Director of Purchasing & Culinary Supply Chain

Green Top Farms & Green Deliveries; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Sick leave

Paid time off

Commuter benefits

Bonus potential

Job summary

Green Top Farms, a Brooklyn-based food service company, seeks a Director of Purchasing & Supply Chain to own sourcing strategy, supplier development, and P&L performance. You will lead the purchasing, receiving, and picking teams, negotiate with farms and cooperatives, and partner with culinary leadership to align sourcing with menus and production plans.

The role emphasizes food-safety compliance, regional sourcing, and building scalable processes to support growth across catering and

Qualifications

• 6+ years in purchasing, procurement, or supply chain with leadership experience.
• Ownership of a P&L and food-cost performance.
• Proven track record negotiating with farms, cooperatives, and specialty vendors.
• Knowledge of ingredients, seasonality, and culinary applications.
• Leadership of managers and scalable processes across purchasing, receiving, and picking.
• Fluent in ERP/inventory systems and reporting tools; data-driven decisions.
• Excellent communication, organization, and problem-solving; bilingual preferred (Spanish).
• Willingness to navigate warehouse environments and physical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Own sourcing strategy and vision to build a resilient, scalable supply chain.
• Negotiate contracts, pricing frameworks, and terms with key partners and suppliers.
• Lead purchasing, receiving, and picking teams; set standards and accountability.
• Partner with culinary leadership to align sourcing with menu strategy and production schedules.
• Design and improve systems, processes, and SOPs for purchasing and inventory.
• Build KPIs and scorecards for visibility into food cost and sourcing performance.
• Ensure compliance with food-safety, health, and regulatory standards.

Skills

Strategic procurement

Supplier development

P&L ownership

Farm/vendor negotiation

Team leadership

Analytics & systems

Tools

Fishbowl ERP

Ottimate AP

BI reporting tools

Job description

Job Details

Location: Brooklyn, NY 11206 • Type: Full Time • Salary: $100,000‑120,000 annually • Shift: Day • Category: Purchasing ‑ Procurement

About Us

Green Top Farms is a NewYork‑based food service company specializing in farm‑fresh meals for enterprise workplace dining and corporate catering. We partner with leading companies to deliver elevated daily dining and hospitality experiences, using seasonal ingredients and thoughtful operations to create consistent, high‑quality service at scale.

Our mission is to build a more sustainable and equitable food system, starting by reconnecting consumers and local farmers. We believe the results of strengthening that connection are better nutrition, tastier food, greater social justice, and reduced environmental impacts. Our menus reflect this attention to bringing nutritious, delicious food to those who need it most.

Our Sourcing Philosophy

At Green Top Farms, sourcing is driven by freshness, seasonality, and social and environmental responsibility. We prioritize direct partnerships with regional farmers, ranchers, fishermen, cooperatives, and small‑scale producers, including long‑standing relationships across the Hudson Valley and broader Northeast network, to ensure freshness, traceability, and a more resilient supply chain. With in‑house warehousing and bulk purchasing capabilities, we reduce reliance on intermediaries and maintain flexibility across our programs. Sustainability is our north star, guiding every purchasing decision.

Position Overview

The Director of Purchasing & Supply Chain is the senior‑most leader of Green Top Farms’ procurement and supply chain function, owning sourcing strategy, financial performance, supplier development, systems, and the leadership of the entire purchasing organization. Where the Purchasing Manager runs the weekly buying, receiving, and picking cycle, the Director sets the strategy, owns the numbers, and builds the team and systems that make the operation scalable, disciplined, and mission‑aligned.

We are looking for a leader who is:

• A strategic procurement leader who also understands culinary production and high‑volume food service operations
• Experienced owning a purchasing or supply chain P&L and driving food cost performance
• Deeply networked in regional and regenerative agriculture, and skilled at building direct producer partnerships and supplier development programs
• Experienced negotiating with farms, cooperatives, and specialty vendors, not just large distributors
• A builder of teams and systems who can develop managers, design scalable processes, and hold standards across purchasing, receiving, and picking
• Highly analytical and systems‑fluent, comfortable owning inventory, purchasing, accounts payable, and reporting platforms
• Grounded in food‑safety and regulatory compliance as non‑negotiable
• Passionate about local, seasonal, regenerative sourcing and short supply chains

Responsibilities

Sourcing Strategy & Supplier Development (25%)

• Own Green Top Farms’ sourcing strategy and vision, translating the mission into a resilient, scalable, and cost‑effective supply chain
• Cultivate, expand, and deepen direct partnerships across the Hudson Valley and Northeast producer network; lead supplier development and onboarding aligned with local, regenerative, and B‑Corp principles
• Negotiate strategic contracts, pricing frameworks, and terms with the largest and most critical partners, cooperatives, and distributors
• Anticipate market, commodity, weather, and supply‑chain risk; set diversification, contingency, and continuity strategies to protect service

Financial Ownership: Food Cost, Budget & P&L (20%)

• Own the purchasing and supply chain P&L; set and manage food cost targets and purchasing budgets across daily service, catering, and events
• Lead variance analysis, forecasting, and cost‑optimization initiatives; frame value as an outcome of quality, freshness, and mission fit rather than lowest price alone
• Partner with Finance leadership on budgeting, month‑end close, reconciliations, purchase timing, and margin performance
• Evaluate and approve major purchasing decisions, vendor commitments, and supply‑chain‑related facility or capital investments

Department Leadership & Team Development (20%)

• Lead the purchasing department: directly manage the Purchasing Manager and Purchasing Coordinator, and through them the receiving and picking teams
• Set structure, standards, goals, and accountability across purchasing, receiving, and picking; develop leaders and build bench strength
• Own hiring strategy, performance management, and organizational design for the function as the business scales
• Serve as the ultimate escalation point for vendor disputes, significant discrepancies, quality failures, and supply continuity crises

Culinary & Cross‑Functional Partnership (15%)

• Partner with the Chief Culinary Officer and executive and culinary leadership to align sourcing with menu strategy, production schedules, and growth plans
• Ensure purchasing decisions optimize shelf‑life, yield, cross‑utilization, and food‑waste reduction at scale
• Advise leadership on seasonality, specialty sourcing, substitutions, and cost‑versus‑quality tradeoffs
• Partner with operations on facility, workflow, and capacity planning as volume and program mix evolve

Systems, Process & Supply Chain Strategy (10%)

• Own the purchasing and inventory technology strategy across ERP (Fishbowl), accounts payable (Ottimate), and reporting and BI tools; drive data accuracy, traceability, and auditability
• Design and continuously improve purchasing, receiving, and picking processes and SOPs as the business evolves
• Build the reporting, KPIs, and scorecards that give leadership visibility into sourcing performance, food cost, and mission metrics such as local and regional spend

Compliance, Facility & Food Safety Oversight (10%)

• Ensure the purchasing and warehouse operation meets all food‑safety, health department, and federal commissary regulatory standards
• Oversee inventory accuracy, rotation (FIFO), storage integrity, and traceability across all environments
• Own audit‑readiness and risk management for the supply chain function

Qualifications

• 6+ years of progressive experience in purchasing, procurement, or supply chain, including 2+ years leading a team or department; food service, commissary, or food manufacturing strongly preferred
• Demonstrated ownership of a purchasing or supply chain P&L and food cost performance
• Proven track record building relationships and negotiating with farms, cooperatives, and specialty vendors, not just large distributors
• In‑depth knowledge of ingredients, seasonality, agricultural markets, produce varieties, yields, and culinary application
• A strong leader of leaders, with experience developing managers and building scalable teams, processes, and SOPs
• Analytical and tech‑savvy, fluent in ERP and inventory systems (Fishbowl or similar), accounts payable systems (Ottimate or similar), and reporting tools and spreadsheets
• Exemplary communication skills; an organized, punctual, and inherent problem solver
• Passionate about local food and nutrition, and on a mission to reach folks with better food
• Bilingual strongly preferred (Spanish)
• Able to move through warehouse and receiving environments and occasionally lift over 50 pounds

Benefits

Green Top Farms provides benefits including medical insurance, sick leave, paid time off that increases with tenure, commuter benefits and potential for bonuses through our Green Shares employee bonus program.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Green Top Farms is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.