In your position, you will be responsible for achieving strategic optimal arrangements related to purchasing multiple food categories (e.g., protein, grocery, produce) with a focus on health and wellness. The goal of this role is to execute the selection, evaluation, and negotiation for assigned items, ensuring that the suppliers selected fit our client’s culture and philosophy, have the necessary capacity, and provide the items at the best price and highest quality.
Description:
- Focus on ensuring that the costs of goods are within budget
- Communicate regularly with the management team for consistent purchasing needs and specifications
- Ensure that weekly inventory is correct and there are no errors before submission.
- Continuously negotiate pricing and purchase goods and ensure delivery in a timely manner
- Review shipments to ensure products received are consistent orders and coordinate with system technology to manage inventory and compile weekly reports
Specific Requirements are:
- Track markets on prices and supply and determine strategy and direction for optimal procurement program
- Recommend best timing to introduce and promote new products when market is most favorable
- Maintain a strong professional relationship between suppliers and the company
- Identify new suppliers to support future growth
- Evaluate potential suppliers concerning the viability of their products and acceptability of their
manufacturing facility
- Negotiate with new suppliers over cost and collaborate with logistics to bring product(s) into
distribution
- Advise senior leadership on the availability of specific products and pricing, pre - qualifying new
suppliers and facilities in terms of price, capacity, and quality
- Assist the management team in the design and execution of the supply chain strategic plan, anticipating business requirements
- Inform senior leadership on industry insights, such as tariffs, import/export limitations, government regulations, mergers, acquisitions, personnel changes, new item introduction as relevant to the assigned products
- Communicate with suppliers concerning all aspects of the partnership including KBK philosophy and growth plans and aligns suppliers with the organization to support company growth
- Evaluate the effectiveness and fitness of suppliers to determine the procurement strategy
- Lead or participate in complex projects with departments such as Product Development, Marketing, Legal, Finance, and Operations related to product specifications, quality inquiries, product recall, sourcing new ingredients, testing new products, and phasing in products within distribution based on assigned products
