Buyer

The Buyer is responsible for maintaining all materials for Growing, Packaging, and the Facility with a focus on maintaining supply, quality, and cost reduction. This position reports directly to the VP Supply Chain, and is a site specific role with opportunities to influence corporate supply chain.

• Maintain vendor and pricing lists
• Create and track PO's for all Packaging materials
• Manage ordering for all other site materials
• Support set up, maintaining of site ERP. Utilize ERP for PO creation, materials tracking, and reporting
• Maintain Kanban system for key/critical packaging items as well as all consumable items
• Assist in developing and maintaining supplier relationships and new/existing vendors relationships. Focus on strengthening strategic relationships and partnering to leverage volumes across the organization and supplier efficiencies.
• Continuously evaluate supply chain for opportunities to reduce cost
• Conduct weekly/monthly/annual on site inventory of packaging supplies. Partner with Receiving Lead/ICS to develop best practices for inventory management
• Regularly audit off site warehouse partner (local)
• Partner with Buyers from other locations to share best practices, leverage volumes, support as needed
• Support new supplier contract negotiations
• Own new product implementations/transitions - partner with Sales/Marketing, Operations, and the supplier to ensure 100% smooth transition.
• Anything else as required by the business
• The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.

• Minimum 5 Years of experience in procurement/purchasing
• Bachelors degree in Business, Supply Chain, or related field
• Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems, and Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.) is a must. NetSuite experience is a plus.
• High attention to detail essential with ability to work independently with minimal supervision in a busy environment
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Motivated to learn, grow position