Senior Buyer

Shamrock Foods Company; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Shamrock Foods Company seeks a Senior Buyer in Phoenix to coordinate procurement of key commodities, negotiate with vendors, and ensure timely order fill with optimal inventory. You will monitor pricing, support logistics, and align with company goals on market conditions and forward buys.

The role requires detailed execution, multitasking, and strong communications with internal and external customers across divisions to achieve service level targets and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Email).
• Ability to work with little supervision.
• Experience in Software- DAX and Adage is preferred.
• Must have and be able to communicate commodities background related to category and position.

Responsibilities

• Meet established goals for Order Fill and reduce daily lost sales within the branches.
• Meet inventory level requirements by maintaining target stock levels.
• Coordinate SKU counts and manage aged and slow-moving inventory.
• Manage cost of goods through vendor management, forward buys, and freight costs.
• Maintain orderly records and correspondence; prepare outgoing mail and emails.

Job description

The Senior Buyer is responsible for the coordination and negotiation of the key commodity items they are responsible to procure. The Senior Buyer is responsible for professional and timely communication with internal and external customers. Communications across divisional lines and with key customers is a critical element in this position. The Senior Buyer is responsible for order fill, inventory levels and flow, correct product PO cost, and achieving the company goals in these areas. The Senior Buyer supports activities, related strategies, and planning to achieve objectives involving purchasing, vendor payment, storage of product, communicating market conditions, forward buys, taking market gains where appropriate, and communicating with logistics. This position requires an individual capable of multitasking and project prioritization. This position requires highly detailed and precise execution.

• Meet established goals for Order Fill measured by daily lost sales within the Branches.
• Meet established Inventory level requirements measured by percent of inventory.
• Coordinates SKU count measured by total SKU’s, aged inventory, and slow-moving items within the Branches or Toll Roast Inventory.
• Manage cost of goods through vendor management, opportunity buys, forward buys, commodity purchases,
• and cost of freight.
• Organizes and maintains file system and files correspondence and other records.
• Makes copies of correspondence or other printed materials.
• Prepares outgoing mail and correspondence, including e-mail and faxes.
• Various record keeping.
• Daily Inventory, review and verify
• Aim to achieve defined Service Level Goals.
• Support raw beef purchases
• Issues PO accordingly to all external vendors and continually update PO's until completion with accurate pricing
• Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications

• Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Email)
• Operation office equipment
• Ability to work with little supervision
• Experience in Software- DAX and Adage is preferred.
• Must have and be able to communicate commodities background related to category and position available.
• Strong team player

Corporate Summary

At Shamrock Foods Company, people come first – our associates, our customers, and the families we serve across the nation. A privately-held, family-owned and -operated Forbes 500 company, Shamrock is an innovator in the food industry and has been since being founded in Arizona in 1922.

Our Mission

At Shamrock Foods Company, we live by our founding family’s motto to “treat associates like family and customers like friends.”

Why work for us?

Benefits are a major part of your overall compensation, and we believe offering them at an affordable cost is not only the right thing to do, but it helps keep you and your family healthy. That’s why Shamrock Foods pays for the majority of your health insurance, allowing you to take home more of your paycheck. And it doesn’t stop there - our associates also enjoy additional benefits such as 401(k) Savings Plan, Profit Sharing, Paid Time Off, as well as our incredible growth opportunities, continued education and wellness programs.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Shamrock Foods Co all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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