Senior Buyer

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.

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.

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