Purchasing Associate Manager

La Madeleine De Corps • Dallas, TX

315d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Purchasing Associate Manager at Le Duff America (LDA), you will have the opportunity to become a part of a team that supports accounting for over 30 corporately owned and 60 franchised la Madeleine French Bakery & Café locations and other LDA concepts. While this is not a remote position, we do offer hybrid schedules. This position is in the LDA corporate office in Dallas, TX.

Requirements

• BA or BS required in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics or related field.
• 1 - 3 years of experience in Distribution and/or Purchasing within the food service industry.
• Data analysis to justify price movements.
• Strong communicator comfortable dealing with Operators as well as Executives.
• Comfortable making quick decisions followed by fast execution within an ever-changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Use project management skills to execute an idea through sourcing, testing and full system rollout within a given timeline.
• Partner with vendors and distributors to ensure continuous supply of products to cafes by monitoring inventory.
• Work collaboratively with Operations, Product Development, Finance and Marketing to understand menu changes and/or promotions and how they will affect store supply and demand to secure appropriate inventory levels.
• Prepare usage reports by collecting and analyzing cost, volumes, quality, user, vendor, and other information.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and/or improve processes.
• Daily management of the electronic inventory/invoice system, Crunch Time.
• Partner with corporate and franchise contacts to communicate supply chain and distribution information.
• Monitor system compliance for distribution of approved and negotiated products.
• Follow market trends in order to forecast increases and savings opportunities in all categories using the vendor community, personal networks, professional organizations and trade publications.
• Create strong contingency plans to prevent outages of all key items through secondary suppliers, appropriate inventory levels, forward warehousing, etc.
• Manage large programs including sourcing, contracting, distribution, QA and weekly price communication to the Operators.
• Become proficient using in-house systems and vendor websites to analyze sales data, research pricing and identify price discrepancies.

Benefits

• 401(k) with company match
• 15 Paid Days Off during year one
• Medical, dental, life and vision insurance
• Competitive salary and growth potential
• la Madeleine discount!
• Hybrid work schedule potential

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Food Services and Drinking Places
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree