Regional Buyer Jobs

The Regional Buyer is responsible for purchasing all items for their region and category. They are responsible for managing supplier relationships, determining order quantities, ensuring all products arrive in a timely manner and meet quality expectations, as well as working to improve purchasing KPIs. 

Procurement:

• Manage ordering process for multiple facilities across menu cycles by balancing lead times, forecast variability, and multiple purchase orders
• Utilize Home Chef ERP system to cut purchase orders and track in-house inventory
• Manage product yields and forecast variability while adjusting product quantities as needed
• Place timely, accurate orders with Home Chef vendors and/or source product locally
• Reduce excess over orders by tracking product starting inventory and cutting orders as needed
• Review product yields and over orders on a weekly basis and make adjustments as needed
• Balance production schedule with product perishability to determine best product delivery date
• Work regularly in excel to determine purchase quantities
• Work cross functionally with quality and production teams daily
• Balance food costs with product quality by sourcing product from vendors that can meet Home Chef’s delivery dates and quality expectations
• Quickly source product and resolve problems in a timely manner related to inventory, product quality, and yields

Vendor Management:

• Be knowledgeable on pricing differences week over week, and work with vendors to resolve issues as needed
• Onboard new vendors by reviewing Home Chef ordering model and product specifications
• Document any vendor concerns and work with supply chain managers to resolve as needed
• Regularly communicate with Home Chef vendors to ensure on-time delivery and quality ingredients
• Balance vendor expectations with Home Chef expectations to ensure on-time deliveries
• Ensure vendors are meeting product specifications and communicate necessary changes
• Work with vendors to return excess product

Improve Purchasing Function Accuracy:

• Work to determine root cause for shortages/overages and put action plans in place as needed
• Attend and prepare for weekly purchasing KPI meetings

Promoting and Upholding Employee Safety and Food Safety Procedures:

• Drives and adheres to the Behavioral Safety Observations and holds all direct reports accountable for following guidelines
• Supports and participates in all emergency activities mandated by the Company
• Starts and leads meetings with safety call outs and incidents needing reviewing
• Keeps safety in forefront of all business decisions made and holds all direct reports accountable for ensuring safe execution of daily activities
• Actively participates and holds all direct reports accountable in Incident investigations and Incident Review Board meetings.  Assist with all reports on Root Cause analysis as needed. Follow up on Corrective Actions
• Knows, understands and supports the Home Chef’s Cardinal Violations of Safety
• Support the efforts of the company to maintain our food safety system (SQF) and quality programs
• Supports Home Chef’s Safety Goals and is directly accountable for injury rates at the facility
• Share safety KPIs with staff
• Adheres to the compliance training and safety team’s commitment by allowing associates to attend their respectives mandatory training and voluntary meetings
• Assures all departmental related training are  being completed and accurate

This position requires up to 40% travel. 

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, ability and/or other characteristics needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• Above average experience in Excel
• 3+ years of experience as a buyer
• Experience with an ERP system preferred
• Ability to problem solve and balance priorities in a fast paced environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Completion of a four-year degree program in a related field

Salary Range: $70,000 - $78,000