Inventory Replenishment Coordinator
Coordinates inventory replenishment activities with suppliers, sales, logistics and operations for assigned categories.
What you'll do :
- Place purchase orders with vendors utilizing an awareness of seasonal fluctuations, market effects and other information that require a high attention to detail to avoid spoilage, overstocks, and shortages.
- Manage and maintain the entire Purchase-to-Pay process, covering :
- PO Creation
- Vendor Confirmation
- Accurate expected delivery date updates
- Collaboration with Accounts Payable to ensure payment
- Maintain Purchasing system data to effectively generate suggested POs.
- Maintain necessary required vendor documents (electronic and physical), such as W-9's, Indemnities, etc.
- Work closely with :
- Vendors to ensure POs are filled and delivered in a timely fashion.
- Vendors to manage FDA issues.
- Logistics to minimize freight expenses.
- Sales Managers to manage out-of-stock or over-stock risks.
- Customer Service teams to enable sales order growth.
- Buyers to build upon best-practices.
- Build and maintain vendor relationships to not only support PO fulfillment, but also negotiate volume discounts and price breaks wherever possible.
- Manage Fusion system issues that impact Purchasing and Receiving.
- Maintain BFC dating system to minimize close dated issues and Expired product impact.
About you :
5+ years buying experience with a focus on Specialty Food Products for a multi-unit Distribution Organization.Bachelor's degree from accredited four-year college or university preferred.Previous food service distribution and / or food importing experience strongly preferred.Commodity product awareness including blanket commitments, contractual processes, and appropriate market tracking.Advanced Excel Skill and additional Computer skills (JDE, Microsoft Suite Word and PowerPoint, etc.)Must have a sense of urgency and be able to work under pressure, be comfortable in a fast-paced, metrics-driven environment.Flexible with the ability to work well with all departments and levels of staff both internally & externally.Professional demeanor during all interactions with vendors, customers and fellow employees via phone or in-person.Have a drive to advance within the organization.Must be a team player with a positive attitude.Excellent verbal / written communication skills and a high level of analytical capabilities within Excel.Self-starter, professional, goal oriented and able to handle multiple tasks.