GoodHeart Brand Specialty Foods Hiring for Purchasing Logistics Coordinator ($ Sign On Bonus) at San Antonio, TX Full Time

Hours: 6:00a – 4:00p

Job Summary

The Purchasing Logistics Coordinator is responsible for inbound deliveries of freight for food and non-food products into the designated warehouses and reports to the Director of Purchasing. This role serves as the primary liaison between suppliers, procurement, shipping, receiving and logistics for deliveries.

Essential Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Cycle count materials on a daily basis or as scheduled.
• Provides inventory reports to purchasing team.
• Manage and verify the internal transfer of items from our off-site warehouse.
• Validates compliance and ensures due diligence for shipments which have an extra layer of complexity requiring further coordination (food handling, truck temperatures, food security/recalls handling)
• Forecasts disruptions to deliveries, escalates freight delays due to weather catastrophes, transportation safety, etc. to Management.
• Maintains relationships with suppliers and conducts on-going supplier assessments to observe supplier ability to meet capacity and process needs.
• Daily management and optimization of our trailer fleet.
• Prepare accurate reports for Management.
• Assists with periodic physical inventory audits.

Education And Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent required, college degree preferred.
• 2+ year experience working in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• 2+ year experience with computerized inventory systems preferred.
• SAP ERP/WMS system proficient preferred.
• Forklift operator certification preferred.

Skills And Abilities

• Prior experience in resolving and handling customer/supplier requests and issues.
• Excellent communication skills with warehouse workers, purchasing department, accounting department, operations team, and outside vendors.
• Basic understanding of inventory control procedures.
• Proficient keyboarding skills and ability to use computers, software and other technology for inventory and communication purposes.
• Quick critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Extremely organized and able to work with minimum supervision.
• Ability to develop professional relationships with outside vendors.
• Ability to perform basic math calculations
• Must be able to work a full-time schedule and work outside of normal business hours when necessary to fulfill the job responsibilities.

Working Environment and Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee will be exposed to a noisy environment that varies from hot to cold in temperature. Exposed to food allergens. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Travel Required

None

Company Description

GoodHeart Brand Specialty Foods is a minority family-owned business founded by a mother-daughter team 25 years ago. The modest commissary kitchen grew into an innovative food manufacturing company using the latest in food processing equipment and lean manufacturing methods. We make sure the food still retains a home-made quality you would be proud to serve to your families at home.

GoodHeart understands that good food is made with good intentions by a great team of people!

GoodHeart Brand Specialty Foods is a minority family-owned business founded by a mother-daughter team 25 years ago. The modest commissary kitchen grew into an innovative food manufacturing company using the latest in food processing equipment and lean manufacturing methods. We make sure the food still retains a home-made quality you would be proud to serve to your families at home. GoodHeart understands that good food is made with good intentions by a great team of people!