Senior Procurement Specialist

About us

We make a web-based inventory and purchasing system used by independent restaurants, breweries and small food manufacturers. Most engineers work remotely and come into the office one week a quarter for planning.

What this job is

We are backfilling a position after an internal move. We need a buyer who pushes back on price increases with data and keeps the production schedule fed. You can work from home anywhere in the US. We have no office requirement. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Day to day

• Qualify new suppliers with quality and finance.
• Run RFQs and RFPs and compare bids on total cost.
• Coordinate returns and supplier corrective actions with quality.
• Review supplier price increase requests against commodity indexes.
• Track supplier performance on delivery, quality and cost.

Requirements

• 5+ years of purchasing or procurement experience.
• Comfortable pushing suppliers on dates and price.
• Strong negotiation skills, with examples of savings you delivered.
• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Working knowledge of contracts, Incoterms and payment terms.
• Advanced Excel for bid comparisons and spend analysis.

Preferred qualifications

• Import and customs knowledge.
• Spend analytics in Power BI.

What we offer

Compensation: $94,000-$114,000 per year

• Health insurance.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Three weeks of PTO to start.
• Cell phone reimbursement.
• Dental insurance.
• Employee assistance program.

Start: Within 30 days.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Pinecrest Apps.