MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operations) Buyer

Our Company

Sconza Candy Company in Oakdale, California, has been manufacturing premium chocolate and confectionery products since 1939. Our Company is one of the largest manufacturers of panned products in North America, producing primarily private label products for some of the world's largest retail and CPG Companies. We are a Company committed to our Team Members and their personal and professional growth and recognize that each of them directly contributes to our success. Our 500,000 square foot facility is located in Oakdale, California, approx 95 miles east of the San Francisco Bay Area and approx 95 miles south of Sacramento. If you're a dynamic person and want to directly impact a leading confectionery company, we want you on our team!

Position Summary:

The MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operations) Buyer is responsible for orchestrating the procurement of MRO materials and services to support seamless production operations. This role involves coordinating the acquisition of essential items and services required for maintenance and repair activities, ensuring the availability of necessary resources to sustain operational efficiency. The MRO Buyer plays a pivotal role in streamlining the purchasing process and maintaining optimal inventory levels to support ongoing production needs.

Major Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Maintenance Department to ensure that necessary planned and unplanned parts are available.
• Negotiates purchases of all parts or materials assigned while insuring the ultimate in quality, price, and service. Responsibility may include utilities.
• Stock items to replenish Stores when stock level goes below safety stock.
• Non-stock items, which may come from multiple sources for stocking -i.e., Short Text. Works to find the best price for purchase.
• Help identify areas of improvement or concern around MRO spending patterns.
• Actively pursue continuous improvement of cost and quality of parts and components.
• Source through competitive quotations and utilizes vendor analysis techniques to choose suppliers.
• Create and contribute to a materials cost reduction program.
• Ensures all materials procured meet company quality standards.
• Keep adequate supply of critical spare parts, tools, janitorial and cleaning supplies.
• Develop and maintain pre-determined stock levels of spare parts and general use items (consumables).
• Identify and recommend best pricing, service, delivery and quality for tooling, spares and equipment to be ordered.
• Creates and routes for approval Vendor Maintenance form as required to create/add/change supplier profile information.
• Acts as liaison with Accounts Payable and resolves all invoice/payment issues on the Indirect Purchasing side.
• Lead the development/recommendations for min/max levels of on-hand spares. Adjust levels as necessary to support the operations considering availability, sourcing, logistics and costs.
• Maintain accurate records, spreadsheets and reports as required, including monthly spends data and monthly inventory reporting working in collaboration w/Maintenance Inventory Clerk.
• Bring ideas/solutions for continuous improvement to drive innovation/efficiency within the department.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree plus 1 years of MRO purchasing or Supply chain experience; OR High School Diploma or state-issued equivalency required plus 5 years of experience of MRO purchasing or Supply chain experience
• Negotiation skills.
• Knowledge of purchasing practices and procedures to include commodities purchased for maintenance department, general understanding of maintenance functions and operations.
• Demonstrates strong ability to foster effective communication in both a verbal and written format, teamwork, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to effectively interact at all levels of the organization and is able to adapt to changing priorities and meet required deadlines.
• Must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, detail oriented, project management skills (planning, organization and time management).
• Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office systems required.
• ERP experience -highly desirable, or equivalent.

The pay for this role in the state of CA ranges from $70,000 to $85,000 based on years of experience, position responsibilities and geographic location.

Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Sconza is an Equal Employment opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles (such as braids, locks, and twists), color, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law (including cancer and predisposing genetic characteristics in California), genetic information, marital status, familial status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation (actual or perceived), transgender status, sex stereotyping, age, military or veteran status, domestic violence or sexual assault victim status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

Sconza is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at Jobs@Sconzacandy.com.