Senior Buyer - Food & Packaging, Hybrid Mesa

Paleovalley & Wild Pastures; Mesa (AZ); Hybrid; USD 51,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Paid time off

Company holidays

Parental leave

Product stipend

Job summary

Paleovalley and Wild Pastures in Mesa, AZ, seeks a Senior Buyer to own end-to-end purchasing for raw materials, ingredients, and packaging. You will manage supplier relationships, negotiate pricing, and drive inventory accuracy to support production as the Mesa operation scales.

This hands-on role requires ERP/WMS experience (Acumatica and Logiwa), strong analytical skills, and cross‑functional collaboration with Production, Quality, and Supply Chain teams.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of progressive purchasing, procurement, materials planning, or related supply chain experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated supplier relationship management and pricing negotiation skills.
• Working knowledge of inventory planning and control, including demand/usage analysis, lead times, safety stock, cycle counting, physical inventories, and inventory reconciliation.
• Experience using ERP and WMS systems for purchase order management, inventory tracking, and inventory adjustments; ability to work effectively in Acumatica ERP and Logiwa WMS.
• Working knowledge of SQF/HACCP or comparable food safety and supplier approval requirements as they relate to purchased materials and approved suppliers.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, including cost analysis, inventory analysis, forecasting inputs, supplier performance measurement, and issue resolution.
• Clear, proactive communication and strong cross‑functional partnership skills with Production, Quality and Food Safety, Warehouse, Planning, Finance, and Supply Chain stakeholders.
• Ability to independently manage moderately complex purchasing and supply issues, prioritize competing needs in a fast‑moving manufacturing environment, and elevate the most complex or high‑risk matters appropriately.

Responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end purchasing for assigned raw materials, ingredients, and packaging, from sourcing and supplier selection through purchase order execution, delivery follow‑up, and issue resolution.
• Build and manage supplier relationships, including sourcing, qualification support, ongoing performance management, and regular communication around pricing, capacity, lead times, quality, and service.
• Negotiate supplier pricing and commercial details within established authority, identify cost‑saving opportunities, and elevate contract terms or higher‑risk commitments to the appropriate leader.
• Create, issue, and manage purchase orders in Acumatica, ensuring accurate pricing, quantities, specifications, lead times, and delivery dates aligned with production requirements.
• Monitor demand, inventory positions, safety stock, supplier lead times, and open orders to prevent material shortages while minimizing excess, obsolete, or slow‑moving inventory.
• Partner closely with Production, Quality and Food Safety, Supply Chain, Warehouse, and Planning stakeholders to align purchasing decisions with operational priorities, proactively address material‑handling or inventory issues, and drive accountability when processes are not being followed.
• Resolve supply disruptions, late deliveries, shortages, quality holds, receiving discrepancies, and other supplier issues; identify backup sources and collaborate with Quality and Food Safety on supplier qualification when alternate supply is needed.
• Own inventory control activities for assigned materials, including cycle counts and end‑of‑month, end‑of‑quarter, and end‑of‑fiscal‑year physical inventories; research variances and complete approved adjustments in Acumatica and Logiwa.
• Own inventory control activities for assigned materials, including cycle counts and end‑of‑month, end‑of‑quarter, and end‑of‑fiscal‑year physical inventories; research and resolve variances, identify root causes of inventory discrepancies, and complete approved adjustments in Acumatica and Logiwa.
• Evaluate and improve purchasing and inventory processes as the Mesa operation continues to scale, identifying opportunities to strengthen controls, improve accuracy, and create more efficient and reliable workflows.
• Track and report purchasing KPIs such as supplier on‑time delivery, lead‑time performance, inventory health, purchase price variance/cost savings, and supply risks, using the data to drive follow‑up and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with Quality and Food Safety to ensure purchased materials and suppliers meet approved specifications and applicable SQF/HACCP, food safety, and supplier approval requirements.

Skills

Purchasing experience

Negotiation skills

Inventory control

ERP/WMS experience

Food safety knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Ownership mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain or related field

Tools

Acumatica ERP

Logiwa WMS

Job description

Paleovalley and Wild Pastures in Mesa, AZ, seeks a Senior Buyer to own end-to-end purchasing for raw materials, ingredients, and packaging. You will manage supplier relationships, negotiate pricing, and drive inventory accuracy to support production as the Mesa operation scales.

This hands-on role requires ERP/WMS experience (Acumatica and Logiwa), strong analytical skills, and cross‑functional collaboration with Production, Quality, and Supply Chain teams.