Buyer

Little Leaf Farms LLC•Manchester, TN

20d

About The Position

The Buyer is responsible for maintaining all materials for Growing, Packaging, and the Facility with a focus on maintaining supply, quality, and cost reduction. This position reports directly to the VP Supply Chain, and is a site specific role with opportunities to influence corporate supply chain.

Requirements

Minimum 5 Years of experience in procurement/purchasing
Bachelors degree in Business, Supply Chain, or related field
Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems, and Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.) is a must. NetSuite experience is a plus.
High attention to detail essential with ability to work independently with minimal supervision in a busy environment
Good written and oral communication skills
Motivated to learn, grow position

Responsibilities

Maintain vendor and pricing lists
Create and track PO’s for all Packaging materials
Manage ordering for all other site materials
Support set up, maintaining of site ERP. Utilize ERP for PO creation, materials tracking, and reporting
Maintain Kanban system for key/critical packaging items as well as all consumable items
Assist in developing and maintaining supplier relationships and new/existing vendors relationships. Focus on strengthening strategic relationships and partnering to leverage volumes across the organization and supplier efficiencies.
Continuously evaluate supply chain for opportunities to reduce cost
Conduct weekly/monthly/annual on site inventory of packaging supplies. Partner with Receiving Lead/ICS to develop best practices for inventory management
Regularly audit off site warehouse partner (local)
Partner with Buyers from other locations to share best practices, leverage volumes, support as needed
Support new supplier contract negotiations
Own new product implementations/transitions – partner with Sales/Marketing, Operations, and the supplier to ensure 100% smooth transition.
Anything else as required by the business
The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.