The Buyer & Logistics Coordinator is responsible for maintaining optimal inventory levels, sourcing new products, developing reliable supplier relationships, and coordinating product logistics for Nature's World.
The primary objective of this position is to ensure consistent product availability while minimizing excess inventory, controlling costs, and supporting sales growth. This role requires proactive inventory planning, strong vendor relationships, and effective coordination with sales, production, and warehouse operations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintain appropriate inventory levels to prevent out-of-stocks and excess inventory.
- Monitor sales movement, inventory trends, and lead times to forecast purchasing needs.
- Establish reorder points and proactively address potential shortages.
- Coordinate purchasing with sales forecasts, promotions, and production needs.
- Minimize aging, short-dated, and obsolete inventory.
- Identify and source new products based on customer demand and market opportunities.
- Evaluate product quality, pricing, availability, and minimum order quantities.
- Negotiate competitive costs and purchasing terms.
- Collaborate with sales and management on new product opportunities.
- Identify and qualify alternate suppliers to improve product availability and pricing.
- Develop backup suppliers for key products to reduce supply chain risks.
- Regularly evaluate vendor pricing, quality, lead times, and reliability.
- Maintain strong supplier relationships and negotiate favorable terms.
- Manage purchase orders, inbound freight, and delivery schedules.
- Coordinate with vendors, warehouse, and production teams to ensure timely deliveries.
- Resolve shipment delays, shortages, and discrepancies.
- Identify opportunities to reduce freight and purchasing costs.
- Communicate inventory concerns and supply updates to management.
- 3–5+ years of purchasing, procurement, or category management experience.
- Proven success sourcing new products and alternative suppliers that improve cost, quality, availability, or margin.
- Demonstrated ability to develop strong new supplier relationships and expand sourcing options.
- Track record of negotiating improved pricing, terms, programs, and service levels.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to use sales, margin, inventory, and market data to drive purchasing decisions.
- Experience with forecasting, inventory management, replenishment, and vendor performance.
- Proactive, results-oriented approach with a focus on continuous improvement and challenging existing sourcing strategies.
- Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
- Food distribution, fresh produce, or food manufacturing experience preferred.
- Proficiency in Excel and ERP/purchasing systems.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
All job offers for this position are contingent upon passing a criminal background check after a conditional offer of employment. No applicants will be disqualified based on the mere presence of criminal history, and an individualized assessment shall be conducted before any conditional offer of employment is revoked.
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This is a safety-sensitive position.
This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.
We do not provide H1-B sponsorships at this time.
Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.
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