Purchasing Category Manager

7 days ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States Conexus Food Solutions Full time
Job Title: Purchasing Category Manager (Food Industry)

**About Us:**
Conexus Food Solutions is a leading provider of food services to the Asian market. With a strong presence in Chicago and distribution centers across the US, we offer a diverse range of ethnic cuisines to our clients.

**Estimated Salary:** $80,000 - $110,000 per year

**Job Description:**
This role involves utilizing category expertise and vendor knowledge to manage inventory levels for assigned items, suppliers, and categories while maintaining service level targets for customers across multiple distribution centers. Key responsibilities include delivering forecast accuracy, collaborating with logistics operations, category management, markets, and suppliers to understand supply chain opportunities, and managing successful relationships with product and transportation providers/suppliers.

**Key Responsibilities:**
- Deliver on KPIs for desk-specific goals such as Service Level, Days-Inventory-On-Hand (DIOH), Excess and Obsolete Inventory (E&O), Spoilage, and freight income.
- Proactively review projected out-of-stock reports daily.
- Create efficient purchase orders with suppliers by analyzing economic order quantities, forecasts, lead times, vendor set-up, safety stock, etc.
- Communicate closely with cross-functional partners to capture seasonal trends and events in the business as well as drive profitability with accurate costs.
- Partner appropriately with product/category management teams to maintain supplier relationships and proper accountability.
- Evaluate inbound volume and purchase history to collaborate with warehouse operations on efficient receiving practices; Review or calculate item costs and sign to confirm them.
- Confirm all purchase orders accurately using vendor confirmation as well as verifying this cost using the loaded vendor price list.
- Clear any costing discrepancies between received POs and vendor invoices.
- Assist Import Clerks to follow up on FDA/USDA status.
- Work with vendors to reconcile any discrepancies to achieve PO cost accuracy % on the buyer's KPI scorecard.
- Review all daily cost exception reports and take appropriate action to ensure all costing data is accurate and up-to-date.
- Coach and be the go-to person for junior Product Specialists on day-to-day functions.
- Other duties assigned by supervisors.

**Requirements:**
- Minimum 1-5 years of purchasing and/or related work in procurement or logistics fields, produce experience preferred. Prior purchasing and/or logistics environment experience working in large fast-paced foodservice strongly desired.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, excellent analytical skills, demonstrate a keen attention to detail, strong interpersonal skills, able to communicate with vendors and cross-functional partners.
- Knowledge of freight concepts and vendor pricing preferred.
- Must be able to manage successful relationships with product and transportation providers/suppliers.
- MS Office proficiency including Word, Outlook, Excel required.

**Note:** Conexus Food Solutions does not provide sponsorship for employment visa status.
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