Purchaser/Planner

Grand River Foods is a leading food solutions company serving customers in the North American grocery and food service industry. As a member of the Sunrise Farm family, we remain as dedicated as ever to both providing a quality work environment for our employees, as well as producing only the highest quality products for our customers. We are known for the great care we take with clients and employees alike.

Determine daily, weekly, monthly usages of ingredients and packaging supplies and create purchase orders using MRP System.

Accurately follows all company purchasing policy requirements with clarity, accuracy and completeness, from purchase order creation and throughout the accounts payables process.

Manage existing vendor relationships by monitoring, controlling, analyzing and optimizing inventory and consumption of supplies.

Expediting and follow up on orders ensuring materials are shipped and delivered on promised dates, and able to resolve situations such as delivery timing conflicts.

Participates with Production Schedule process and stakeholders, updates all committed shipments and ETA’s with direct team and shared stakeholders

Supports inventory (on site, third party) logistics management team and process as needed, communicates regularly regarding updates to usage, damage, launch and in-process relaunch activities with greater team perpetually.

Provide regular updates to plant leadership (as needed) regarding backorders, aging reports, and liabilities.

Design and implement the safety stock model for high consumption materials.

Work with Cambridge Warehouse Team to identify materials getting close to be expired and define the action plan.

Provide support to the Scheduler regarding material availability confirmation, analysis of planning scenarios and new product launch execution.

Inform to production team the transition from old art to new art materials.

Report and define action plan for the following KPI’s: dry materials inventory turnover, inventory level at month end, and slow mover materials.

Identify, implement and report cost saving initiatives related to the procurement of materials.  

High School Diploma with some exposure/education in Supply Chain or Business

Completion or Enrollment in Supply Chain Management courses would be an asset.

Previous Purchasing strongly desired.

Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment.  Must be agile and willing to react quickly to trouble shoot issues. 

Strong communication skills both spoken and written are required