Associate Buyer

Essential Duties and Responsibilities  :

Position requires performing any combination of the following job duties:

• Provides administrative support to procurement staff.
• Confirms purchase orders and passing for receiving accuracies and ontime deliveries daily inventory adjustments and pulling key reports for the department. 
• Knows relevant purchasing cycle for each item purchased.
• Timely communication of potential inventory issues prorates and cost changes to Procurement Manager and Sales.
• Support established logistical procedures to facilitate product arrival and working with vendors to resolve freight damage product damage/quality issues or discrepancies in quantities. Assist with claims related to these findings.
• Vender account responsibilities if assigned such as adhere to approved supplier requirements in onboarding and continuing of vendors maintain appropriate inventory levels monitors vendor performance.
• All employees are responsible for food safety and are expected to notify the appropriate manager supervisor or key personnel if they witness any compromise to food safety or food quality.
• Manage costs according to program stipulations and best practices in such as escalated or deescalated contract pricing off invoice price cycles or ads.
• Understand and achieve KPIs in fill rate variance management proper inbound freight maintenance PO accuracy contract compliance and other KPIs assigned by your manager.

Peripheral Duties:  Other tasks and special projects as assigned by the Procurement Manager.

Qualifications :

Desired Minimum Qualifications:

• Education requirements: High School preferred
• Purchasing experience desired but not required
• Computer competency including Excel Word & Outlook as well as 10 Key
• Knowledge of Power Enterprise a plus
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Able to multitask and work well under pressure.
• Be able to set priorities meet deadlines and able to accomplish team objectives.

• Strong math & writing skills required to quickly multiply & add cases/pallets & calculate product cost market and margin.

Additional Information :

Supplemental Information

This employer participates in EVerify and will provide the Social Security Administration and if necessary the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employees Form I9 to confirm work authorization.

We do not provide H1B sponsorships at this time.

Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors including but not limited to the individuals qualifications experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

For additional protected privacy information please visit: Privacy Policy Charlies Produce ()

Charlies Produce is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Visit our Employment Page for more details or to view our privacy center: an essential employer and key contributor to our communitys food distribution chain we will follow all state and federal guidelines on vaccination mandates allowing for an accommodation for those that qualify.

Recruiters DO NOT CONTACT!

This is a safetysensitive position.

This employer participates in EVerify and will provide the Social Security Administration and if necessary the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employees Form I9 to confirm work authorization.

We do not provide H1B sponsorships at this time.

Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors including but not limited to the individuals qualifications experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

For additional protected privacy information please visit: Privacy Policy Charlies Produce ()

Charlies Produce is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Visit our Employment Page for more details or to view our privacy center: DO NOT CONTACT!

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime