JR BUYER

This Is Who We Are :

Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online at homechef.com and in retail at more than 2,100 Kroger grocery stores, Home Chef is committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple, delicious meals, no matter how busy they are.

Similar to our recipes, we recognize that variety is the spice of life, and therefore, our employees also bring their uniqueness and color to our fantastic team. Were eager to work with humble team players and pragmatic next-level thinkers to innovate on Home Chefs offerings.

Overview :

The Jr. Buyer is responsible for supporting the National Procurement team. They are responsible for assisting the local teams, confirming all orders and scheduling deliveries, ensuring all products arrive in a timely manner and meets quality expectations. The Jr. Buyer is the onsite representative for the procurement team.

Responsibilities : Procurement :

• Schedule inbound trucks and track delayed deliveries
• Work with warehouse teams to maintain proper aging inventory levels
• Place timely, accurate orders with Home Chef vendors and / or source product locally
• Work regularly in Google Suite to determine purchase quantities
• Utilize Home Chef ERP system to cut purchase orders and track in-house inventory
• Work cross functionally with quality and production teams daily
• Reduce excess over orders by tracking product starting inventory and cutting orders as needed
• Manage product yields and forecast variability while adjusting product quantities as needed
• Determine average case counts as product arrives and make ordering adjustments as needed

Improve Purchasing Function Accuracy :

Onsite Procurement Support :

This position requires 15% travel.

Qualifications :

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, ability and / or other characteristics needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

Salary Range : $45,000 - $52,000

More About Us : Perks and benefits :

How We Work Together

We are humble team players.

We are warm and gracious with team members and customers. We seek feedback to improve ourselves - and respectfully listen to and accept input.

We are pragmatic next-level thinkers.

We come up with novel and unique ideas. We explore new strategies to avoid being constrained by conventional thinking.

We take ownership.

We approach ambiguous problems, prepared to dive in, get curious, and learn more. We are results-driven, always challenging ourselves to exceed goals.

Be at Home at Home Chef

We all show up authentically at Home Chef. Our team includes individuals with a variety of identities, backgrounds, and perspectives. You can trust that youll be able to bring your whole self to an inclusive and enjoyable workplace.

We welcome people of all races, colors, religions, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disabilities, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged / sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.

Home Chef is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Home Chef will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our People team at hr@homechef.com .

Home Chef is an equal opportunity employer.

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Salary : $45,000 - $52,000