Senior Buyer

Paleovalley & Wild Pastures • Mesa, AZ

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Buyer is the purchasing owner for the Mesa manufacturing operation, ensuring ingredients, raw materials, and packaging are available at the right time, quality, and cost. The role combines hands-on purchasing, supplier management, and ownership of inventory accuracy and control. The Senior Buyer will strengthen purchasing processes, improve inventory reliability, and ensure production teams have the materials needed to meet schedules as the operation scales.

This position is based on site in Mesa, with hybrid work noted as an option. It reports to the Plant Director and is part of the Manufacturing department. The role is salaried and exempt, with a stated salary range of $51,000–$60,000 annually, depending on experience.

The work takes place in a manufacturing and warehouse environment and may involve varying temperatures, noise, and airborne particles. Employees must follow safety guidelines and use required personal protective equipment. The role involves regular standing, walking, bending, reaching, and lifting or moving items up to 50 pounds, and may involve operating or working near machinery and other equipment.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of progressive purchasing, procurement, materials planning, or related supply chain experience in a manufacturing environment, including independent ownership of direct-material purchasing.
• Demonstrated supplier relationship management and pricing negotiation skills, with the ability to balance cost, quality, service, lead time, and supply risk.
• Working knowledge of inventory planning and control, including demand and usage analysis, lead times, safety stock, cycle counting, physical inventories, and inventory reconciliation.
• Experience using ERP and WMS systems for purchase order management, inventory tracking, and inventory adjustments; ability to work effectively in Acumatica ERP and Logiwa WMS.
• Working knowledge of SQF/HACCP or comparable food safety and supplier approval requirements as they relate to purchased materials and approved suppliers.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including cost analysis, inventory analysis, forecasting inputs, supplier performance measurement, and issue resolution.
• Clear, proactive communication and strong cross-functional partnership skills with Production, Quality and Food Safety, Warehouse, Planning, Finance, and Supply Chain stakeholders.
• Ability to independently manage moderately complex purchasing and supply issues, prioritize competing needs in a fast-moving manufacturing environment, and appropriately escalate the most complex or high-risk matters.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States; the company is unable to sponsor or assume sponsorship of employment visas. An offer is contingent on completing Form I-9 and verifying work authorization.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Direct experience with both Acumatica ERP and Logiwa WMS.
• Experience purchasing raw materials, ingredients, and/or packaging materials; food, beverage, supplement, or CPG manufacturing experience is strongly preferred.
• APICS/ASCM, ISM/CPSM, or other relevant procurement or supply chain certification.
• Passion for real food, responsible sourcing, wellness, sustainability, or regenerative agriculture.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end purchasing for assigned raw materials, ingredients, and packaging, including sourcing, supplier selection, purchase order execution, delivery follow-up, and issue resolution.
• Build and manage supplier relationships, including sourcing, qualification support, performance management, and communication about pricing, capacity, lead times, quality, and service.
• Negotiate supplier pricing and commercial details within established authority, identify cost-saving opportunities, and escalate contract terms or higher-risk commitments to the appropriate leader.
• Create, issue, and manage purchase orders in Acumatica, ensuring accurate pricing, quantities, specifications, lead times, and delivery dates aligned with production requirements.
• Monitor demand, inventory positions, safety stock, supplier lead times, and open orders to prevent shortages while minimizing excess, obsolete, or slow-moving inventory.
• Partner with Production, Quality and Food Safety, Supply Chain, Warehouse, and Planning stakeholders to align purchasing with operational priorities, address material-handling or inventory issues, and promote process accountability.
• Resolve supply disruptions, late deliveries, shortages, quality holds, receiving discrepancies, and other supplier issues; identify backup sources and collaborate with Quality and Food Safety on supplier qualification when alternate supply is needed.
• Own inventory control for assigned materials, including cycle counts and end-of-month, end-of-quarter, and end-of-fiscal-year physical inventories; research and resolve variances, identify root causes, and complete approved adjustments in Acumatica and Logiwa.
• Evaluate and improve purchasing and inventory processes to strengthen controls, improve accuracy, and create more efficient and reliable workflows as the operation scales.
• Track and report purchasing KPIs, including supplier on-time delivery, lead-time performance, inventory health, purchase price variance or cost savings, and supply risks, and use data to drive follow-up and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with Quality and Food Safety to ensure purchased materials and suppliers meet approved specifications and applicable SQF/HACCP, food safety, and supplier approval requirements.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage; dental and vision are 100% employer-paid, and employees pay a small monthly medical premium. Dependents may be added at employee cost.
• Generous paid time off.
• Paid sick time.
• Six company-paid holidays each year and two floating holidays.
• Paid parental leave after 6 months of service for eligible employees.
• 100% company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
• Referral bonuses up to $1,500 for referrals who join the team.
• 401(k) or Roth plans with up to a 4% company match after one year of service.
• $300 monthly Paleovalley product stipend for employees.

What This Job Offers

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