Strategic Procurement & Inventory Leader

Performance Food Group (New); Maryland; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day 1 Health & Wellness Benefits

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

401K Employer Matching

Education Assistance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Performance Foodservice, a broadline distributor within Performance Food Group, seeks a Purchasing/Inventory Manager to oversee customer relations, purchasing, and financial management for key product categories. The role emphasizes inventory control, supplier negotiations, and ensuring profitability and customer satisfaction.

The position requires 3–5 years in foodservice distribution and purchasing, with preferred 5–7 years in purchasing management.

Qualifications

• Required Education: High School Diploma/GED or Equivalent Experience
• Required Experience: 3-5 years Foodservice distribution and purchasing experience
• Preferred qualifications: Bachelor's in Business Management, Marketing or related area
• 5-7 years Foodservice distribution and purchasing management experience

Responsibilities

• Maintain optimal inventory levels to meet customers' needs. Monitor over-committed and urgent items.
• Own strategy to ensure in-stock performance while managing shelf life, freshness, and yield risk.
• Proactively address slow-moving, aging, and dead inventory through consolidation, substitution, or liquidation strategies.
• Monitor and resolve over-committed, urgent, and at-risk items, including buyer outs, short-dated product, and receiving discrepancies.
• Review over-committed, urgent items, buyer's outs, stock adjustments, receiving discrepancies, and sales below cost reports.
• Negotiate buy brackets, inbound freight rates, backhaul dollars, cash discounts, extended terms, and earned income.
• Ensure costing and pricing accuracy, with special attention to changes, discrepancies, and customer audits.
• Process returns to vendors including entering vendor bill backs before merchandise leaves our buildings.

Education

High School Diploma/GED or Equivalent Experience

Bachelor's degree in Business Management/Marketing or related area

Job description

Performance Foodservice, a broadline distributor within Performance Food Group, seeks a Purchasing/Inventory Manager to oversee customer relations, purchasing, and financial management for key product categories. The role emphasizes inventory control, supplier negotiations, and ensuring profitability and customer satisfaction.

The position requires 3–5 years in foodservice distribution and purchasing, with preferred 5–7 years in purchasing management.