Buyer
The Buyer will be responsible for planning, buying and tracking raw materials, supplies and packaging goods for food manufacturing to meet production demands/inventory levels for multi-state company. They will participate with the R&D team and maintain effective vendor relations. The Buyer must have the ability to plan, organize and prioritize daily tasks where judgment must be made regarding completing demands on time. Must be able to successfully utilize in-house custom-build MRP and inventory data tools to schedule, analyze and buy goods. The ideal candidate for this position will be a self-starter and team player with working knowledge and minimum two years proven successful experience working as a Buyer in the food Industry.
Buyer Essential Functions:
- Entering and managing dozens of purchase orders for raw materials, supplies and packaging
- Plan, schedule, order & track product using tools, reports and systems
- Create and use dashboard reporting to monitor and analyze procurement status
- Monitor production schedules to ensure required materials are on hand
- Work closely with production planning, inventory control, unit managers and accounting
- Work with vendors and warehouse to ensure purchase orders remain schedule
- Expedite materials and source substitutes to avoid product shortages, as needed
- Responsible for monitoring the disposition of obsolete materials
- Handle supplier returns for rejected products and help resolve supplier's quality issues
- Complete vendor or product analysis when sourcing new products or looking for alternatives
- Partner with R&D team on product development initiatives that require support from procurement
- Troubleshoot problems and assist others in solving supply chain issues or inefficiencies
- Track purchase price variances by product
- Special projects as needed
Buyer Qualifications:
- College degree, preferred
- Supply chain certifications, preferred
- 2-4 years of experience in supply chain
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to forecast and keep pace with industry supply trends
Buyer Preferred skills:
- Experience using modern MRP/ERP system
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV is strongly preferred
- Intermediate Microsoft Office skills