Position Summary:The Senior Buyer is an attentive and team-oriented individual who will perform a variety of taskssupporting the continuous operation of the business through purchase order management, inventorymanagement and various other tasks as needed. The Senior Buyer will also have a high attention todetail and the ability to work in a fast-paced, growing environment.
Role and Responsibilities: - Propose improvements to the current purchasing system that will improve vendor relationships and lower the cost of doing business.
- Create profitable ways to manage obsolete and slow-moving stock to help offset losses.
- Conduct daily purchasing needs including, placing, and reconciling purchase order confirmations, reviewing, and maintaining re-order points for stock items.
- Develop key reporting metrics and manage departmental performance.
- Develop and maintain Supplier Scorecards and review with Suppliers and internal team on an ongoing basis.
- Work with Product Development and other internal departments on sourcing materials for cost improvement and effectiveness for current products.
- Discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality control personnel, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.
- Provide support to production to ensure all raw materials are ready for production.
- Prepare and maintain purchase order data while supporting and increasing effectiveness and efficiency of processes.
- Gather data from different reports and align those reports to present to Supply Chain and Operations.
- Researching new suppliers and making recommendations.
- Work with internal departments to resolve delivery, pricing, availability, and payment issues.
- Notify internal departments of potential delays in purchase orders.
- Cross trained to support multiple supply chain functions.
- Provide support to Operations and Demand Planning.
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements: - 5+ years of progressive purchasing, procurement, or strategic sourcing experience in a manufacturing or regulated industry.
- Experience purchasing raw materials, packaging, ingredients, or other production-critical materials.
- Strong background in supplier negotiations, purchase order management, inventory planning, and supplier performance management.
- Demonstrated experience developing supplier scorecards, purchasing KPIs, and cost-saving initiatives.
- Working knowledge of reorder points, safety stock, lead times, obsolete inventory, and material shortage prevention.
- Experience partnering with Production, Operations, Quality, Demand Planning, Product Development, Finance, and Accounts Payable.
- Advanced Excel skills, including PivotTables and XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP.
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, or a related field preferred.
- Experience with ERP or MRP systems; NetSuite experience preferred.
- Strong analytical, communication, problem-solving, and time-management skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and respond quickly to changing production and supply needs.
- Experience in food, CPG, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, or similar manufacturing environments strongly preferred.
- Travel up to 10%
Physical Demands / Work Environment: - Must be able to sit/stand for 8 hours.
- Walking, bending, light lifting up to 25 lbs.
Compensation + Benefits:- Base salary + bonus based on company and personal performance
- Medical, Dental, Vision and Supplement Insurance (with company assistance)
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time off, 9.5 Paid Holidays
