[Hiring] Inventory Buyer @Odeko

Role Description

As an Inventory Buyer, dedicated to supporting multiple warehouses in our network, you will own procurement responsibilities including:

• Purchasing
• Forecasting
• Inventory management
• Purchase order management
• Vendor management of 3rd party service providers

You will provide procurement insights and align with the building leadership team as well as local sales teams to drive efficiencies and improvements at the site(s). This is a remote position with minimal travel; ideal candidates will be based in the DC metro area or Nashville, TN.

Main Responsibilities:

• In partnership with the Procurement Operations Manager, provide procurement operations support including:
  • Purchasing of inventory products
  • Inventory management
  • Non-inventory flow and space models
  • Cycle counts
  • Supplier management
  • Procurement transaction and expediting support
• Develop deep knowledge of inventory items and align with like buildings to drive best practices
• Manage KPIs like inventory shrink, out of stocks, inventory turns, new item creations, and gross profit margins
• Develop relationships across the building and network to ensure best practices are being shared and implemented
• Align with internal customers, Finance and Procurement Operations to understand budgetary targets by building and develop methods of measuring and defining savings, value and other category metrics
• Work in partnership both internally and with suppliers to develop innovative solutions to provide Procurement support to the Operations network
• Develop and implement ways to measure suppliers to drive continuous performance improvement

Qualifications

• 1-2+ years of experience in supply chain operations
• Strong analytics and mathematics background
• Supplier/vendor relationship management experience
• 3+ years’ experience using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and analytical platforms, including but not limited to the ability to analyze data using pivots and V-Lookups
• Experience understanding process flow and suggesting improvements to deliver cost savings, inventory reduction, or other benefits to the site
• Ability to travel to warehouses in region infrequently; can otherwise work remotely

Requirements

• NetSuite Experience
• Procurement experience preferred
• Must be highly self-motivated and customer-centric
• Ability to work with ambiguity
• Provide a positive customer experience internally and externally

Benefits

• Fast-paced environment and growth opportunities - plenty of room for you to directly impact the company and enhance your career!
• Competitive compensation, healthcare benefits, and opportunity for equity
• Other great perks - Full lists of benefits available upon request

Compensation

Compensation for this role is between $60,000 - $65,000.

Company Description

Odeko is the all-in-one operations and technology partner to more than 20,000 independent coffee shops, cafes and other food establishments.

Odeko is on a mission to continuously develop technology to champion your neighborhood cafes, coffee shops, and other independent F&B establishments.

The Odeko team is diverse, passionate, and innovative. Our 400+ employees are spread across numerous departments and business lines, but are single-minded in our mission to develop technology to support the many needs of our customers.

Odeko is proud to be a diverse, equitable, and inclusive employer. We encourage all to apply regardless of educational background, race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status.