
North America's Leading Dairy Cooperative
Agropur stands as Canada's largest dairy cooperative and one of the world's top 15 dairy processors, uniting nearly 3,000 dairy farm families across North America in a shared mission to deliver excellence. Founded in 1938, this farmer-owned organization has grown into a powerhouse generating $8.8 billion CAD in annual revenue while processing over 6.8 billion liters of milk through 30 state-of-the-art facilities.
Innovation Across North American Dairy
Operating strategically located plants across Wisconsin, Minnesota, Quebec, and beyond, Agropur produces award-winning cheese varieties, milk, butter, yogurt, and specialized dairy ingredients for industrial, retail, and food service sectors. The cooperative's diverse product portfolio serves some of the world's most recognizable food and beverage brands, directly supporting millions of families daily.
Purpose Driven Work Environment
Agropur's unique cooperative structure fosters a collaborative culture built on shared values, long-term thinking, and genuine investment in team members. The organization prioritizes sustainability through innovative farming practices, environmental stewardship, and animal welfare commitments reflected in the vision: *"Better Dairy. Better World."
Comprehensive Career Investment
- Competitive compensation with structured advancement opportunities
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance coverage
- 401(k) with 7% company contributions and paid parental leave
- 3 weeks paid time off plus paid holidays and floating holidays
- Professional development and technical training programs
- Meaningful roles in manufacturing, quality assurance, supply chain, R&D, and corporate functions
- Stable, purpose-driven organization supporting North American agriculture
Why Join Agropur
Beyond competitive benefits, Agropur offers something deeper: the opportunity to work within a farmer-owned cooperative that values loyalty, community impact, and long-term sustainability. Whether you're managing procurement operations, optimizing production processes, or driving innovation, you'll contribute to feeding families while supporting agricultural communities across North America. Agropur welcomes diverse backgrounds and provides an inclusive, respectful workplace where your contributions directly impact the cooperative's mission.
Mission
Agropur Cooperative's current mission reflects the legacy of those who came before us and our firm commitment to remain loyal to their example:
Be faithful to the long-term vision of members, owners of efficient processing assets, by offering quality dairy products to our clients and consumers.
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Jobs for Agropur in United States

Procurement Coordinator
Description
Job Type: Regular
Invest In You, Join Agropur. We Dairy You!
How Agropur Invests In YOU
Competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits package focusing on your physical, financial, and emotional health to include the following perks as well as the standard benefit offerings:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short and Long-term Disability Insurance
- 401(k) with 7% company contributions
- 3 weeks Paid Time Off
- Paid holidays and 2 floating holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Advancement Opportunities
- Salaried Grade 004: $67,800 - $84,800
What's Involved In This Role
We are looking for a Procurement Coordinator in Lake Norden, SD.
The Procurement Coordinator is responsible for partnering with plant management and US Director Procurement Operations to support and manage the full cycle of strategic sourcing and procurement activities, deliver high levels of stakeholder customer service, lead continuous improvement projects and oversee departmental KPI reporting. This position is also responsible for efficiently analyzing sourcing options, focused primarily on cost savings, and understanding key elements of the business's sourcing needs.
- Serve as subject matter expert on and manage the procure to pay (P2P) process.
- Reviewing requisitions, creating and managing purchase orders and reconciling invoice issues.
- Partner with Plant Manager and Plant Controller on budget management and reporting.
- Partner with quality assurance to issue QIR's (Quality Incident Report) to vendors as needed per supplier non-conformances to specification.
- Develop and oversee departmental results tracking and KPI reporting to include development of KPI trackers.
- Provide outrageous levels of customer service to our business stakeholders. This includes problem solving and holding suppliers accountable to contracts and general expectations.
- Provide spend data analysis and category management support.
- Continuously improve the organization of information and data for the team.
- Lead sourcing and other departmental projects to include but not limited to sourcing events.
- Conduct opportunity identification across cost, risk mitigation, quality, supplier performance and team member productivity.
- Partner with US Procurement and site Purchasing Coordinators to develop, implement and adhere to procurement policies and standard processes.
- Oversee inventory management systems, processes and procedures across all departments to ensure products are in the right place at the right time.
What You Need To Join Our Team
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain or related required.
- Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered.
- Minimum two (2) years of experience in procurement.
- Minimum two (2) years of business-related cost analysis preferred.
Where You'Ll Be Working
Agropur's US operations produce 1 billion pounds of quality, award-winning cheese each year. We create more than 20 different varieties, and provide whey protein and dry ingredients which are by-products of the cheesemaking process. As one of the world's largest dairy producers, Agropur partners with some of the most recognizable food, beverage and nutrition brands to help feed the world. Better Dairy. Better World. Agropurus.com
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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Agropur welcomes people from all backgrounds and origins. We are proud to be an employer with a diverse community and are committed to providing a respectful and inclusive experience for all employees and applicants. We will work with candidates who request accommodation. Please note that an adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec.
In this text, the use of the masculine gender to designate persons is intended only to lighten the text.

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