Procurement Specialist

Hausbeck Pickle Company’s mission is to produce amp; deliver the highest quality food products with enthusiasm amp; integrity while striving for win-win partnerships with our customers and suppliers.

Hausbeck Pickle Company is now an employee-owned company (ESOP). While Hausbeck Pickle Company has always been a family-oriented environment, establishing an ESOP is a way to honor employees for their stellar work and empower and reward them through shared equity for striving towards an even higher goal.

Please consider joining a team whose vision is to share the FUN, FLAVOR amp; FREEDOM of our food products with everyone, making the world a tastier place!

Job Summary

The Procurement Specialist is responsible for managing the purchasing of materials, ingredients, packaging, supplies, equipment, and services necessary to support Hausbeck Pickle amp; Pepper's manufacturing and business operations. This position ensures that materials are purchased at competitive costs, meet established quality standards, and are available when needed to support production and customer requirements. This position also develops and maintains strong supplier relationships, monitors inventory and purchasing requirements, coordinates delivery schedules, resolves purchasing and supplier issues, and works closely with Production, Warehouse, Quality, Maintenance, Finance, and Supply Chain to ensure an efficient and cost-effective procurement process.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Purchasing amp; Procurement

· Manage all aspects of sourcing strategy, including contracting and negotiation decisions, in order to continuously improve product quality and profitability for the company.

· Review inventory levels, production requirements, purchase requisitions, and material requirements to determine purchasing needs.

· Create and issue purchase orders for ingredients, raw materials, packaging materials, supplies, parts, equipment, and services.

· Monitor open purchase orders and follow up with suppliers to ensure materials arrive on time.

· Maintain appropriate inventory levels while minimizing excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory.

· Obtain and evaluate quotes from suppliers and negotiate pricing, payment terms, lead times, freight, and other purchasing conditions.

· Identify opportunities to reduce costs while maintaining required quality and service levels.

· Ensure purchases are made in accordance with company policies, approved suppliers, specifications, and authorization requirements.

· Research alternative suppliers and products when appropriate to improve cost, quality, availability, or service.

· Assist with annual and periodic supplier pricing negotiations.

· Monitor ERP-generated purchasing recommendations, material requirements, reorder points, and inventory levels to support timely purchasing decisions.

· Utilize ERP reporting and analytics to monitor purchasing activity, inventory levels, supplier performance, spending, cost variances, and other key procurement metrics.

· Frequent travel may be required.

Supplier Management

· Establish and maintain professional relationships with vendors and suppliers.

· Monitor supplier performance related to pricing, quality, delivery, responsiveness, and service.

· Communicate supplier expectations and address issues affecting production or company operations.

· Work with Quality and other departments to address supplier quality issues and corrective actions.

· Assist in evaluating and qualifying new suppliers.

· Maintain accurate supplier information, pricing, lead times, minimum order quantities, and other purchasing data.

· Communicate changes in supplier pricing, availability, lead times, or specifications to appropriate departments.

Cost Control amp; Financial Responsibilities

· Monitor material and purchasing costs and identify cost-saving opportunities.

· Maintain accurate purchase order and pricing information.

· Assist Finance with invoice discrepancies, pricing discrepancies, and vendor payment issues.

· Review purchasing trends and provide information to management regarding significant price changes or market conditions.

· Assist with budget development and monitoring related to purchased materials and supplies.

· Track and report purchasing savings and cost-avoidance opportunities when applicable.

· Perform all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

· 3 years in sourcing management role, preferably in an agricultural environment.

· Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience with a focus in agricultural business management or supply chain management.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

· Possess strong negotiating skills, having the ability to negotiate successful contracts.

· Experience using an ERP system to manage purchasing, inventory, material requirements, purchase orders, supplier information, receiving, and procurement-related reporting.

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

· Create and foster a team environment with co-workers and subordinates.

· Thorough knowledge of produce markets and supply chain dynamics.

· Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities.

· Problem analysis and resolution at both a strategic and functional level.

· Excellent computer skills and proficient in MS Excel.

· Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the supply chain.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Able to work 40 hours per week and up to 7 days a week.
• Able to walk distances through the facility.
• Able to occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.
• Able to twist/bend occasionally.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy:

Hausbeck Pickle Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.https://hausbeck.com/