Food Ingredient Buyer

Job Description

Job Description

Who We Are :

GloryBee started with a dream of providing natural, healthy ingredients for the people of our community. We believe our company is a force for good by supplying True Source certified honey and other organic & Non-GMO ingredients to the food & beverage markets. We live our mission by providing high quality, ethically sourced ingredients that nourish people and the planet. We seek team members who have an affinity for natural ingredients, healthy living and genuine relationships. Our culture is very much that of a family; we are sustainable, we are stewards of the land and of the people, and we are committed to paving a way to a profitable future. Our vision is a healthy world where bees and people thrive. Won't you join us?

Your Contributions to the Team :

As the Food Ingredient Buyer you will successfully maintain and continuously improve demand management, purchasing and supplier coordination processes of your assigned food grade commodities while maintaining thorough market knowledge to control costs and mitigate risks. As such, you will develop strong supplier relationships globally, carrying out supplier prospecting, selection and qualification processes in addition to monitoring and reporting supplier performance. A typical day could entail issuing purchase orders, onboarding new suppliers, or coordinating cross-departmentally on aspects needed to source an item. This role has no direct reports and is based onsite at our Production Facility located at 1680 Irving Road Eugene OR. The typical work week is Monday Friday, with a negotiable 8 hour schedule aligned with company hours.

What We Are Looking For :

The Food Ingredient Buyer demonstrates technical mastery and leadership as to effectively maintain and continuously improve demand management, purchasing and supplier coordination processes. This position understands industry conditions and dynamics and acts proactively to create competitive advantage and / or mitigate risk.

The Food Ingredient Buyer is required to have at least 3 years of professional purchasing and / or supply chain management experience and demonstrated high level purchasing skills and knowledge for high value and complex product lines. Requires high level to super-user skills working with GloryBee systems.

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or related field (MBA preferred).
• Project Management certification / experience and Lean Six Sigma certification / experience preferred
• At least 3 years of professional purchasing and / or supply chain management experience
• Demonstrated high level purchasing skills and knowledge for high value and complex product lines
• Advanced MS Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); including pivot tables, charts and solver
• Able to effectively manage multiple projects concurrently, handle multi-task and meet deadlines in a fast-paced business environment
• Knowledge and skills to lead and / or support systems implementation / upgrade (such as ERP system, demand management Supplier or Customer Relationship Management, etc.), continuous development and special projects

ERP system and demand management software experience preferred (X3 and SIA in particular)

Why You Should Join the GloryBee Family :

We are tobacco and drug free (to include marijuana) at GloryBee.

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