Purchasing Agent

Institut Rosell-Lallemand Inc.; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Institut Rosell-Lallemand Inc. in Baltimore, MD seeks a Purchasing Agent to coordinate raw material procurement, materials receipt, and related services, ensuring quality, cost control, and compliance.

You will monitor inventories, resolve delivery issues with suppliers, maintain records in ERP and related systems, and support shipment documentation and regulatory requirements. The role emphasizes accuracy, communication with internal stakeholders, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement, purchasing, or supply chain coordination.
• Strong knowledge of purchasing procedures, receiving processes, and documentation controls.
• Comfortable working with ERP, Microsoft Office, Dynamics, or similar systems.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate procurement and receipt of bulk raw materials, packaging, supplies, and services while supporting quality, cost, and compliance expectations.
• Monitor inventory levels, usage trends, weeks on hand, and receipt schedules to help prevent shortages, excess working capital, and production disruption.
• Work with plant operations and suppliers to resolve delivery issues, inventory discrepancies, documentation gaps, and supplier non-conformance events.
• Maintain procurement records, delivery documents, vendor documentation, price support, and contract-related files in approved business systems.
• Prepare and review operational procurement reports, including inventory, production, purchase order history, order status, and receipts review reports.
• Process receiving activity for raw materials and substrates
• Support shipment documentation, delivery tickets, customer shipments, intercompany transfers, and invoicing coordination as required by the business.
• Maintain production and product tracking information, including product codes, product names, lot information, and related authorization details.
• Print and verify finished product labels, ensuring lot codes, authorization codes, and production date information are accurate before use.
• Coordinate routine sample shipments and support documentation needed for quality, regulatory, or customer requirements.

Skills

Procurement experience

ERP systems

MS Office / Dynamics

Supplier coordination

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Tools

ERP systems

Microsoft Office

Dynamics

Job description

Job details Purchasing Agent

Posting Period

From August 18, 2026 to September 30, 2026

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Raw Material Procurement

• Coordinate procurement and receipt of bulk raw materials, packaging, supplies, and services while supporting quality, cost, and compliance expectations.
• Monitor inventory levels, usage trends, weeks on hand, and receipt schedules to help prevent shortages, excess working capital, and production disruption.
• Work with plant operations and suppliers to resolve delivery issues, inventory discrepancies, documentation gaps, and supplier non-conformance events.
• Maintainaccurateprocurement records, delivery documents, vendor documentation, price support, and contract-related files in approved business systems.
• Prepare and review operational procurement reports, including inventory, production, purchase order history, order status, and receipts review reports.
• Process receiving activity for raw materials and substrates
• Support shipment documentation, delivery tickets, customer shipments, intercompany transfers, and invoicing coordination as required by the business.
• Maintain production and product tracking information, including product codes, product names, lot information, and related authorization details.
• Print and verifyfinished productlabels, ensuring lot codes, authorization codes, and production date information areaccuratebefore use.
• Coordinate routine sample shipments and support documentation needed for quality, regulatory, or customer requirements.

Quality and Compliance

• Participate in safety, HACCP, GMP, ISO, and other quality programs related to procurement, receiving, supplier performance, and raw material controls.
• Track supplier performance issues such as specification, delivery, documentation, and service non-compliance.
• Escalate recurring supplier issues toappropriate procurementor site leadership and support corrective action follow-up.
• Ensure supplier evaluations, procurement records, and supporting documentation are complete, organized, and available when needed.

Administrative Support

• Officesupply ordering, and other administrative tasks that helpmaintainefficient site operations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Technical skills

Required

• Experience in procurement, purchasing, supply chain, operations coordination, or a related administrative role.
• Strong knowledge of purchasing procedures, receiving processes, documentation controls, and supplier follow-up.
• Comfortable working with ERP, Microsoft Office, Dynamics, or similar business systems.

An asset

• Experience in a manufacturing, food production, or regulated environment is preferred.

Personal abilities

Required

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work professionally with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, follow-through, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Practical problem-solving skills and ability to address urgent supply or documentation issues in a timely manner.
• Customer-service mindset, collaborative approach, and ability to build productive working relationships.

Organization

Lallemand is a privately held Canadian company founded in the late 19th century, which develops, produces, and markets microorganisms for various markets. The administrative offices of the parent company are in Montreal, Canada. Today, Lallemand employs more than 6,500 people working in more than 45 countries on 5 continents.

Lallemand Baking offers a range of superior quality baker's yeast – both fresh and dry varieties – and specialty ingredients to meet bakers' needs across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Baking cultures and dough conditioners round out our impressive product range.

The Lallemand baking team's many branches collaborate closely to provide innovative products and efficient services, backed by a skilled technical support team in each region of operations.

Please take note that accommodations will be provided in all parts of the hiring process. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.