Purchasing Specialist

SCHEDULE

JOB SUMMARY

CORE JOB DUTIES

• Create and issue purchase EOQs (economic order quantities), ensuring accurate pricing and accountable for on time delivery.
• Collaborate with warehouse and Master Scheduler to proactively identify supply shortages, realigning the replenishment schedule as needed. Accountable for the revenue to the pack-out plan
• Actively seek out and identify cost-out opportunities, presenting recommendations to management
• Research and resolve product and/or receiving discrepancies, partner with vendors on solutions to prevent future discrepancies.
• Develop and implement an efficient and accurate system to monitor open purchase orders.
• Creating and issuing manifests
• Coordinating deliveries of bulk flower
• Own and analyze cycle count data to maintain accuracy levels at 80%.
• Expedite past-due purchase orders and communicate delivery schedules to the team.
• Identify optimal inventory levels leveraging WMS, vendor replenishment strategy, lead times for decision making.
• Provide COE with quarterly vendor performance (i.e. quality, late orders, shortages, etc)
• Planning space in warehouses using ABC SKU classification.
• Inventory and planning for all raw ingredients.
• Other duties to support production as assigned.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION AND SKILLS

• Associate degree (preferred)
• 3-5 years of purchasing experience (manufacturing background preferred)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in MS Office, specifically Excel and Word
• High level of organizational skill
• Deadline driven and detail oriented.
• Sincere commitment to work collaboratively with all company departments and employees.
• Requires work around plant material, which could include exposure to plant pollen and/or dust.
• Requires ability to sit, stand, kneel, and/or do repetitive actions with your hands for long periods of time.
• Requires ability to lift up to 50 lbs to torso level.

BENEFITS

Cresco Labs is one of the largest public, vertically integrated, multistate operators in the cannabis industry. Our portfolio of in-house cultivated and manufactured brands features some of the highest quality, most awarded and most popular cannabis products in America. With dozens of locations nationwide, our owned and operated Sunnyside® dispensaries provide a welcoming, positive, judgement-free place to shop for anyone at any point on their cannabis journey. Founded in 2013, Cresco Labs’ mission is to normalize and professionalize cannabis through our passionate employees. As stewards of the cannabis industry, our teams are constantly focused on supporting the needs of our fellow colleagues, consumers, customers, and communities alike. With a focus on Social Equity and Educational Development, our SEED initiative ensures that our company reflects the communities in which we serve, ensuring equal opportunity for all in cannabis. At Cresco Labs, we aim to revolutionize and lead the nation’s cannabis industry with a focus on quality and consistency of product, and to bring legitimacy to the industry with the highest level of integrity and professionalism.