What are the responsibilities and job description for the Purchasing Manager position at Spicin Foods?
Come join our wonderful team culture!! You will be an integral part of our operations, making world class sauces, everything from ketchup to our well known Da’Bomb sauce (featured on YouTube’s Hot Ones). Spicin Foods is a world class sauce manufacturer located in Kansas City, KS.
Our Purchasing Manager will be a key hands-on leader who is responsible for developing and executing purchasing business needs, tracking metrics, negotiating deals, and managing vendors. They collaborate with stakeholders, forecast, and ensure clear production requirements are met for our manufacturing plant. Their role involves analyzing costs, mitigating risks, and ensures optimal delivery quantities and timings.
- Collaborate with Sales, and Scheduling product inventory needs.
- Working together with sales team on new product launches to meet customer deadlines.
- Tracking and reporting key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness; analyze market trends, forecast demand, and mitigate risks to optimize the procurement process; deliver purchasing reports and analytics to showcase data.
- Crafting negotiation strategies and closing deals with optimal terms; performing strategic procurement activities across various spend categories, aiming to find better deals, cost savings and more suppliers.
- Partner with Warehouse operations to ensure the right amount of inventory is available and meets current production scheduling needs, meets customer demand and delivers financial cost effective solutions.
- Performs other related duties as assigned
Candidate Overview
The successful candidate will possess:
- Bachelor’s’ in supply chain management, logistics or other relevant degree.
- 2 years recent experience in purchasing, sourcing and vendor management in the manufacturing industry.
- Experience with ERP systems as it applies to manufacturing is a must. Experience with Microsoft Nav Dynamics is ideal.
- Physical demands: This position requires the ability to be constantly moving throughout the office and gift store which includes but not limited to walking, talking, hearing, reaching, grabbing and standing for at least 8 hours a day. May occasionally involve bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching and climbing.
The successful candidate will also demonstrate the following abilities:
- Communication: Proficient in both written and oral communication; effective interpersonal and presentation skills; with professional attitude.
- Internal Customer Focus: Builds customer confidence by ensuring expectations and commitments are met. Establishes and maintains effective and positive relationship with customers. Acts with customers in mind and values the importance of providing high-quality customer service.
- Organized: Able to work independently; effective time management skills; able to manage multiple tasks concurrently, prioritize effectively, and meet deadlines with a high attention to detail.
- Analytical: Superior critical thinking skills with the ability to research and analyze data from multiple sources and make independent decisions. Strong business acumen, including problem solving skills, critical thinking, and self-initiative.
- Adaptable: Willingness to accept change; exhibit flexibility and adaptability. Along with the ability to absorb and quickly understand new information.
- Resourceful: Ability to deliver results utilizing the resources available. Has a get-it-done mentality. (“Can Do” Spirit): Performs work with energy and drive; values planning, but will take quick, decisive action when an opportunity presents itself.
