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Food Ingredient Buyer

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?

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.

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 5 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 5 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)
• Super-user skills working with GloryBee systems is preferred
• Ability to effectively give and take directions as needed. Demonstrated problem solving ability
• Keeps up to date technically and can apply new knowledge to job
• Ability to travel (international and domestic) as needed to attend trade shows and conduct supplier site visits (0 40% of the time)
• Possesses excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as ability to take initiative, plan, and execute tasks independently. Has ability to communicate concerns and escalate decision making to appropriate level of the organization
• Can manage conflict across functional and corporate boundaries; effective problem solver
• Has strong team-building skills, developing collaborative relationships internally and externally and able to influence others with or without direct authority and perform negotiations. Model 'best in class' behaviors with focus on safety, quality, and sustainability
• Possesses excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with capability to process large amounts of data to drive business strategies and decisions; finding pragmatic/simple solutions to complex problems
• Has good Supply Chain Analytics knowledge, such as Demand Forecasting, Network Flow Modeling, Network Analysis and Optimization, Routing and Distribution Analysis, etc.

Dynamic, forward thinking company that is passionate about healthy living, sustainability and quality, natural ingredients and products

Rewards and recognition for superior performance

Collaborative environment fostering teamwork and accountability

Opportunity to work for a company that positively impacts people's lives

Exceptional benefits program including medical, dental and vision, along with healthy living reimbursements, generous 401(k) match, competitive paid time off and liberal holiday schedules

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