Purchaser/Planner

at  Sunrise Farms

Grand River Foods is a leading food solutions company serving customers in the North American grocery and food service industry. As a member of the Sunrise Farm family, we remain as dedicated as ever to both providing a quality work environment for our employees, as well as producing only the highest quality products for our customers. We are known for the great care we take with clients and employees alike.
Position Summary: The ideal candidate will have previous experience in a purchasing/supply chain role, or alternatively plant/production knowledge experience.
PRIORITY: Purchasing of ingredients and packaging items to meet production schedule requirements.

REQUIRED SKILL, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma with some exposure/ education in Supply Chain or Business
• Completion or Enrollment in Supply Chain Management courses would be an asset.
• Previous Purchasing strongly desired.

• Determine daily, weekly, monthly usages of ingredients and packaging supplies and create purchase orders using MRP System.
• Accurately follows all company purchasing policy requirements with clarity, accuracy and completeness, from purchase order creation and throughout the accounts payables process.
• Manage existing vendor relationships by monitoring, controlling, analyzing and optimizing inventory and consumption of supplies.
• Expediting and follow up on orders ensuring materials are shipped and delivered on promised dates, and able to resolve situations such as delivery timing conflicts.
• Participates with Production Schedule process and stakeholders, updates all committed shipments and ETA’s with direct team and shared stakeholders
• Supports inventory (on site, third party) logistics management team and process as needed, communicates regularly regarding updates to usage, damage, launch and in-process relaunch activities with greater team perpetually.
• Provide regular updates to plant leadership (as needed) regarding backorders, aging reports, and liabilities.