Job Title
Purchasing & Logistics Specialist
Company Name
Lily’s Toaster Grills
Company Website
Industry
Consumer Goods, CPG
Manufacturing
Company Overview
Early-stage, high-growth packaged food manufacturer of frozen grilled cheese sandwiches prepared hot and crispy from your toaster
Company Description
Lily’s Toaster Grills produces and distributes a range of frozen sandwiches to grocery stores in the US. We are a fully integrated consumer packaged food company that has in-house manufacturing, marketing, sales, R&D, engineering, and QA capabilities. Our vision is to spread goodness with every sandwich and everything we do. Our products are exclusive (patented) and deliver a combination of homemade quality, great taste, convenience, and value. We are growing rapidly and moving quickly to expand our distribution base and product offerings. Our company needs highly motivated and experienced team members to help the team and the company grow.
Full Job Description
Position summary
As purchasing and logistics specialist, you will be responsible for the strategic sourcing of raw materials, ingredients, packaging, and consumables, managing inventory, and optimizing inbound and outbound logistics. This is a unique opportunity for the right candidate to join our fast-paced, expanding operation at a time where there are significant personal and professional growth opportunities.
Primary responsibilities
1. Lead, direct, and continuously improve purchasing activities
- Develop, lead, and execute purchasing strategies
- Maintain a robust vendor matrix for all major raw material and ingredient suppliers
- Develop cost forecasts and scenarios based on historical market trends, benchmarks, inputs from suppliers to determine optimal purchasing strategy
- Craft strategies to drive effective supplier negotiations
- Track and report relevant metrics to optimize supplier cost, quality, and reliability
- Leverage the same data and metrics to partner with suppliers to support their performance improvement
- Assess, manage, and mitigate supplier risk
- Maintain all supplier requirements documentation as required by regulation
- Optimize raw material and ingredient inventory based on production schedules and supplier lead times while balancing risks and working capital requirements
- Execute purchasing process by issuing purchase orders, reconciling purchase orders against receiving documents and supplier invoices, and keeping track of credits and refunds
- Manage raw material documentation for traceability purposes
2. Inventory management
- Maintain real-time records of all inventory on hand
- Develop analytical approach and supporting processes/systems to trigger when new raw materials and ingredients need to be ordered
3. Inbound & outbound logistics
- Evaluate, on an ongoing basis, the most cost-effective and reliable shipping option for each inbound customer order
- Identify logistics partners to ship Lily’s finished products to customers
- Orchestrate all outbound final goods shipment activity by coordinating between warehousing partners, transportation providers, and end customers to ensure goods received on time and in full and without complication
Skills/Qualifications/Education:
- 2-5 years experience in purchasing and/or logistics
- B.A. degree required; degree or certification in relevant areas (i.e., supply chain) preferred
- Entrepreneurial and excited to be a part of building a great packaged food business
- Experience in packaged food preferred
- Interest in evaluating market dynamics and strategy development
- Effective negotiation skills
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to gather, analyze, and report data to improve decision making
- Highly structured and planful
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Positive, friendly, get things done attitude while still having fun!
- Willing and able to wear “different hats”
Location
Denver, CO
Job Function
Customer Service/Experience/Success
Supply Chain, Logistics, Purchasing
Job Level
Staff Level or Junior Level
Application Deadline
No Deadline Provided
Circle City
Denver-Boulder Metro Area
Compensation & Benefits
Starting annual salary between $55,000-75,000 depending on experience and capabilities.
How to Apply
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