Specialty Crops Buyer & Grower Relations Specialist

Healthy Food Ingredients LLC; Watertown (SD); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Healthy Food Ingredients LLC is seeking a Procurement professional to manage the sourcing of specialty non-GMO and organic crops from growers and vendors to meet customer needs. The role reports to the Procurement Manager and requires travel within North America.

Responsibilities include developing grower/vendor relationships, understanding crop specifics, providing pricing to sales, and coordinating with Logistics, Quality, Accounting, and Sales to ensure timely procurement and inventory

Qualifications

• Well organized with an attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Must be able to work in a team environment.
• Experience in specialty crops and grain procurement.
• Willing to travel within North America.
• Ability to make decisions.
• Self-starter.

Responsibilities

• Developing relationships with growers/vendors of assigned products.
• Understanding the complexity of each crop assigned (i.e., growing conditions, planting dates, harvest dates, cost of the product, market analysis and trend of each product, etc.).
• Face-to-face and farm visitation with contract growers/vendors.
• Attending domestic trade shows.
• Providing timely pricing to sales personnel of assigned portfolio.
• Providing written reports to the supervisor and other HFI personnel as requested.
• Working across other internal departments including Logistics, HFI Facilities, Accounting, Sales, and Quality.
• Monthly inventory review.
• Forward contracting and spot purchasing.
• Contract negotiation and management.
• Working with other purchasing and crop production team members’ portfolios when necessary or as a back-up.
• Maintain positions for assigned products.
• Maintain other records as needed.

Skills

Well organized

Excellent written and verbal skills

Team oriented

Experience in specialty crops and **(C

Job description

Healthy Food Ingredients LLC is seeking a Procurement professional to manage the sourcing of specialty non-GMO and organic crops from growers and vendors to meet customer needs. The role reports to the Procurement Manager and requires travel within North America.

Responsibilities include developing grower/vendor relationships, understanding crop specifics, providing pricing to sales, and coordinating with Logistics, Quality, Accounting, and Sales to ensure timely procurement and inventory