Purchasing & Inventory Management Specialist

Join the Our Talent Network • Buffalo, NY

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Join a team that nourishes life from farm to table! Upstate Niagara Cooperative, proudly owned by 200+ local family farms, is one of America’s largest and most stable dairy cooperatives. Guided by farmer- and employee-led values, we process and market high-quality milk, yogurt, dips, sour cream, cottage cheese, and more under our trusted brands: Upstate Farms®, Bison®, Milk for Life®, and Intense Milk®. Here, you’ll support sustainable farming, strong communities, and the mission to deliver fresh, local dairy to families every day. The Inventory Management & Purchasing Specialist is responsible for managing raw material, packaging, and ingredient inventory levels, as well as coordinating purchasing activities to support uninterrupted production at our fluid dairy processing facility. This role ensures accurate inventory tracking within SAP, maintains optimal stock levels for perishable dairy inputs, and partners closely with production, quality, and finance teams to support efficient workflows.

Requirements

• 2–4+ years of experience in inventory management, purchasing, or procurement, ideally within food/beverage or dairy manufacturing
• Hands-on experience with SAP MM (Materials Management) and/or SAP IM (Inventory Management) modules
• Understanding of food safety and quality standards (HACCP, SQF, GMP, or similar) as they relate to inventory handling.
• Strong data analysis and reporting skills.
• Experience supporting cycle counts, physical inventories, and variance/discrepancy investigations with SAP purchase order creation, goods receipt processing, and inventory reconciliation workflows

Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain appropriate stock levels of all Raw Materials needed to support daily production through creating, maintaining and receiving purchase orders using SAP.
• Create and direct cycle counts.
• Raw Material Inventory Turns/Investment Performance Reporting
• Raw Material Warehouse Capacity Utilization (Shared with WH Team)
• Raw Material inventory Health Reporting (Maintenance of Targeted Safety Stocks)
• RM Inventory Accuracy Management & Reporting (Shared with Plant WH) - 99.5% Record Goal
• Supervise Dry warehouse Personnel in the execution of daily tasks to include Goods Movements, inventories and receipts.
• Understand/perform duties of Production Scheduler as Vacation Relief.
• Plan/Schedule daily production using SAP to generate and release production process orders daily.
• Order RAW milk/Bulk ingredients
• Generate Stock Transfer orders
• Maintain appropriate levels of “Re-Sale” items needs to fulfill customer demand
• Perform Duties as Production/Cooler supervisor as directed to ensure gap coverage

Benefits

• group health and/or dental insurance
• retirement plan
• wellness program
• paid time away from work
• paid holidays

What This Job Offers

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