Purchasing Buyer, Senior

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The Sr Produce Buyer will utilize their category expertise and vendor specific knowledge to manage inventory levels for all assigned items, suppliers and/or categories while maintaining service level and spoilage targets to our customers across multiple distribution centers. Collaborate with Logistics Operations, Produce Category Management, markets and Suppliers to understand USF optimized supply chain opportunities. Delivers on KPIs for desk specific goals such as: Service Level, Days-Inventory-On-Hand (DIOH), spoilage and freight income.
Proactively reviews projected out of stock report daily to ensure we deliver on customer order fulfillment.
Analyzes economic order quantities, forecasts, lead times, vendor set-up, safety stock, etc., Communicates closely with our cross-functional partners to capture seasonal trends and events in the business as well as drive profitability with accurate costs.
Cooperates with the logistics team to identify and achieve freight consolidation to maximize net income.
Point person for all third party logistic managed loads.
Evaluates inbound volume and purchase history to collaborate with warehouse operations on efficient receiving practices.
Review all daily cost exception reports and take appropriate action to insure all costing data is accurate and up to date, including:
Inventory revaluation report including auditing any inventory gains
Review PO freight costs for appropriateness and address issues with the appropriate stakeholder (ie, incorrect freight on PO, freight rate issues.
Maintain up-to-date and accurate freight information and maintain control of the freight rate process utilizing the Network Strategy Rate
Maintenance team and produce replenishment. Obtain current transportation market data to update rate information based on industry trends or cost increases.
Proactively ensure the accurate development of demand data based upon forecast, current inventory targets, replenishment lead-time and master data settings. Hybrid: This role is partially remote, and the associate is expected to perform assigned responsibilities from a combined home-based and office-based environment.

Minimum 4 years of purchasing, and/or related work in the procurement or logistics field, produce experience preferred. Prior experience working in a large fast paced foodservice purchasing and/or logistics environment strongly desired
Knowledge of freight concepts and vendor pricing preferred. Must be able to manage successful relationships with product and transportation providers/suppliers.
Proficiency required in the use of Microsoft Office especially Microsoft Word and Excel, as well as Microsoft Outlook. This role will also receive annual incentive plan bonus .
​Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law (for example: state or local minimum wage thresholds). 60,000 - $100,000***EOE – Race/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/ Age/Genetic Information /Protected Veteran/Disability Status***