Associate Purchasing Manager

The Wonderful Company LLC; California, Northern (MO, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wonderful Company LLC is seeking a Purchasing Manager to lead procurement for Fresh, Arils, and Beverage Operations, ensuring uninterrupted supply of packaging, ingredients, and services.

The role focuses on developing and executing procurement strategies, managing sourcing, purchasing, inventory planning, supplier performance, and material availability to meet production and customer demand while minimizing total cost and working capital.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement and supply chain management.
• Ability to implement procurement strategies and optimize inventory and supplier performance.

Responsibilities

• Develop procurement strategies for Fresh, Arils and Beverage Operations.
• Manage sourcing, purchasing, inventory planning, and supplier performance to meet production demand.
• Develop dashboards to monitor WIP value, WIP inventory on hand, inventory turns, and procurement performance.

Skills

Procurement strategy

Sourcing

Inventory planning

Vendor management

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

From tree to table, POM Wonderful delivers a whole lot of healthy. Known for our iconic double-bubble bottle, we grow, harvest, package, and market fresh pomegranates, pomegranate arils, and a selection of delicious pomegranate-blended juices and teas. With over 9,000 acres in California’s Central Valley, POM Wonderful is committed to unleashing the antioxidant power of our handpicked pomegranates.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Purchasing Manager is responsible for developing and executing procurement strategies that support Fresh, Arils, and Beverage Operations. This position manages the sourcing, purchasing, inventory planning, supplier performance, and material availability required to meet production and customer demand while minimizing total cost and working capital. The Purchasing Manager will collaborate closely with Operations, Production, Finance, Quality, Planning, and Logistics teams to ensure uninterrupted supply of packaging, ingredients, processing materials, maintenance supplies, and indirect goods and services. A key responsibility of this role is reducing Work-In-Process (WIP) inventory through improved material planning, supplier management, production alignment, and inventory controls while developing dashboards that provide visibility into WIP value, WIP inventory on hand, inventory turns, and procurement performance.

Base Compensation: $85,000.00 - $100,000.00