Procurement Manager
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GardenCore is seeking a Procurement Manager for the Northeast Region. The Procurement Manager will provide leadership by establishing and executing a coherent procurement strategy that is consistent with the company’s culture, strategic business objectives and continuous improvement / cost management efforts.
Job Location:
This is a remote role based out of New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts or Maine.
Job Responsibilities:
- Assist in monitoring inventory levels and securing vendors for raw materials including but not limited to: Soil Products, Amendments, Wood Products
- Work closely with production forecasting to proactively procure materials
- Help develop, plan, and execute purchasing plans for responsible plants
- Communicate plan with key players at each responsible plant
- Establish/Maintain relationships with key plant personnel & key suppliers
- Gather & share pertinent market intel for related markets to raw materials
- Analyze, extrapolate, and understand cost fluctuations and how they affect bills of material and the bottom line
- Identify procurement synergies between regional plants
- Identify opportunities for cost savings at assigned plants or as required
- Negotiate pricing for current and new materials
- Identify new potential vendors for freight, pallets, raw materials
- Complete analysis vs current to determine viability and cost effectiveness of new vendors, alternate products, and new vendors
- Assist in entering various POs
- Support various procurement initiatives as a support person regionally & nationally where applicable
- Help develop best practices, apply, execute, document, and communicate
- Assist in procuring and executing goods and services as assigned
- Responsible for multi-state procurement in the Northeast