Purchaser/Planner

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. 

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• 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. 

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.

COMPETENCIES AND ATTRIBUTES:

• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment. Must be agile and willing to react quickly to troubleshoot issues.
• Strong communication skills both spoken and written are required

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At Sunrise Farms we are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or any other identifying characteristic are encouraged to apply.

Please note that the expected new hire salary range provided is derived from a group of like roles within Sunrise Farms. The final offer amount for this role will be dependent on geographical region, applicable experience, and skillset of the candidate.