Senior Buyer - Novi, United States - Brightpath Associates LLC

Description

Job Description

Are you hungry for a fast-paced, purchasing negotiator, and team-oriented food buyer position? Would your negotiating skills give politicians a run for their money? Have you ever been commended for your culinary ingenuity? We are a company that love innovation and question status quo. And yes we like to have fun too

Your essential duties:

• Source, Identify, evaluate, and present new vendor and item options.
• Build and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with suppliers and manage supplier performance
• Develop and implement sourcing strategies that align with the company's objectives. This includes analyzing market trends, understanding the supply market, and identify potential cost-saving opportunities
• Identify, develop, negotiate and manage new and existing exclusive vendor contracts
• Ensure that products meet quality and specification, delivered on time, and within budget.
• Manage the procurement process from the initial requisition to the final purchase.
• Ensure that the products purchased meet certain standards of quality and compliance. Work closely with the quality control department to address any issues with supplier products.

You must have:

• Bachelors degree Supply Chain, Procurement or related field highly preferred. Equivalent work experience and applicable certifications may be considered as well (Military, APICS, CPM, etc..
• Minimum 5+ years purchasing experience preferred with 2+ years of food service experience.
• Superior Negotiation skills with experience in pricing and contract negotiation.
• Strong math skills required with the ability to understand and calculate food conversions and advanced math formulas
• Superior Microsoft Office skills, ability to perform VLOOKUPs & pivot tables, text to columns, general understanding of formulas
• Expert communication skills. Active listener with the ability to communicate both written and verbally in a clear, concise and professional manner internally and externally via telephone, email, and video conferencing.
• Solid professional business writing skills
• Travel Required - up to one week a month including trade shows, vendor visits, etc,
• Expert organizational skills with the ability to effectively prioritize multiple projects while delegate tasks and using technology to stay organized.
• Provide clear feedback and coaching to others.
• Excellent logical analysis, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Be Innovative providing win-win options to get deals done
• Sales experience a bonus Helpful but not required.

We love when our team members are happy and healthy At our client company, you'll have the following benefits and perks:

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision care insurance
• Group life & voluntary life insurance
• 401(k) savings plan
• Flexible savings plan
• Short-term & long-term disability
• PTO & PTO buy up
• Tuition reimbursement
• Wellness reimbursement