Buyer​/Supply Chain Analyst

Procurement Buyer

This role contributes to success by developing and standardizing procurement processes while simultaneously building solid relationships with both internal business partners and external suppliers. This Buyer will identify, develop, and implement best practices that will provide insight into business trends to help the company Procurement team drive suppliers to higher levels of performance, as well as establish improved processes across company's cross-functional departments to effectively manage changing requirements.

This Buyer will backfill Operational Buying responsibilities for Packaging or Raw Materials, on an as needed basis. This Buyer will also manage at-risk commodities across all Plants, as directed.

Responsibilities and essential job functions include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Lean Process Improvements/Data Analysis
• Regularly interface with cross-functional Business Partners to drive value across the Supply Chain
• Streamline procurement processes (including with Suppliers and at the Plants)
• Perform value engineering activities for existing contract products/services
• Develop standard process to manage at-risk, high priority material constraints across all plants (i.e. establish daily/weekly trackers, create demand forecasts, etc.)
• Develop standard process for New Customer Launches to determine the impact to Materials
• Improve and manage Discontinuation process and communications (cross-functional)
• Consolidate and standardize processes/reports (Operations/Sourcing and Ingredients/Packaging), including but not limited to:
• Quarterly Inventory results
• Unit Pricing/Freight Changes across Ingredients, Packaging
• Identify areas of improvement that will benefit from a standardized process and/or increased data analysis (i.e. National Account demand forecasting)
• Support other projects or processes, as directed (Senior) Buyer, Operations Procure to Pay/Plant Support
• Responsible for replenishment of materials, building trucks from various supplier locations, while monitoring lead times, order quantities, storage requirements, and shelf life (as applicable)
• Determines appropriate order quantities to balance demand and financial resources (i.e. available warehouse footprint)
• Ensures seamless delivery of goods (and services) to company; managing inventory for zero out of stocks
• Coordinate “Collect/Backhaul” Truckloads with the Logistics Department and identify/execute opportunities to streamline Freight costs, as needed
• Ensure that material pricing/freight costs are accurately invoiced per Contracts and Pricing Agreements
• Review the Daily Exception report and expedite materials as needed to cover Plant production, as needed
• Review the weekly Inventory Discrepancy report and work with Plant(s) to adjust, as needed
• Manage/oversee reverse logistics; work with Quality, Plant, and Supplier in the event of a material issue (Return to Vendor, oversee reimbursement process)
• Be adept at crisis management and have excellent multi-tasking skills when issues arise involving any materials used in production
• Primary contact for Plant Personnel for any material issues; available 24/7 to handle material issues that could cause potential Plant downtime
• Facilitate the transfer of materials from Plant to Plant, as needed, while monitoring the formula transitions between Plants
• Minimize obsolescence, tracking discontinuations and slow-moving materials (review short-shelf life report and “dead” inventory report)
• Manage and facilitate quarterly inventory responsibilities
• Manage invoice discrepancies with Accounting via Doc Star
• Back-up for other Materials/Plants, as needed
• Manage item creation and ongoing data integrity maintenance (LT, SS, MOQ, ROQ, Shelf-Life, Pricing, COO, etc.), as needed
• Manage Supplier set-up and on-going maintenance, as applicable
• Initiate and facilitate Supplier Business Reviews to drive improvement and manage suppliers
• Execute and make recommendations on Supplier and Key Performance Indicators
• Attend and report on audits with QA manager for critical and at-risk Suppliers
• Primary contact for Supplier issues
• Manage corrective action requests
• Ensure that volume, pricing, delivery terms and…