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Daisy Brand Purchasing Buyer in Dallas, Texas
Purchasing Buyer
Job Details
Job Location
Dallas - Main Office - Dallas, TX
Description
PURPOSE
ThePurchasing Buyerreports to the Purchasing Manager and supports the organization by developing and executing inventory management strategies, creating reports, tracking metrics to reduce expenses while increasing plant efficiencies, and managing vendors for four manufacturing facilities.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES :
Develop reports for use in strategic planning and expense tracking
Ensure materials offer optimal machine and line efficiencies at the plant level
Create and review short and long-term forecasts with Suppliers
Lead cross functional teams through critical inventory discussions
Develop and execute material transition strategies
Develop tools to aid in maintaining and reporting inventory levels
Issuing, tracking and updating purchase orders for materials
Lead both internal and supplier business reviews
Maintenance of ERP system to ensure accuracy
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Buyer controls inventory across multiple categories of goods utilized to produce Daisy Brand products. These categories include, but are not limited to packaging materials, ingredients, and chemicals. This position leads cross functional participants through critical inventory discussion ensuring organization alignment based on supplier capabilities, capacities, pricing and most importantly efficiencies within Daisy Brand production plants.
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics or Business Administration preferred
5+ years experience in Purchasing or Supply Chain
Experience with PowerBI preferred
EXPECTED SKILLS
Ability to build strong working relationships
Experience working within an ERP System
Experience creating reports
Understanding of Purchase to Pay Process
Understand Enterprise business relationships and how role impacts others
Ability to develop and implement a well-thought-out sourcing and inventory control strategy
Experience with advanced Microsoft Excel functionality
Logical thinking processes and problem solving expertise
Ability to travel up to 20% depending on project requirements
Company Overview
For five generations spanning over a century, Daisy Brand has been a family-owned company committed to providing the freshest, most wholesome dairy products. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas with manufacturing facilities in Garland, Texas (1998), Casa Grande, Arizona (2008), and Wooster, Ohio (2015).
Daisy is the market leader in two billion-dollar categories, sour cream and cottage cheese, and generates over half a billion in revenues annually. Daisy Sour Cream represents 1 out of every 2 sour cream purchases in the United States and is the largest sour cream brand in food service, military, and club. It is recognized by consumers for A Dollop of Daisy, a tagline that put this once small brand on the map. Daisy Cottage Cheese is Americas #1 cottage cheese brand and continues to bring new consumers into the category with its innovative single serve packaging and consistent high quality. Daisy recently expanded into a new category with the launch of two dip products and is in the process of expanding distribution.
Daisy's core values, Clean and Trust, resonate in all aspects of our business operations. In 2008, the Foundation for Financial Service Professionals awarded Daisy the prestigious American Business Ethics award.
While maintaining a strong culture of curious and innovative problem-solvers, Daisy Brand has more than doubled employment over the last 15 years and is continuing to grow. Currently, we are proud to employ over 650 full-time staff across more than 25 states throughout the United States.
At Daisy Brand, we value longevity and aim to foster a working environment where employees can envision a long-term career. Companywide, the average employee tenure stands at over seven years. Our corporate office and sales team each boast an average tenure exceeding eleven years, while our manufacturing facilities also demonstrate strong employee retention with tenures averaging over seven years.
Daisy Brand offers an industry leading benefits package that includes:
A no-deductible, $0 premium option for employee-only health coverage.
401(k) with 50% company match on first 8% of earnings you contribute.
Safe harbor and profit-sharing company contributions to 401(k).
Company paid short- and long-term disability coverage.
Company paid 2X annual salary life and AD&D insurance.
4 weeks annual paid time off.
20 floating holiday hours and 6 company paid holidays.
Extra time off for volunteering.
Tuition reimbursement.
Fitness membership reimbursement.
And more
Daisy Brand is a nicotine-free company. Daisy Brand is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans and disabled encouraged to apply.