Senior Buyer

What you'll be doing:

• Place replenishing order to maintain adequate inventory levels.
• Manages inventory levels and turns to ensure that budgeted service levels and financial targets are met.
• Ensures all products that are purchased are of quality and standards identified in the company approved specifications.
• Ensures Branch GM are aware of actual and market cost changes and are involved in strategic pricing decisions where appropriate.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Manage Branch inventory levels for assigned vendors.
• Using the MARS forecasting module and appropriate reports, calculates economic order quantities, prepares and places purchase orders, reviews vendor confirmations for accuracy and maintains accurate product and freight costs by performing timely and accurate cost maintenance in the NDS system.
• Negotiate, analyze, and arrange the most financially beneficial transportation purchase orders from approved suppliers to facility.
• Ensures that all freight discounts and/or opportunities are reviewed and utilized when it financially benefits the company.
• Reviews margin, service level, obsolescence and inventory turn results, compares them to established objectives, and takes steps to ensure that appropriate measures are taken to correct unsatisfactory results.
• Maintains MARS purchasing data fields such as order fill %, lead-time and order frequency to ensure that budgeted customer satisfaction goals are consistently achieved.
• Evaluates the results of physical inventory counts or cycle counts to determine procedural deficiencies and takes appropriate actions to correct these deficiencies.
• Maintains good communications with other departments such as sales, accounting and warehouse to ensure proper inventory and cash flow.
• Discusses defective or unacceptable goods or services with management, sales and quality control personnel to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.
• Follows up on all customer requests and questions to ensure appropriate response is made and customer is satisfied.
• Upholds and complies with policies, procedures and attitudes adopted by the company.
• Adhere to all company policies, procedures and safety rules.

Experience/Education Qualifications

• Between 8+ years senior buyer experience in the food industry.
• Demonstrated computer skills specifically: Intermediate Level: Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel. Full understanding of ERP or MRP.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and under stressful situations.

Preferred:

• Previous experience in Food Procurement as a Buyer or Demand Planner

Computer/Technical Qualifications:

• Must test proficiency in MS Office Office (Word, Outlook and advance or Intermediate Excel (including VLookup, formulas, and other functions.)

Compensation: 

The starting salary range for this position is $72,000, with final compensation based on experience and qualifications.