Purchasing Coordinator
About The Position
At CJ Schwan’s, we don’t just make food — we help create moments that matter. From kids devouring pizza after soccer practice, to students laughing over dumplings in a cafeteria, to families enjoying pie during the holidays, our team members play an important role in bringing those everyday moments to life. Our portfolio includes iconic pizzas, global flavors, and timeless desserts from brands like Red Baron®, bibigo®, Tony’s®, Big Daddy’s®, Freschetta®, Pagoda®, Edwards® and Mrs. Smith’s®. Enjoyed in homes, schools, restaurants and just about everywhere people shop and eat, our products reflect a commitment to quality, innovation, and the power of food to bring people together. We are hiring a Purchasing Coordinator at our office in Marshall, MN. We're looking for someone who enjoys supporting documentation and record keeping of the Strategic Sourcing Process. This includes contracts, forms, graphs, score cards and other product and pricing information.
Requirements
- Education: Bachelor's or equivalent or combination of education and experience
- Years of Related Experience: 1-3 years related experience
- Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Advanced PC skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Cognos, SAP, etc., solid communication and interpersonal skills as well as analytical and problem solving skills.
Responsibilities
- Prepare vendor purchase history and complaint graphs and vendor scorecard for vendor reviews.
- Supports the purchasing area contract record retention requirements by establishing retention method, process and/or system, conducting contract reviews and retaining all contracts for the group as well as auditing firms.
- Accumulate and disseminate supplier and product specific information needed to launch new products both internally and externally.
- Distributes pricing, gross margin and various reports as required.
- Manipulate and cleanse data for product portfolios on a regular basis.
- Follows up on contract inventory levels between suppliers and plant locations through contract maintenance, invoice discrepancies and actual consumption reporting.
- Routes the approval process for all vendor contracts as well as maintaining accurate files of those contracts.
- Enter and maintain product contracts, volume commitments and pricing in enterprise system.
- Coordinates and manages input of cost savings information into Cost Savings database and assures accuracy and timeliness of information.
- Coordinates and manages cost savings reporting and progress tracking between multiple departments.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
