Strategic Food Purchasing Specialist

PFD OPCO LLC; Oregon; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Quirch Foods is seeking a Purchasing Specialist to manage requisitions, vet suppliers, and select cost-efficient products for our diverse food distribution network in the United States. You will prepare bids, evaluate proposals, and help maintain procurement records to ensure quality and timely delivery.

Ideal candidates will have 3–5 years of purchasing experience in the poultry, beef, seafood, or dairy sectors, and strong negotiation skills.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of product and service vendor sources.
• Knowledge of purchasing procedures and practices.
• Ability to analyze varying product and service features, prices and qualities, and determine most cost effective purchase for organization.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Strong negotiation and communication skills.
• Good time management and attention to detail.
• Excellent organization skills.

Responsibilities

• Reviews requisitions.
• Confers with vendors to obtain product or service information, such as price, availability, and delivery schedules.
• Selects products for purchase by testing, observing, or examining items.
• Estimates values according to knowledge of market price.
• Determines method of procurement, such as direct purchase or bid.
• Prepares purchase orders or bid requests.
• Reviews bid proposals and negotiates contracts within budgetary limitations and scope of authority.
• Maintains manual or computerized procurement records such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance, and inventories.
• Discusses defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality control personnel, users, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.
• May approve invoices for payment.
• May expedite delivery of goods to users.

Skills

Vendor sources knowledge

Purchasing procedures

Cost analysis

Negotiation

Time management

Organization skills

Education

Associates or Bachelor's degree preferred (purchasing/inventory)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Quirch Foods is seeking a Purchasing Specialist to manage requisitions, vet suppliers, and select cost-efficient products for our diverse food distribution network in the United States. You will prepare bids, evaluate proposals, and help maintain procurement records to ensure quality and timely delivery.

Ideal candidates will have 3–5 years of purchasing experience in the poultry, beef, seafood, or dairy sectors, and strong negotiation skills.