Associate Buyer

Associate Buyer

Curaleaf is a leading vertically integrated medical and wellness cannabis operator in the United States. Curaleaf is committed to being the industry’s leading resource in education and advancement through research and advocacy. Curaleaf leverages its extensive research and development capabilities to distribute cannabis products in multiple formats with the highest standard for safety, effectiveness, consistent quality and customer care. We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate, operations professional to join our company as a Buyer.

Job Description

As the Associate Buyer you will be accountable for the planning, inventory management, and procurement within the production operation. The role will work both internally and externally to ensure that all elements of these inputs are covered in order to maintain efficient operation throughout the supply chain and maintain all stock levels supporting the facility’s needs. This position is responsible for sourcing, purchasing, planning and scheduling the movement of packaging materials, parts, services, supplies, finished goods and related materials through the production and inventory process. This includes placing orders, forecasting sales, reviewing invoices, reconciling accounts, and identifying new opportunities as they arise. You must work with vendors consistently to build strong relationships, resulting in lasting partnerships and favorable deals for the operation.

Responsibilities:

• Generate PO’s to and build and maintain strong business relationships with third party vendors
• Negotiate strong and lasting partnerships and contracts with vendors
• Identify and recommend business opportunities with a multitude of account options
• Negotiate pricing and terms of business inputs
• Planning, forecasting and purchasing in order to manage inventory levels and maximize service to the customer while hitting inventory level and working capital targets
• Manage Purchasing of all inbound excipients and components (both hardware and packaging) needed for continuous production across all product lines
• Sourcing third party and wholesale products as required to enhance product portfolio
• Working closely with the finance and operations teams across all OPEX and CAPEX needs
• Assisting in hitting working capital target by achieving target stock levels, inventory turns and service levels
• Continuously improving performance standards and processes in conjunction with the site and departmental goals
• Identifying project opportunities within the site or across the business removing organizational barriers to deliver continuous improvement
• Analyze data and forecast requirements with vendors as well as maintain safety stocks
• Set-up, plan, and coordinate with vendors for accountable service and negotiate with suppliers as required
• Coordinating the receipt and shipping of all goods to maintain service metrics
• Track and trace freight and inbound deliveries
• Maintain and create detailed reports
• Responsible for general administrative functions
• Data Entry and Reporting within Supply Chain for the entire site
• Proactively taking part in departmental meetings to ensure up to date communication is provided to the team
• Other duties as required/needed to meet goals of the company

Compliance:

• Ensure supply chain operation is fully compliant with state regulations and federal and state law
• Assure that all operations adhere to business and industry license requirements
• Maintaining strict inventory records of all materials, chemicals and equipment used in the operation and document activities by completing forms, reports, logs and records as required
• Ensuring all departmental data is accurate and audit ready
• Utilize only State approved excipients and packaging
• Work with QA on new inputs for approval with the State Regulators

Job requirements:

• You will be required show proficiency with computer applications
• Ability to stand and work for extended periods and able to lift and carry up to 50

Employment requirements:

• Excellent attendance and punctuality
• Hard worker and team player
• Must understand and follow rules, regulations, policies, and procedures set forth by the state and company
• Show skills in identifying and analyzing potential problems
• Maintain a clean and organized work environment
• Physical aptitude and health necessary to perform manual labor tasks required for the proper management inventory and understating of storage requirements
• Display accountability, proactive behavior, and strong attention to detail

Job Skills and Abilities:

• You will need to have strong service and quality focus; address issues effectively when problems arise and take initiative to understand root cause, then communicate / education team in a timely manner.
• You will regard safety as a core value; serve as role model for other employees and encourage adherence to safety practices, policies and procedures. 
• Develop and use systems and/or methods to organize and keep track of information or work progress
• Has a strong sense of urgency about solving problems and completing work
• Able to identify actions necessary to achieve task completion and to obtain results
• Able to meet schedules, deadlines, and performance goals
• Checks the accuracy of own and others’ work and acts to verify information
• Develops and uses systems and/or methods to organize and keep track of information or work progress
• Effectively applies technical knowledge to solve a range of problems
• Remains calm under stress and can effectively handle several problems or tasks at once
• Diligently attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing tasks
• Performs tasks with care, is thorough, makes few if any errors
• Behaves professionally and supportively when working with others