Technical Buyer - Chicago, United States - Vital Proteins

Description

Vital Proteins is an emerging, dynamic brand consisting of a team of passionate individuals who believe whole-food-based nutrition is essential for overall health, fitness and wellbeing. Our team is comprised of intelligent and innovative talent who work collaboratively to ensure creativity, success, and global growth.
At Vital Proteins, our mission is to empower our company, team, and customers to live a full, vibrant life.

We seek to develop and support the right people, with the right chemistry, who continually ask questions, and in turn will develop and tactically execute good ideas.

We are looking for individuals to help us think smarter and put a lot of ideas on the table in a short amount of time.

Building a great company is our goal. Quality individuals and getting the team right is our business plan. This position will be in our new creative office space in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago, IL. Vital Proteins has multiple locations where we manufacture and package collagen nutrition products.

Technical Buyer
Franklin Park, IL

Full Time

Production/Warehouse

Mid Level


Company Overview:

Vital Proteins is an emerging, dynamic brand consisting of a team of passionate individuals who believe whole food-based nutrition is essential for overall health, fitness, and wellbeing.

Our team, where job titles and hierarchy are meaningless, is comprised of intelligent and innovative talent who work collaboratively to ensure creativity, success, and global growth.

Vital Proteins seeks to develop and support the right people, with the right chemistry, who continually ask questions, and in turn will develop and tactically execute good ideas.

We are looking for individuals to help us think smarter and put a lot of ideas on the table in a short amount of time.

Building a great company is our goal. Quality individuals and getting the team right is our business plan.


What you do:
Coordinates purchasing responsibilities for Maintenance and Engineering functions and reporting/tracking of purchasing activities.

What you will be responsible for:

• MRO (Maintenance, Repairs & Operating Supplies) and Capital Purchasing.
• Manage blocked/parked invoices to ensure timely payment to vendors.
• Facilitate contracts and maintain contract files.
• Handle purchasing discrepancies with Suppliers and Requisitions.
• Manages GR/IR Report and coordinate corrections for discrepancies.
• Budget Tracking and Developing

MRO and nonproportional for engineering and maintenance.

• Maintains vendor files (competitive bidding documents, maintenance contracts, and special purchasing).
• Update monthly conformance reports (PO after IR, over 20k, etc.)
• Follow factory safety & environmental objectives & targets

Who you are:

• Associate degree in Business Administration or related field OR 5+ years of experience in lieu of a degree
• 5+ years experience with purchasing, budgeting, and financial responsibilities.
• Sources and carries out new vendor qualification activities
• Negotiates with vendors to secure the best pricing, payments, and shipping terms.
• SAP computer experience strongly preferred.
• Must be able to read, write and understand English
• Detailed oriented

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At Vital Proteins, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

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