Materials Planner and Procurement Lead

MìLà • Sumner, WA

27d • $105,000 - $130,000

About The Position

This role owns end-to-end procurement and supply of all raw materials, packaging, and contract manufactured existing products, ensuring the business has the right materials at the right time, cost, and quality. This is not a transactional purchasing role. This role is accountable for supplier ownership, procurement decision-making, cost management, and purchasing discipline. The role serves as the gatekeeper of purchasing.

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, materials management, or supply chain, ideally within food, beverage, or CPG manufacturing.
• Demonstrated ownership of supplier relationships and commercial negotiations, including pricing, MOQs, lead times, payment terms, and supplier performance.
• Proven track record of delivering measurable cost savings, cost avoidance, and COGS improvements through strategic sourcing and supplier negotiations.
• Experience managing raw materials, packaging, and contract-manufactured products, including replenishment planning, inventory optimization, and supply continuity.
• Strong analytical and financial skills, with experience managing weeks of supply, working capital, purchase price variances, and inventory or purchasing cash-flow forecasts.
• Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems, advanced Excel, and cross-functional collaboration with Finance, Planning/S&OP, Quality, and Operations.

Nice To Haves

• Fluency in Mandarin Chinese, spoken and written, for communicating directly with our vendors

Responsibilities

• Own all purchasing decisions for existing raw materials, packaging, and contract manufactured goods across the business.
• Ensure materials are procured, at the right quantity, time, and cost.
• Maintain full visibility into demand, supply, and inventory positions.
• Act as the final decision-maker before any PO is placed.
• Validate every purchase by asking: Does the quantity align with demand and current inventory? Is the timing appropriate? Is there an opportunity to consolidate, delay, or optimize? Is this the best supplier and price available?
• Fully own supplier relationships post-onboarding.
• Negotiate pricing, MOQs, lead times and payment terms.
• Continuously benchmark suppliers and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Hold suppliers accountable to service, quality, and delivery expectations.
• Identify and execute cost savings across materials and packaging.
• Regularly review price changes and market trends.
• Partner with Finance to understand COGS impacts.
• Proactively communicate cost increases, supply risks, and market changes cross-functionally, while driving mitigation plans through supplier negotiations, alternate sourcing, packaging optimization, MOQ adjustments, or specification changes.
• Partner with SIOP lead to understand demand signals.
• Translate demand into optimized purchasing decisions.
• Push back when the plan creates excess inventory, drives inefficient ordering, or increases costs unnecessarily.
• Manage inventory levels to balance service levels, storage costs, and working capital.
• Avoid overstocking, emergency buys, and inefficient MOQ-driven inventory.
• Ensure accurate POs creation, tracking, and delivery.
• Resolve discrepancies with vendors and accounting.
• Maintain clean audit ready procurement records.
• Improve procurement processes and systems over time.
• Develop and maintain a rolling 13-week inventory cash forecast, providing visibility into upcoming purchasing-related cash outflows.
• Track and report Weeks of Supply (WOS) across all raw materials, packaging, and co-manned items.
• Identify and flag excess, at-risk, and understocked inventory.
• Maintain a regular report of obsolete and slow-moving inventory (raw & packaging).
• Proactively escalate cross functionally to determine next steps.
• Track and report purchase price trends over time, highlighting variances and cost drivers.
• Develop and maintain supplier scorecards (OTIF, quality, reliability, etc.) and actively leverage insights in supplier negotiations.
• Report on PO accuracy, reactive/emergency purchasing, and MOQ-driven inefficiencies, including root cause identification.
• Provide consistent reporting cadence across Finance, Planning, and Operations, clearly communicating risks, opportunities, and required decisions.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Optional Extra Protection for Life & AD&D (with guarantee issue amounts at time of hire), Hospital, and Short Term Disability
• 401(k) plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed