Procurement Coordinator

Eatery Essentials; Dallas (TX); On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the foodservice packaging industry is seeking a Procurement Specialist in Dallas. The role involves managing vendor relationships, negotiating contracts, and ensuring supply chain efficiency. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and a background in procurement or supply chain management. This position offers a starting salary of $17.00 per hour.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years in procurement or supply chain.
• Experience with vendor negotiations is a must.

Responsibilities

• Procurement of production supplies and materials.
• Manage supply base and negotiate contracts.
• Collaborate with production management.

Skills

Communication

Time Management

Organizational Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Detail Oriented

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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Eatery Essentials is the U.S. subsidiary of the Vigour Group of Taiwan. Our parent company is a $120 Million world-class manufacturer of paper and plastic cups and containers.

Vigour has one of the most state-of-the art paper manufacturing facilities in the world today utilizing highly automated German equipment to manufacture paper hot cups, paper cold cups, paper soup containers and double-wallpaper hot cups. We only utilize U.S. made paperboard (from IP or MeadWestvaco mainly) to ensure FDA and FSC certifications and our quality is comparable to any domestic manufacturer.

Just up the road, our parent company manufactures plastic cups and containers - plastic drink cups, round and square plastic deli containers, plastic hinged lid containers, tamper evident containers, plastic salad bowls, cake packaging and more.

Due to our excellent quality, competitive pricing and guarantee of continuity of supply via our domestic distribution centers, we have attracted several large, high-profile customers over the past several months. We also design, develop and sell a variety of custom packaging items to food processors and supermarket / grocery / wholesale club customers around the country.

We are adding U.S. manufacturing in the Dallas area in 2020. Our goal is to have 3 regional manufacturing plants in the U.S. within 10 years. We have also recently acquired some new technology that will allow us to produce some unique, innovative foodservice products.

We currently have three distribution centers - West Coast (Ontario, CA) and East Coast (Edison, NJ and Hickory, NC). With the opening of our Dallas manufacturing plant, we will have an additional distribution center in Texas to cover the middle of the country.

Learn more about the company and our products at - www.eateryessentials.com.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Procurement of EE-Dallas production supplies and material
• Liaise with vendors and suppliers to ensure materials availability
• Manage supply base
• Source vendors; negotiate contracts and costs
• Prepare requisitions and purchase orders
• Maintain master file of procurement items for production.
• Communicate performances and costs to management
• Recommend new processes or systems for improvement; implement new ideas and strategies
• Collaborate with production management to determine organizational needs
• Forecast against likely need and possible crises
• Expedite orders when necessary
• Collect order requests from other departments
• Reconcile invoices with receiving documents and submit to AP for payment.
• Works closely with Director of Operations to ensure proper workflow of system processes and documentation.
• Communicate foreseeable issues to management in a timely matter and provide input on how to resolve.
• Create item codes in operating system
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills and Abilities Required :

• Ability to build strong internal / external business partnerships
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to communicate with a diverse audience at various levels and backgrounds
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Power Point and Excel)
• High level proficiency with Microsoft Excel (pivot tables and v-lookups).
• Detail oriented and commitment to follow through to completion.
• Strong interpersonal skills; Strong team player
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Preferred skills / Qualifications :

• Experience with vendor negotiations a must
• Experience with import / export strongly a plus
• Experience in wholesale distribution industry a plus

Education and Experience :

• High School Diploma required
• A minimum of 3 years, procurement, supply chain or equivalent experience required.

Physical Requirements :

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Prolonged periods of standing, bending, and walking from one end of the building to the other.
• Able to walk a minimum of 5,000 steps per day.
• Must be able to lift up to 30 pounds at times.

All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Salary Description

Starting @ $17.00

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