Materials Planner and Procurement Lead

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• Ownership begins immediately after the first PO is placed for all raw, packaging, and contract manufactured items
• • Own supplier relationship
  • Own cost, terms, and performance
  • Own forecasting alignment and replenishment
  • Own all future purchasing decisions
  • Owns all existing raw, packaging materials, & co-manned items.

• →End-to-End Procurement Ownership
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  • →Own all purchasing decisions for existing raw materials, packaging, and contract manufactured goods across the business
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    • →Existing is defined as items after initial PO
  • →Ensure materials are procured, at the right quantity, time, and cost
  • →Maintain full visibility into demand, supply, and inventory positions
• →Purchasing Gatekeeper
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  • →Act as the final decision-maker before any PO is placed
  • →Do not execute POs based solely on inputs from Planning/S&OP or Project Management
  • →Validate every purchase by asking: ▪
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    • →Does the quantity align with demand and current inventory?
    • →Is the timing appropriate?
    • →Is there an opportunity to consolidate, delay, or optimize?
    • →Is this the best supplier and price available? •
  • →Supplier Ownership & Commercial Management
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    • →Fully own supplier relationships post-onboarding
    • →Negotiate pricing, MOQs, lead times and payment terms
    • →Continuously benchmark suppliers and identify cost-saving opportunities
    • →Hold suppliers accountable to service, quality, and delivery expectations
• →Cost & Savings Accountability
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  • →Identify and execute cost savings across materials and packaging
  • →Regularly review:
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    • →Price changes
    • →Market trends
  • →Parter with Finance to understand COGS impacts
  • →Proactively communicate cost increases, supply risks, and market changes cross-functionally, while driving mitigation plans through supplier negotiations, alternate sourcing, packaging optimization, MOQ adjustments, or specification changes
• →Planning & SIOP Alignment (Not subordination)
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  • →Partner with SIOP lead to understand demand signals
  • →Translate demand into optimized purchasing decisions
  • →Push back when plan
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    • →Creates excess inventory
    • →Drives inefficient ordering
    • →Increases costs unnecessarily
• →Inventory & Working Capital
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  • →Manage inventory levels to balance:
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    • →Service levels
    • →Storage costs
    • →Working Capital
  • →Avoid
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    • →Overstocking
    • →Emergency buys
    • →Inefficient MOQ-driven inventory
• →Execution & Process Ownership
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  • →Ensure accurate POs creation, tracking, and delivery
  • →Resolve discrepancies with vendors and accounting
  • →Maintain clean audit ready procurement records
  • →Improve procurement processes and systems over time
• →Reporting & Analytics
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  • →Develop and maintain a rolling 13-week inventory cash forecast, providing visibility into upcoming purchasing-related cash outflows
  • →Track and report Weeks of Supply (WOS) across all raw materials, packaging, and co-manned items.
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    • →Identify and flag excess, at-risk, and understocked inventory
  • →Maintain a regular report of obsolete and slow-moving inventory (raw & packaging)
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    • →Proactively escalate cross functionally to determine next steps
  • →Track and report purchase price trends over time, highlighting variances and cost drivers
  • →Develop and maintain supplier scorecards (OTIF, quality, reliability, etc.) and actively leverage insights in supplier negotiations
  • →Report on PO accuracy, reactive/emergency purchasing, and MOQ-driven XCJ Corp DBA MìLà Page 3 of 3 inefficiencies, including root cause identification
  • →Provide consistent reporting cadence across Finance, Planning, and Operations, clearly communicating risks, opportunities, and required decisions

• Maintain optimal WOS for existing items
• Deliver measurable cost savings and cost avoidance
• Improve supplier performance (OTIF, quality, reliability)
• Reduced reactive and expedited purchasing
• Maintain an accurate 13-week cashflow forecast

• 8+ years of relevant experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, materials management, or supply chain, ideally within food, beverage, or CPG manufacturing.
• Demonstrated ownership of supplier relationships and commercial negotiations, including pricing, MOQs, lead times, payment terms, and supplier performance.
• Proven track record of delivering measurable cost savings, cost avoidance, and COGS improvements through strategic sourcing and supplier negotiations.
• Experience managing raw materials, packaging, and contract-manufactured products, including replenishment planning, inventory optimization, and supply continuity.
• Strong analytical and financial skills, with experience managing weeks of supply, working capital, purchase price variances, and inventory or purchasing cash-flow forecasts.
• Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems, advanced Excel, and cross-functional collaboration with Finance, Planning/S&OP, Quality, and Operations.
• Bonus: Fluency in Mandarin Chinese, spoken and written, for communicating directly with our vendors

• Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision insurance. MiLa covers 75% of employee premiums & 25% of dependent premiums
• Optional Extra Protection for Life & AD&D (with guarantee issue amounts at time of hire), Hospital, and Short Term Disability
• Invest in your Future - 401(k) plan to help with your long-term financial security

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