Procurement Operations Specialist

The Restaurant Store; Lancaster (Lancaster County); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The Restaurant Store seeks a Procurement Operations Specialist to manage inventory across our network and reliably own pricing execution within the organization. You will oversee day-to-day inventory maintenance and partner with merchants to align pricing with profitability goals.

Based in Lancaster, PA, this full-time role is hybrid-friendly for those within a one-hour driving radius. You will coordinate with vendors, optimize cost-to-serve, and drive pricing efficiencies across ecommerce and

Responsibilities

• Helps develop & achieve inventory management & strategic inventory planning goals
• Independently manages daily inventory maintenance & is responsible for day-to-day decision making
• Lead the execution of pricing strategies aligned with organizational goals for revenue, margin, and growth objectives
• Act as a liaison between cross-functional teams to streamline pricing initiatives and promotional strategies
• Monitors market pricing and implements price changes to maintain price strategy within profitability goals
• Collaborate with merchant team during negotiations to assess tradeoffs between product cost and operational efficiency
• Helps identify and implement initiatives to optimize our cost-to-serve in coordination with merchant teams
• Facilitates daily vendor relationship management and logistical alignment

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking a proven, collaborative Procurement Operations Specialist to manage inventory across our network and reliably own pricing execution within the organization.

Inventory Management

The Specialist independently manages day-to-day inventory maintenance and logistical decision-making, and helps develop and achieve Inventory Management excellence (Ready-to-Ship & Days on Hand) and Strategic Inventory Planning goals. The role also facilitates vendor operational relationships, proactively identifying and implementing logistical efficiencies.

Pricing

The Specialist executes pricing strategy set by the Merchant team to maintain market positioning against Operating Margin dollar goals, and monitors item and category sales for external triggers that signal when pricing strategy needs re-evaluation. The Specialist partners directly with Merchants during negotiations, weighing operational efficiency against Operating Margin impact, and helps identify and implement Cost-to-Serve initiatives.

This position is full-time and located in Lancaster, PA, but is hybrid-friendly for those within a 1-hour driving radius.

Procurement Operation Specialists serve Clark’s procurement division, which buys products for our various distribution channels (industry leading Ecommerce platformWebstaurantStore.com, The Restaurant Stores, Clark National Accounts, Clark Food Service Equipment, and 11400, Inc.)

Responsibilities

• Helps develop & achieve inventory management & strategic inventory planning goals
• Independently manages daily inventory maintenance & is responsible for day-to-day decision making
• Lead the execution of pricing strategies aligned with organizational goals for revnue, margin, and growth objections.
• Act as a laison between cross-functional teams to steamline pricing initiatives and promotional strategies.
• Monitors market pricing and implements price changes to maintain price strategy within profitability goals
• Collaborate with merchant team during negotiations to assess tradeoffs between product cost and operational efficiency
• Helps identify and implement initiatives to optimize our cost-to-serve in coordination with merchant teams
• Facilitates daily vendor relationship management and logistical alignment