Buyer

Arcadia Farms•Arden, NC

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Arcadia Beverage has over 80 years of beverage co-packing experience and is a pasteurized cold fill scale contract packager of non-alcoholic / non-carbonated beverages for major retailers and food service distributors. The Buyer is responsible for forecasting, planning, and purchasing a broad portfolio of ingredients, packaging, and indirect materials to support manufacturing and business continuity at Arcadia. This role partners closely with planning, operations, quality, finance, and suppliers to ensure service, cost, and inventory targets are met while maintaining strong commercial discipline.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Operations, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
2 to 5 years of purchasing, procurement, or buyer experience in a manufacturing environment.
Experience managing multiple categories or a broad purchasing portfolio rather than a single narrow commodity focus.
Working knowledge of ERP systems, purchasing workflows, and inventory management fundamentals.
Strong Excel skills and comfort working with data, pricing, inventory, and supplier performance information.
Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.

Nice To Haves

Experience in food, beverage, consumer packaged goods, or shelf-life-sensitive environment.
Exposure to ingredient, packaging, or co-manufacturing procurement.
Familiar with Excel models, demand planning, and supply chain risk management.

Responsibilities

Manage assigned raw materials, packaging, and indirect spend categories across multiple suppliers and plants as needed.
Develop and maintain forecasting models to support purchasing decisions and inventory planning.
Analyze usage trends, demand shifts, and production schedules to proactively identify supply risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
Select and qualify suppliers within assigned categories, negotiating pricing, payment terms, lead times, and service commitments.
Create purchase orders, confirm supplier commitments (ASNs, etc.), and follow through on delivery timing, shortages, and exceptions.
Monitor inventory levels, demand signals, and open purchase orders to help prevent stockouts and excess inventory.
Lead supplier performance reviews and own corrective action discussions for service, quality, and delivery issues within assigned categories.
Highlight supply disruptions, quality issues, invoice discrepancies, and shipment exceptions in a timely and professional manner.
Maintain accurate item, supplier, lead time, MOQ, and pricing data in purchasing systems.
Partner with Production, Quality, and Warehouse to align purchasing activity with operational needs.
Track supplier performance metrics such as on-time delivery, responsiveness, and service reliability.