Procurement Specialist

Job Description

Our client, Four Roses Distillery, is seeking candidates for the new role of Procurement Specialist. The Procurement Specialist will be responsible for facilitation of procurement strategies developed by the Procurement Manager. This role conducts job duties in a manner that demonstrates a strong food safety culture which ensures the safety and quality of our products. The Procurement Specialist reports directly to the Manager, Procurement.

Summary / Objective

The Procurement Specialist will coordinate shipments of raw materials and provide hands-on management of the procurement process for raw materials, supplies, and services essential to support organizational initiatives. This position will have a hybrid work schedule Monday - Friday of approximately 3 days in-office and 2 days working from home. The hybrid arrangement will depend on the team member's productivity and progress in the role along with business needs. Training will be all onsite until the company and team member are comfortable with moving to a hybrid schedule. This will be at least 30 days, possibly longer depending on the training assessment. Core hours can start anywhere from 6 : 30a to 8 : 00a with most days working 8 hours, depending on business need.

Essential Functions Time Allocations

Major Responsibilities 90%

Raw Material Control

• Provide support to Operations Teams and Procurement Manager to develop and implement a raw material inventory plan
• Oversee inventory levels via proper coordination of inbound raw materials and execution of release orders while maintaining accurate records of purchased products and materials.
• Follow procurement strategies to ensure the timely and cost-effective sourcing of raw materials, packaging, and other supplies.
• Maintain adherence to contracts, terms, and pricing with suppliers via favorable agreements while maintaining quality standards.
• Collaborate with Procurement Manager and with cross-functional teams, including production, quality assurance, and finance, to align procurement activities with organizational goals.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, company policies, sustainability policies, and ethical standards in procurement activities.

Supplier Relationship Management

Quality Collaboration

Procurement Metrics

Minor Responsibilities 10%

Indirect Materials

Document Management

Sustainability

Other Duties as Assigned

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications

Required Competencies

Required Education and Experience

Preferred Education and Experience

Job Related Information

Supervisory Responsibility

The Procurement Specialist has no direct reports.

Work Environment

This job operates 90% in an office and 10% in Production environment at a distillery, warehouse or bottling lines.

Travel

Travel will be required between Kentucky locations. May travel to other suppliers, bottlers, etc. Some travel may be outside of the state and possibly outside the U.S. as necessary. Overall travel will be 10% or less.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, climbing stairs and the ability to lift at least 50 lbs. and moving materials and supplies, as the job requires. The employee must work as team member in comparable work and actions. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Salary and Benefits