Purchasing-Receiving Clerk (Acorn Facility)

Who We Are and What We Do

Farmer Focus’s mission is to promote and protect generational family farms by shifting farm-level decision-making and chicken ownership back to farmers and empowering them to farm the way they know is best. We are committed to consistently producing 100% organic and humanely raised chicken that is better for people, the planet, and animals. Our culture is rooted in servant leadership, and we live by our Farmer Focus CARES values: Community, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Stewardship.

How this Role Will Be Impactful

• Complete and timely processing of all purchase orders with high degree of accuracy.
• Enter POs into the system, forward copies to vendors and compare vendor acknowledgments to the orders
• Prepare purchase orders based on sales orders, inventory stock requirements and miscellaneous requisition requests
• Provide follow-up on orders as needed – delivery dates, quantities shipped, prices charged, etc.
• Receive and inventory ordered goods and services.
• Assist the finance department as needed.
• Provide price verification, price quotes, and research of items.
• Assist staff with questions regarding their requested items, and items being returned for pick up.
• Prepare purchase order forms (with the appropriate information and documentation) for approval by the appropriate authority (if applicable).
• Match packing slips with purchase orders to ensure that charges are correct and turn in to Accounting for proper payment.
• Organize, maintain, and replenish supply storage to fulfill staff supply requests as needed.
• Collect and perform inventory for/from all sites, preparing a report of those findings.
• Acquire and maintain information about new suppliers and vendors; maintain good relationships with the same, and company co-workers.
• Maintain current product pricing in the system as required
• Act as an information source for internal questions concerning purchased items
• Ability to interact with management, staff, and the public in a professional manner.
• Work effectively within the SVO software platforms. Work to cultivate the SVO Culture.
• All other related duties as assigned by Management.

What You Bring to the Role

• Associate degree in business preferred; 3-years of experience working in an office environment with evidence of purchasing and receiving experience
• Able to identify situations where management decisions need to be applied due to variances between POs issued and items received.
• Has experience with ERP systems, and basic spreadsheets, and can consistently enter data with a high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to utilize business tools like computers, copiers, and scanners.
• Solid understanding of purchasing processes and controls.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to correspondence verbally and in writing in a manner that results in mutual understanding.
• Self-directed with attention to detail.
• Enthusiastic and proactive team player
• Positive attitude, good judgment, and excellent time management skills.

Other Requirements

• Ability to lift 40 pounds from time to time
• Must have fine hand and finger dexterity.
• Must have 20/20 corrected vision. Must possess color vision.
• Must be able to climb stairs to view processes.
• Must comply with all safety rules and instructions, participate in the Company training programs, and make every effort to learn, develop, and upgrade skills required for this job classification.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Work conducted primarily in an office environment but will be required to access the production environment and warehouse environments. Must be able to tolerate the varying heat, wet and chill of the plant. Hearing and eye-protective equipment required in the production area. Required to wear hair and beard nets in the production area.

Farmer Focus is committed to the principles of equal employment and to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities, and all other employment laws and regulations. It is our intent to maintain a work environment that is inclusive and equitable, free of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation based upon an individual's age, race (including traits historically associated with race, which includes hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists), color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation (including transgender status, gender identity, or expression), pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), military status (including status as a uniformed servicemember, a veteran, or dependent of a servicemember), or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws. Farmer Focus is dedicated to the fulfillment of this policy regarding all aspects of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, placement, transfer, training, promotion, rates of pay and other compensation, termination, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.