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This position owns purchase order placement and all replenishment buying activities. This position also supports procurement’s role in new product introductions, line extensions, transitions, and product discontinuations. Packaging buyer is responsible for ensuring packaging inventory is in stock at the right inventory level for production use.

This role requires a high level of proactive engagement with suppliers and internal stakeholders to help generate market intelligence, resolve quality issues and improve supplier performance. The Procurement Packaging Buyer partners cross-functionally to drive attainment of individual, team and company goals.

The Replenishment Buyer is responsible for supporting, executing, and maintaining food safety and quality practices as required through Safety Quality Food (SQF) guidelines. The Packaging Buyer ensures that product quality and food safety standards are met with focus on Graphics Version Control (GVC) transitions of food contact packaging. 

Job responsibilities:

• Create and maintain purchase orders and delivery schedules, utilizing MRP
• Ensure most efficient landed costs, considering inventory levels, volume pricing, freight
• Consult with cross-functional counterparts to determine deliverable timelines
• Procure packaging materials and manage inventory levels
• Manage the daily packaging requirements for production
• Coordinate with other departments routinely, including Operations, Engineering, Quality, R&D, Warehousing, Shipping & Receiving
• Coordinate with suppliers to process packaging and supply concerns; coordinate vendor returns
• Recommend and coordinate cost reductions to meet or exceed inventory budget and efficiency goals
• Flexibility to manage new categories to address business needs, including covering for other buyers as needed

Minimum Qualifications:

• 4 years of directly related work experience in a manufacturing environment, within the CPG industry preferred
• Experience with Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and managing replenishment in a very fast paced, dynamic environment
• Able to manage long lead time items
• Exceptional organization and time management skills
• Experience with volume/ portfolio pricing and blanket orders
• Strong capability with Microsoft Office suite required, including excellent Excel skills
• Demonstrated problem solving and analytical ability
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects and priorities in a high-performance team environment
• Strong presentation skills a plus
• Ability to interface with wide variety of business situations and all levels of management
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Flexibility and availability to support manufacturing team (nights, weekends, certain holidays)
• Experience with warehouse management systems

Preferred Qualifications:

• Packaging procurement experience highly desirable

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Office environment that is cooled/ heated
• Manufacturing environment requiring special protective clothing as required by USDA and/or the environment being worked in
• Must be able to sit for long periods of time
• Must be able to use a keyboard and monitor for long periods of time
• Must be able to stand for long periods of time when required
• Must be able to travel through office and production areas
• Less than 10% domestic travel required

About Sovos Brands, Inc.
Sovos Brands, Inc. is a consumer-packaged food company focused on acquiring and building disruptive growth brands that bring today’s consumers great tasting food that fits the way they live. The Company’s product offerings include a variety of pasta sauces, dry pasta, soups, frozen entrées, frozen pizza and yogurts, all of which are sold in North America under the brand names Rao’s, Michael Angelo’s and noosa. All Sovos Brands’ products are built with authenticity at their core, providing consumers with one-of-a-kind food experiences that are genuine, delicious, and unforgettable. The Company is headquartered in Louisville, Colorado. For more information on Sovos Brands and its products, please visit www.sovosbrands.com

We offer attractive compensation packages based upon background and experience. Package includes base salary, incentive bonus, medical benefits, 401K, and PTO. We maintain a drug and alcohol-free workplace. All candidates offered a position are required to pass a pre-employment drug test. We participate in E-Verify.  Sovos Brands is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Sovos Brands is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.