Procurement Manager

Procurement Manager

Location: Martinsville, VA or Memphis, TN (Plant Level)

• Place purchase orders for ingredients, supplies, and packaging materials as assigned.
• Contact suppliers to get updates on orders, expedite, and troubleshoot late shipments as necessary.
• Identify and qualify potential new suppliers, request samples, specifications, and costs.
• Resolve freight/shipment issues, address quality concerns and pricing discrepancies.
• Manage the return, replacement and credit for problem deliveries.
• Support cross‑functional activities and interact with Logistics, Quality, Marketing, R&D and Sales to assess current and future sourcing requirements.
• Coordinate regularly with scheduling, warehousing, accounting, and production departments.
• Monitor purchases and inventory replenishment of materials and ingredient inventories to meet weekly production requirements.
• Actively seek opportunities to improve quality and service while driving out costs.
• Manage inventory levels through the use of tools and analysis to minimize the risk of write‑off while ensuring production continuity.
• Maintain personal knowledge of market trends, including analysis of market drivers, cost structures and technical improvements.
• Participate in meetings involving cross‑functional teams, leadership, suppliers or customers.
• Lead purchasing responsibility through 2‑4 direct reports (Buyers and Expeditors) across four sites.

• B.S. degree in Business Administration, Accounting, or related field preferred.
• 5 or more years of professional experience required (Food Purchasing experience preferred).
• Strong interpersonal abilities, communication skills, analytical capabilities, and customer service experience desired.
• Strong organizational and multi‑tasking skills with a keen sense of urgency required.
• Comfortable with developing and presenting topics to various groups, including leadership.
• Motivated, self‑starter, able to work independently and make fact‑based decisions/recommendations.
• Able to see the bigger picture and work collaboratively with other business partners to accomplish the common goal.
• Proficient with MS Office (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel preferred; Power BI desirable) and ERP systems (MS D365 preferred).
• Additional experience/training in process improvement (Six Sigma or other technique), critical problem solving, and project management desired.
• Experience in a food manufacturing environment preferred.
• Must be 18 years or older.

• Competitive salary.
• Health benefits.
• Robust support system designed to help employees thrive both personally and professionally.