Do you have experience with plant supplies and MRO?

Palermo's is looking for a Commodity Buyer with experience buying indirect materials.

Who you’ll work for…

While most companies that sell Pizza have no real connection to Italy, Palermo’s passion for food and family reaches all the way back to the country where Pizza was born. “Papa Palermo” carried the cherished recipes to America from Sicily!

Innovation is at the heart of who we are. We use an entrepreneurial, forward-thinking approach resulting in high quality products that are consistently recognized by both the industry and consumers.

Our commitment to quality has made Palermo’s a leader in private label frozen Pizza and contract manufacturing!

Perks…

• 20 free Pizzas per month
• Discounts on local event tickets
• 401k with company match
• Paid holidays plus a floating holiday
• Flexible work hours and dress for your day

Where you’ll work…

Located in Milwaukee’s Menomonee River Valley, Villa Palermo is a state-of-the industry manufacturing facility that adjoins our company headquarters.

Our high-tech pizza manufacturing operations include an on-site bakery to produce best-in-class crusts, robotic packaging equipment, and a 24-hour shipping and receiving facility.

Our Procurement team is a vital partner responsible for sourcing materials needed to keep the pizza lines running.

When you’ll work…

We are currently hiring an experienced Buyer of Indirect Materials to join our Procurement Team. Hours are primarily during 1st shift but may involve working with vendors outside of these hours.

What you’ll do…

Collaborate with customers and suppliers to ensure materials are sourced and in transit to fulfill requisitions and requirements.

Drive value by developing programs to optimize and centralize indirect purchases.

Define sourcing strategies for existing and new products including supplier managed inventory programs, negotiating prices, managing purchase orders, category plans, vendor resources, and managing spend.

Demonstrate ability develop and continually optimize inventory strategies for those materials to reduce and eliminate any obsolete materials/waste.

Why you’ll be successful…

Established as subject matter expert for your material categories.

Utilizing knowledge from your 4 years’ experience sourcing and contracting suppliers to maintain and build industry supplier relationships.

Organized and methodical approach to obtaining materials including securing the hard to find/limited quantity materials.

Team player with excellent communication skills ready to work hard to ensure the whole Palermo’s team succeeds.

How to join our team…

Let us learn a little more about how you'll fit on our team https://go.apply.ci/s/PALEF7E657