Packaging Buyer

Holly Poultry has been providing poultry to the Baltimore area for more than 60 years. Today, Holly Poultry's geographic reach has expanded across the Mid-Atlantic and into the Northeast, selling to a wide variety of customers from small intercity grocery stores to national restaurant chains and food service distributors.

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We are currently hiring for: Packaging Buyer

As a Packaging Buyer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the timely procurement of packaging materials essential for manufacturing operations. You will collaborate with suppliers, internal stakeholders, and logistics teams to secure high-quality packaging materials at competitive prices, while also maintaining inventory levels to support production schedules.

Responsibilities:

• Procurement Strategy – Develop and execute procurement strategies for packaging materials in alignment with organizational goals, ensuring cost-effectiveness, quality, and reliability of supply.
• Supplier Management – Identify, evaluate, and manage relationships with packaging suppliers, negotiating contracts, pricing, and terms to optimize value and mitigate risks.
• Demand Forecasting – Continuously seek opportunities to optimize costs through supplier negotiations, alternative sourcing, value engineering, and process improvements, while maintaining quality standards.
• Quality Assurance – Ensure that packaging materials meet required quality standards and regulatory compliance, conducting supplier audits and implementing quality control measures as necessary.
• Inventory Management – Monitor and manage packaging inventory levels to prevent stockouts and excess inventory, implementing inventory optimization techniques and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Continuous Improvement – Drive continuous improvement initiatives in packaging procurement processes, identifying opportunities for efficiency gains, cost savings, and sustainability improvements.
• Risk Management – Identify and mitigate risks related to supply chain disruptions, quality issues, and price fluctuations.
• Collaboration – Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including production, logistics, quality assurance, and finance to ensure alignment of packaging procurement activities with overall business objectives.

Requirements:

• 4 years of proven experience in procurement, preferably in the manufacturing industry with a focus on packaged materials.
• Intermediate level of Microsoft Products (MSW, Excel, PowerPoint) and Outlook
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to build and maintain relationships with suppliers.
• Proficiency in supply chain management software and tools for procurement, inventory management and data analysis.
• Excellent communication, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements, quality standards, and sustainability practices related to packaging materials is desirable.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Must be a team player
• Strong organizational skills
• Candidate must successfully pass post-offer/pre-employment drug and background screen.

Holly Poultry, Inc. and its subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.