What are the responsibilities and job description for the Procurement Specialist position at Eatery Essentials?
Eatery Essentials is the U.S. subsidiary of the Vigour Group of Taiwan. Our parent company is a $120 Million world-class manufacturer of paper and plastic cups and containers.
Vigour has one of the most state-of-the art paper manufacturing facilities in the world today utilizing highly automated German equipment to manufacture paper hot cups, paper cold cups, paper soup containers and double-wallpaper hot cups. We only utilize U.S. made paperboard (from IP or MeadWestvaco mainly) to ensure FDA and FSC certifications and our quality is comparable to any domestic manufacturer.
Just up the road, our parent company manufactures plastic cups and containers - plastic drink cups, round and square plastic deli containers, plastic hinged lid containers, tamper evident containers, plastic salad bowls, cake packaging and more.
Due to our excellent quality, competitive pricing and guarantee of continuity of supply via our domestic distribution centers, we have attracted several large, high-profile customers over the past several months. We also design, develop and sell a variety of custom packaging items to food processors and supermarket / grocery / wholesale club customers around the country.
We are adding U.S. manufacturing in the Dallas area in 2020. Our goal is to have 3 regional manufacturing plants in the U.S. within 10 years. We have also recently acquired some new technology that will allow us to produce some unique, innovative foodservice products.
We currently have three distribution centers - West Coast (Ontario, CA) and East Coast (Edison, NJ and Hickory, NC). With the opening of our Dallas manufacturing plant, we will have an additional distribution center in Texas to cover the middle of the country.
Learn more about the company and our products at - www.eateryessentials.com.
JOB TITLE : Procurement Specialist
DEPARTMENT : Operations
REPORTS TO : Director of Operations
FLSA STATUS : Hourly
Essential Duties and Responsibilities :
- Procurement of EE-Dallas production supplies and material
- Liaise with vendors and suppliers to ensure materials availability
- Manage supply base
- Source vendors; negotiate contracts and costs
- Prepare requisitions and purchase orders
- Monitor order expenses
- Maintain master file of procurement items for production.
- Communicate performances and costs to management
- Recommend new processes or systems for improvement; implement new ideas and strategies
- Collaborate with production management to determine organizational needs
- Forecast against likely need and possible crises
- Expedite orders when necessary
- Collect order requests from other departments
- Submit purchase orders
- Reconcile invoices with receiving documents and submit to AP for payment.
- Works closely with Director of Operations to ensure proper workflow of system processes and documentation.
- Communicate foreseeable issues to management in a timely matter and provide input on how to resolve.
- Create item codes in operating system
- Performs other duties as assigned
Skills and Abilities Required :
Preferred skills / Qualifications :
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Eatery Essentials is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
