Procurement Associate

Founded in 2013 Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online at in retail at more than 2100 Kroger grocery stores Home Chef is committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple delicious meals no matter how busy they are.

In 2023 Home Chef introduced a new brand Tempo! Tempo features a rotating selection of ready-to-heat meals delivered directly to your door. These meals are better-for-you versions of familiar favorites designed to save you time and reduce stress while maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Our Tempo menu includes options that are protein-packed fiber-rich calorie and carb conscious keto-friendly and dietitian-approved.

Similar to our recipes we recognize that variety is the spice of life and therefore our employees also bring their uniqueness and color to our fantastic team. Were eager to work with humble team players and pragmatic next-level thinkers to innovate on Home Chefs offerings.

The Procurement Associate provides administrative and operational support to the Procurement team to ensure the accurate and timely flow of materials into Home Chef facilities. This role assists with purchase order management supplier communication data entry and reporting. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented highly organized and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where accuracy and follow-through are critical.

Detailed Responsibilities

Procurement Administration & Order Management

• Create issue and maintain purchase orders for food and packaging materials ensuring accuracy in quantities lead times and pricing.
• Track purchase order status and proactively communicate updates shipment delays or changes to internal stakeholders.
• Assist in managing the ordering process across multiple menu cycles by balancing supplier lead times and forecast variability.
• Research and collect supplier information including price quotations proposals and terms and conditions.
• Communicate with suppliers to confirm order details resolve basic issues such as delivery delays or invoice discrepancies and maintain positive working relationships.
• Work cross-functionally with Quality Production and Warehouse teams to address product quality issues aging inventory or supply interruptions.
• Balance production schedules with product perishability to recommend optimal delivery timing.
• Support buyers by updating product information maintaining supplier files and assisting with sourcing tasks as assigned.

Inventory & Supply Accuracy

Support regular inventory counts and reconciliation to maintain accurate stock data.

Data Integrity & Record-keeping

Cross-Functional & Administrative Support

This position requires up to 10% travel.

Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and / or ability needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

More About Us

Perks and benefits

How We Work Together

We are humble team players.

We are warm and gracious with team members and customers. We seek feedback to improve ourselves - and respectfully listen to and accept input.

We are pragmatic next-level thinkers.

We come up with novel and unique ideas. We explore new strategies to avoid being constrained by conventional thinking.

We take ownership.

We approach ambiguous problems prepared to dive in get curious and learn more. We are results-driven always challenging ourselves to exceed goals.

Be at Home at Home Chef

We all show up authentically at Home Chef. Our team includes individuals with a variety of identities backgrounds and perspectives. You can trust that youll be able to bring your whole self to an inclusive and enjoyable workplace.

We welcome people of all races colors religions national origin or ancestry sex (including sexual identity) age physical or mental disabilities pregnancy veteran or military status unfavorable discharge from military service genetic information sexual orientation marital status order of protection status citizenship status arrest record or expunged / sealed convictions or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal state or local law.

Home Chef is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment Home Chef will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment please contact our People team at .

Home Chef offers the base salary range as posted below with the exact offer depending on factors such as geographic location experience skills and internal equity. While compensation is within the provided range it is not typical for offers to be made at the upper addition to base salary Home Chef provides a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare coverage 401k match and paid time off.

Illinois Pay Range

$48000 - $58000 USD

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Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

Accounts Receivable,Apache,Conveyancing Paralegal,Gallery,HR Recruitment

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 48000 - 58000