Strategic Materials Planner & Buyer

Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 88,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

Job summary

Dreyers Grand Ice Cream seeks an Operational Buyer to fulfill production plans by transforming raw and pack materials into orders under contract terms with suppliers. You will manage communications, supplier performance, and reporting while coordinating between Bakersfield and Laurel to ensure on-time delivery.

In this role you will forecast material needs, maintain stock levels, and drive process improvements across planning, QA, and warehouse teams.

Qualifications

• Developed ability of Excel skills.
• Developed ability of analytical thinking.
• Highly developed ability of negotiation and communication skills.
• Strong leadership, analytical, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Good knowledge of purchasing, commercial understanding, and cost breakdown.
• Ability to manage entire order to payment process.
• Results Orientated.
• Work well in a team and under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Monitor supply signals through the demand & supply view ensuring delivery dates, lead times and required quantities are correct and finally creating purchase orders ensuring their fulfillment by the supplier.
• Ensuring that manufacturing requirements are available at the production date.
• Daily Review to monitor daily performance and take any necessary action to adjust the delivery schedule accordingly and discuss with planning team any material supply issue.
• Provide forecast/PO’s to the suppliers reflecting the future requirements 3-12 months.
• Control the material stock cover based on the agreed target level/Production cover.
• Run the un-receipt orders report on Daily / Weekly basis and take the necessary action on the spot.
• Manage directly with the defined supplier the delivery of materials: this includes creating, sending, confirming, receiving, investigating errors and discrepancies in blocked or parked invoice.
• Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships and keep up good communications.

Skills

Excel

Negotiation

Analytical thinking

Purchasing knowledge

Order to payment

Communication

Job description

Dreyers Grand Ice Cream seeks an Operational Buyer to fulfill production plans by transforming raw and pack materials into orders under contract terms with suppliers. You will manage communications, supplier performance, and reporting while coordinating between Bakersfield and Laurel to ensure on-time delivery.

In this role you will forecast material needs, maintain stock levels, and drive process improvements across planning, QA, and warehouse teams.