The buyer is responsible for purchasing materials for production at the 5 manufacturing locations. This position works closely with internal stakeholders and external customers to provide support and ensure seamless product supply to our sites.  This position will maintain excellent working relationships with customers, vendors and our sites. The buyer will procure quality materials at a competitive price for our organization that will allow us to drive revenue and cost efficiencies. 

 

Responsibilities and Essential Duties

- Maintains excellent working relationships with the internal operating and external sales groups

- Works with selected vendors to obtain product information, such as price, availability, and delivery schedule

- Processes POs for materials purchases

- Uses demand forecasts to order materials for 5 Frito facilities.

- Adjust PO deliveries at sites based on demand changes.

- Actively manages deliveries to maximize inbound payloads and reduce cost.

- Schedules weekly meetings with site planners to align on goals and improve performance.

- Maintains vendor capabilities and specifications library. This will include material specifications, materials capability by type and gauge, certification log, printing capability by process and quantity requirements and maintain master price list and expiration dates

- Maintains vendor contact data base

- Communicates with vendors and carriers on deliveries and provides information to the sites to ensure optimum production scheduling. 

- Maintains supplier pricing

- Provide applicable reports on purchases, returns, credits, inventories upon request.

- Maintains inventory stock levels across all locations to maintain inventory targets

 

 

C. Job Contacts (main interfaces inside and outside the company)

- Supply Chain Managers

- Vendors

- Finance

 

D. Knowledge, skills and experience required

(Detail here the knowledge, skills and experience required for satisfactory performance of the job)

Educational Background:  

- High school Diploma or GED equivalent

- Bachelors degree preferred 

 

Knowledge/Skills Required:

- Requires a minimum of five years of experience in Purchasing.

- Excellent attention to detail

- Demonstrated time management and multitasking

- Able to maintain a high level of business courtesy and etiquette when interacting with Customer Service, vendors, and sales representatives

- Deliver against KPIs for the purchasing department.

- Experience with purchasing paper-based packaging is required

- Ability to forecast and run MRP

- Ability to negotiate with vendors for volume discounts and special terms

- Knowledge of the CPG industry

- Ability to solve problems independently

- Ability to make decisions quickly and accurately

- Willingness to work additional hours

- Authorized to work in the U.S.

 

 

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

- Skills should include intermediate knowledge of MS Outlook and Google Suite.  Skills in MS Word, Excel, Power Point and Access a plus. 

- Requires excellent interpersonal, communications, and customer relations skills.   

- Attention to detail and mental concentration are necessary for accurately performing clerical tasks, balancing multiple priorities and handling frequent interruptions.

Express Office: Arlington (Dallas Metro)

3701 South Cooper Street

Suite 233

Arlington, TX 76015