Senior Buyer

The ideal candidate will have previous experience managing requirements for multiple locations in a purchasing role.

 Ensuring facilities have the materials required - Purchasing of ingredients and packaging items to meet production schedule requirements. Secondary: MRO supplies required by operations; Tracking and managing all samples and products required for Test production builds

The following list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties rather they are intended to only describe the nature of the job:

• →Accurately follows all company purchasing policy requirements with clarity, accuracy and completeness, from purchase order creation and throughout the accounts payables process.
• →Determine daily, weekly, monthly usages of ingredients and packaging supplies and create purchase orders using MRP or a Min/Max System.
• →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 and Manager (as requested) regarding backorders, aging reports, and liabilities.
• →Manage existing vendor relationships by monitoring, controlling, analyzing and optimizing inventory and consumption of supplies.
• →Participates with end user groups to streamline inventory mix and levels
• →Sources MRO materials and supplies as requested
• →Participate in Request for Quotations and Proposal calls with the Corporate Procurement team as well as lead divisional opportunities.

• College or University education in Supply Chain or Business is highly desirable but not required.
• Completion or Enrollment in Supply Chain Management courses would be an asset. NISCL, SCMA, MCIPs or equivalent
• Previous Purchasing in a manufacturing environment is required.

• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment. Must be agile and willing to react quickly to trouble shoot issues.
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong communication skills both spoken and written are required