Material Coordinator

Meet Us:

King Arthur Baking Company has been sharing the joy of baking since 1790. Headquartered in Norwich, Vermont, we’re the ultimate baking resource – providing education, inspiration, and the highest quality products, all while fostering connections and community through baking. Our superior flours and mixes are available in supermarkets nationwide, and our direct-to-consumer business – website and retail stores – offers an even wider selection of specialty baking ingredients, mixes, gluten‑free products, baking tools, and more.

We bring baking education to millions of bakers through our cookbooks, podcast, recipe app, website, and baking school. We’re proud to be 100% employee‑owned, which means everyone who works here has a real voice and a shared stake in what we do. This creates a strong sense of community built on trust, teamwork, and love of baking. As a benefit corporation, we’re committed to the best interests of all our stakeholders - employees, our local communities, our broader community of bakers, and our planet.

Join us and help spread the joy of baking. King Arthur – where, as an employee‑owner, your passion and ideas can truly make a difference.

The Material Coordinator provides analytical, executional, and advisory support for sourcing and materials management activities across King Arthur Baking’s internal manufacturing facility and external manufacturing partners. This role is responsible for assessing material availability, inventory health, and supply risk; coordinating material transitions and innovation launches; and supporting performance management and continuous improvement initiatives. The Material Coordinator applies independent judgment to evaluate data, identify risks, recommend actions, and collaborate cross‑functionally to ensure continuity of supply, inventory accuracy, and alignment with production and business objectives.

Yes, we have the standard “stuff” - medical, dental, vision, company paid short‑ and long‑term disability, life insurance, paid parental leave, paid time off to rest, paid holidays to have fun, a 401(k) with a company match. But here's what makes us different: 40 paid volunteer hours a year, profit sharing*, participation in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
* and knowing that those working with you are dedicated and engaged co‑employee owners that believe in you and your extraordinary abilities to move us all forward.

Hybrid combining working from home, and onsite in White River Junction VT roughly 1‑2 days per quarter. Ideal candidates will be located within 120 miles of our offices.

$49,900 to $68,000 annual salary; commensurate with experience.

• Provide oversight of raw material, packaging availability and purchase orders supporting both internal production and external manufacturing partners
• Analyze inventory levels, aging, usage trends, and storage constraints to identify risks and recommend corrective actions
• Partner with the Material Planner to evaluate production scenarios, forecasting assumptions, material transfers, and inventory strategies
• Lead coordination of material transitions, runout planning, and innovation launches to ensure uninterrupted supply
• Monitor supplier and co‑manufacturer performance using KPIs and scorecards, identifying trends and improvement opportunities
• Collaborate with Quality and R&D to evaluate aging or at‑risk materials and support mitigation plans
• Provide guidance and resolution support for complex delivery, receipt, return, and material disposition issues
• Partner with Accounting to analyze and resolve purchase order, receipt, and invoice discrepancies
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives through data analysis, process evaluation, and cross‑functional collaboration while utilizing technology‑driven tools to enhance and optimize processes.
• Communicate material risks, insights, and recommendations to sourcing and supply chain leadership

• 1‑3 years of experience in supply chain, sourcing, materials management, or a related field
• 1‑3 years’ functional use of planning systems and methodologies
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