Inventory Buyer
Posted on 3/27/2023
INACTIVE
Odeko

51-200 employees

Food service stock management platform
Company Overview
Odeko's mission is to build a better food & beverage industry, and empower small businesses. Odeko looks to build smart systems that give their customers an edge by lowering costs and boosting margins.
Consumer Goods
Data & Analytics

Company Stage

Series D

Total Funding

$251.5M

Founded

2019

Headquarters

New York, New York

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

-12%

1 year growth

-10%

2 year growth

-10%
Locations
Remote
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Requirements
  • 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 suggest improvements to deliver cost savings, inventory reduction, or other benefits to the site
  • Supplier/ vendor relationship management experience
  • Ability to travel to warehouses in region infrequently, can otherwise work remotely
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 relationship 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
Desired Qualifications
  • 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