Buyer

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 of Supply Chain, and is a site specific role with opportunities to influence corporate supply chain.

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 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

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