- Salary
- $70k – $80k/yr
- Location
- Union City, California, US
- Type
- Full-time
- Source
- BetterTeam
Description
Position Summary: Coordinates inventory replenishment activities with suppliers, sales, logistics and operations for assigned categories.
What you’ll do:
- Place purchase orders with vendors utilizing an awareness of seasonal fluctuations, market effects and other information that require a high attention to detail to avoid spoilage, overstocks, and shortages.
- Manage and maintain the entire Purchase-to-Pay process, covering:
- PO Creation
- Vendor Confirmation
- Accurate expected delivery date updates
- Collaboration with Accounts Payable to ensure payment.
- Maintain Purchasing system data to effectively generate suggested POs.
- Maintain necessary required vendor documents (electronic and physical), such as W-9’s, Indemnities, etc.
- Work closely with:
- Vendors to ensure POs are filled and delivered in a timely fashion.
- Vendors to manage FDA issues.
- Logistics to minimize freight expenses.
- Sales Managers to manage out-of-stock or over-stock risks.
- Customer Service teams to enable sales order growth.
- Buyers to build upon best-practices.
- Build and maintain vendor relationships to not only support PO fulfillment, but also negotiate volume discounts and price breaks wherever possible.
- Manage Fusion system issues that impact Purchasing and Receiving.
- Maintain BFC dating system to minimize close dated issues and Expired product impact.
About you:
- 5+ years buying experience with a focus on Specialty Food Products for a multi-unit Distribution Organization.
- Bachelor’s degree from accredited four-year college or university preferred.
- Previous food service distribution and/or food importing experience strongly preferred.
- Commodity product awareness including blanket commitments, contractual processes, and appropriate market tracking.
- Advanced Excel Skill and additional Computer skills (JDE, Microsoft Suite – Word and PowerPoint, etc.)
- Must have a sense of urgency and be able to work under pressure, be comfortable in a fast-paced, metrics-driven environment.
- Flexible with the ability to work well with all departments and levels of staff both internally & externally.
- Professional demeanor during all interactions with vendors, customers and fellow employees via phone or in-person.
- Have a drive to advance within the organization.
- Must be a team player with a positive attitude.
- Excellent verbal/written communication skills and a high level of analytical capabilities within Excel
- Self-starter, professional, goal oriented and able to handle multiple tasks.
Skills
ExcelFDAAccounts PayableCustomer Service