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About the Company
Yay is out to fundamentally change school food for the better. We are a school food marketplace, connecting schools to wonderful local foodmakers within their own communities to get fresher, healthier, more delicious and more diverse food to kids everyday.
Since launching a pilot in Spring 2018, we have expanded and evolved, now serving multiple markets from Chicago to Connecticut. We have aggressive growth plans backed by experienced venture capital partners, and we are excited about bringing school lunch up to a modern standard.
About the Opportunity
The Yay Company’s Procurement Lead is a remote position and is a direct report to the Director of Merchandising. They will work to maintain and improve a centralized procurement process for all current inventory and assets on hand across our Full Service and Grab Go schools. They will maintain a clear understanding of current assets and work cross functionally to further develop a plan on core inventory items and procurement process.
The Procurement Lead will work cross-functionally across almost all departments of Yay. Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills will be critical for success.
About the Position
As the Procurement Lead, you will be responsible for the management of sourcing all products and supplies for the company. You will have oversight on our CPG product line. You will be responsible for improving our buying strategy, identification of vendors, and negotiating costing. You will work with the cafe leads at each school as well as your cross-functional team members (executive team, finance, operations, merchandising, marketing) to build out processes to track inventory, costing, and business needs. Our business is built on strong relationships and strong margins, making price negotiation and gross margin management as critical to the success of this role as selecting the right food partners to work with.
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Full Time
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$117k-151k (estimate)
05/03/2024
07/01/2024
damntheman.net
Jackson, MS
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Banking