Purchasing Specialist - Keefe Packaging

Are you looking for a career with premium benefits and the potential for growth?

At TKC Holdings, we've created something special, a better place to work and grow. Many employees start just expecting a paycheck but end up with a rewarding career. We provide exceptional training and a clear career path.

We are proud to be a military and veteran friendly employer.

The Purchasing Specialist is critical in the Keefe Packaging organization and responsible for managing the purchasing process, ensuring efficient and cost-effective procurement of inventory goods and supplies for packaging items and multiple products such as candy and powdered soft drinks. The position is an on-site role at the Keefe Packaging facility, working closely with Quality, the Purchasing and Planning Manager, Receiving, and Admin team. The Purchasing Specialist will ensure inventory levels of quality products are sufficient to meet production demand and provide procurement support to all departments by assisting in a variety of purchasing functions.

This position is not remote and is located at the Keefe Packaging office in St. Louis/Bridgeton, MO.

Essential Functions, Duties, and Responsibilities

• End-to-end planning and purchasing responsibility for 50+ packaging and bulk ingredient SKUs - demand planning, supply planning, and materials planning.
• Responsible for inventory availability, inventory turns, forecast accuracy, and other planning KPIs for assigned SKUs.
• Maintain supplier relationships by monitoring supplier performance, communicating with suppliers, and resolving issues.
• Negotiate supplier terms, delivery terms, pricing.
• Own and maintain data integrity for given supplier base.
• Utilize and leverage the demand planning system to drive optimal inventory levels.
• Maintain Days Supply Remaining (DSR) Report.
• Manage all MRO orders and office supply inventory levels and orders.
• Work cross-functionally with accounts payable, operations, quality, and other internal stakeholders.
• Effectively manage priorities and tasks as delegated from the management team.
• Supplier order placement.
• Order confirmation for the greater team.
• Arrange bulk and packaging material deliveries.
• Create and maintain order templates.
• Data maintenance for suppliers and items.
• Assist with special projects and consolidate Excel spreadsheets.
• Serve as backup for Purchasing and Planning Manager.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Four-year college degree (B.S., B.A.) in Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, or Business-focused concentrations, or comparable professional experience, required.
• Previous supply chain planning experience of packaging items and long shelf life ingredients is preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) required.
• Knowledge of Oracle, GAINS, and Microsoft PowerBI systems preferred.
• Comfortable working with large data sets required.
• Ability to handle multiple projects and evolving priorities.
• Skilled communicator with ability to work cross-functionally.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Ability to exercise good judgment and tact.
• Ability to prioritize assignments and trouble shoot problems.
• Good organizational skills.
• Must be able to count products accurately and lift and carry weights of up to 25 pounds without assistance.
• Must be thorough and detail oriented and be able to work with minimal supervision.

TKC Holdings, Inc. offers comprehensive benefits to all regular-full time employees:

• Medical w/prescription coverage
• Benefit Credit received when enrolled in a TKC medical plan, to help offset your benefit costs. Benefit Credit of $750 annually, will be divided evenly among your paychecks throughout the Plan Year.
• Dental
• Vision
• Basic Life and Basic Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Voluntary benefits that can be selected to create the right package for you

• We now also offer DailyPay providing you immediate access to earned wages.

TKC also understands the importance of work life balance and planning for the future. To help with both of these, employees are eligible for paid time off and a Company Match for the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan.

Equal Employment Employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

We maintain a drug-free workplace.

A copy of our Privacy Policy and CA Employee Privacy Notice can be found here: https://tkcholdings.com/privacy-policy-108