Purchasing Director jobs in Santa Barbara, CA

Since 1915 Jordano’s Foodservice has grown to become the premier distributor of food, beverages, and culinary equipment in the tri-counties, while Pacific Beverage Company has been proudly distributing the finest beer and non-alcoholic portfolio on the Central Coast since 1946. Our extensive history in the food service and beverage industry has taught us the value of building long-lasting relationships with our customers, suppliers, employees, and our community. We strive to conduct our business through our core values of pride, respect, and integrity, and work diligently to uphold these standards in all our business practices.

Under the direction of the Director of Purchasing/Marketing, the Purchasing Logistics Coordinator will assist the purchasing, marketing, logistics, and contract compliance departments with Administrative and Logistical tasks.

What Will You Be Doing?

            Administrative Functions:

• Processes and coordinates sample requests for sales reps and vendors.
• Responsible for the coordination of non-stock (Special) orders between sales and purchasing; maintaining logs to track non-stock orders.
• Maintains organized vendor receivables filing and archiving of old invoices.
• Oversees operator rebates: sales notifications, tracking operator earnings, and processing end-of-promotional period reports.
• Assists with pricing audits by retrieving invoices, data consolation, and document preparation.
• Process vendor receivables deductions for all invoices exceeding 45 days.
• Assists Purchasing Manager in supplier scorecarding and maintaining GDSN compliance standards.
• Utilizes data mining software to support buyers & managers as needed.
• Prepare & distribute internal/external monthly reports.

Logistics Functions:

• Manages logistics activities for inbound freight managed by third-party logistics providers; consolidations/full Truckloads/LTL/rail.
• Tracking and coordinating pickup and delivery appointments.
• Audit & reconcile freight invoices for third-party logistics providers. Prepare weekly batch payments.
• Audit & reconcile small parcel (UPS/FedEx) & LTL freight invoices.
• Manages freight claims ensuring efficient resolution and minimizing financial impact.

What Experience, Skills, and Attributes Will You Need to Be Successful? 

• Bachelor’s degree and/or minimum 3 years of experience in purchasing and/or transportation/freight logistics.
• Excel, Word, Outlook or similar, AS 400 or similar.  Additional experience with inbound/outbound traffic management or logistics software is considered a plus.
• Bi-lingual in English & Spanish Preferred.
• Strong mathematical, reasoning, and problem-solving ability.
• Required to be able to frequently stand and walk, and ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

What Do We Offer?

Current Employee Hourly Pay Rate Schedule: $29.00 to $31.50 per hour (Starting pay is dependent on qualifications; target start rate is $29.00 per hour)

Jordano’s offers both competitive compensation and superior benefits. Our 401(k) retirement plan includes a generous company match and with our high employee retention, we often see our people through to retirement and help them prepare for the golden years.

We design our comprehensive benefits package and wellness programs to help our team take care of themselves and their families. Coverage includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and long-term disability coverage, and flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care reimbursement.

Growth & Development

We pride ourselves on offering incredible growth opportunities for our employees. We offer continued education and tuition reimbursement along with a collaborative work environment. We strive to create opportunities for our employees to develop new skills and to advance within our company.

Time Off

We understand the value of our time both inside and outside of work. That’s why we offer flexible time off to our staff with paid holidays, vacation, sick leave, and more.

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