Description
Do you have experience with purchasing, sales, and inventory control? Are you self-motivated, driven, and a team player? Do you have great interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills? If so, we'd like to hear from you!
For a century, Wilbur-Ellis has experienced success and growth in marketing and distributing agricultural products, animal feed, and specialty chemicals and ingredients. Join us and grow your career with a strong and profitable industry leader offering competitive compensation, tremendous growth and development opportunities, and a people-first work environment. Come grow with us!
General Purpose and Scope of Position:
Ensure adequate inventory of incoming materials as per specifications provided by high-level customers and internal product safety and quality standards. Create purchase orders, schedule, and ensure that assigned materials are available on a timely basis to support production and finished good requirements.
Key Skills and Abilities Include:
College degree in Supply Chain, Business, Ag Business or four years of relevant experience
2+ year Purchasing, Sales, and Inventory control
Knowledge of ERP systems
Strong computer skills
Great interpersonal, verbal, and written communication
Strong mathematical skills
Product knowledge of Micro ingredients, 1+ years with a company or similar business
Key Personal Attributes Include:
Strong will to succeed - a creative thinker who can build a business, make cold calls, and deal with rejection'
Desire to learn and grow industry-specific knowledge
Team player
Professional behavior
Customer-focused
Specific Responsibilities and Key Deliverables Include:
Communicate with vendors for routine inquiries, open orders, back orders, freight rates, and pricing
Maintain positive, professional contact at all times with fellow employees and vendors
Obtain lead-time, prices, and shipping details as instructed by the buyer
Send out RFQ's as needed
Assist with forecasting market and assessing supply chain risk
Assist with market research projects
Provide detailed information and pricing to Sales and Management as requested
Monitor and expedite purchase orders to meet MRP and production requirements on a daily basis
Update Vendor files
Expand on supply chain capability by onboarding and approving new vendors to add supply depth for key ingredients
Initiate incoming damage material reports and enter customer performance tickets
Provide backup assistance to other department members
Order supplies for the company
Create purchase orders for consigned and edit per customers' feedback
Assist the senior buyer in purchasing materials based on production needs
Create on-time performance reporting and review with buyer
Schedule dock appointments and enter information into Purchase orders
Perform any other duties assigned by management professionally and efficiently
Compensation and Benefits:
Competitive salary & benefits package
If you are currently a Wilbur-Ellis employee, please notify your Manager before applying for this position. Thank you!
Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition, LLC is headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, and is a marketer and distributor of value-added feed ingredients in North America and Asia-Pacific. Wilbur Ellis provides feed solutions to our customers and suppliers in the Livestock, Pet Food, and Aquaculture Industries. Providing a complete supply chain, including logistics, warehousing, and customer service, in addition to expertise in import/export and regulatory, sets Wilbur-Ellis apart from our competitors. We understand the importance of providing on-time delivery of specified products and honoring our commitments to suppliers and customers.
COMPANY CULTURE:
Wilbur-Ellis is a company you can be proud to call your employer
Wilbur-Ellis markets and distributes agricultural products, animal feed, specialty chemicals, and food ingredients. A privately held and consistently profitable company, we employ more than 4,000 people throughout North America and Asia-Pacific.
Wilbur-Ellis is for and about people
Wilbur-Ellis has enjoyed over 100 years of success and growth, all thanks to our people. Our employees are both leaders and team players who thrive on creativity, entrepreneurial spirit, and a dedication to quality work, our customers, and each other.
Wilbur-Ellis invests in the industry's best workforce
Wilbur-Ellis invests heavily in our employees by offering skill development and training, competitive compensation and benefits, and a tradition of promoting from within for a broad range of career opportunities. And we foster a supportive, people-first work environment.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Wilbur-Ellis Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer
