technological innovation adoption.
Required Experience and Skills:
5–7+ years of senior leadership experience in protein procurement: Beef, Pork, Poultry. Seafood is a plus.
Proven record in vendor negotiation, sourcing strategy, and contract management.
Strong analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills; Spanish fluency preferred.
Experience with ERP/procurement tools (e.g., SAM, SAP, Power BI); data-driven mindset.
Deep knowledge of North and South American meat markets and suppliers.
Ability to thrive under pressure in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
Committed to company values: honesty, transparency, accountability, and excellence.
Why work for Andes Global Trading? At ANDES, we recruit and hire people who think like owners as we are entrepreneurial in spirit. We own our unique values-based culture, and our work environment is deeply rooted in honesty, transparency, communication, commitment, responsibility, and most importantly, an amazingly genuine attitude.
We value our employees and offer competitive compensation and benefits package including health insurance for our employees, dental, vision, paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, and access to individual retirement account plans with company matching.
We pride ourselves on our fun and energetic environment that also provides our employees with a great sense of belonging as people are at the heart of all we do!
The following questions are entirely optional. To comply with government Equal Employment Opportunity and/or Affidavit Action reporting regulations, we are requesting (but NOT requiring) that you enter this personal data. This information will not be used in connection with any employment decisions, and will be used solely as permitted by state and federal law. Your voluntary cooperation would be appreciated. Learn more .
Invitation for Job Applicants to Self-Identify as a U.S. Veteran
A “disabled veteran” is one of the following:
a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or
a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.
A “recently separated veteran” means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.
An “active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran” means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.
An “Armed forces service medal veteran” means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.
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We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years.
Completing this form is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer is confidential. No one who makes hiring decisions will see it. Your decision to complete the form and your answer will not harm you in any way. If you want to learn more about the law or this form, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp .
How do you know if you have a disability?
A disability is a condition that substantially limits one or more of your “major life activities.” If you have or have ever had such a condition, you are a person with a disability.
Disabilities include, but are not limited to:
Alcohol or other substance use disorder (not currently using drugs illegally)
Blind or low vision
Cancer (past or present)
Cardiovascular or heart disease
Celiac disease
Cerebral palsy
Deaf or serious difficulty hearing
Diabetes
Disfigurement, for example, disfigurement caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders
Epilepsy or other seizure disorder
Gastrointestinal disorders, for example, Crohn's Disease, irritable bowel syndrome
Mental health conditions, for example, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD
Missing limbs or partially missing limbs
Mobility impairment, benefiting from the use of a wheelchair, scooter, walker, leg brace(s) and/or other supports
Nervous system condition, for example, migraine headaches, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis (MS)
Neurodivergence, for example, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia, other learning disabilities
Partial or complete paralysis (any cause)
Pulmonary or respiratory conditions, for example, tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema
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