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About the Role
The Inventory Management & Purchasing Specialist is responsible for managing raw material, packaging, and ingredient inventory levels, as well as coordinating purchasing activities to support uninterrupted production at our fluid dairy processing facility. This role ensures accurate inventory tracking within SAP, maintains optimal stock levels for perishable dairy inputs, and partners closely with production, quality, and finance teams to support efficient workflows.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and maintain appropriate stock levels of all Raw Materials needed to support daily production through creating, maintaining and receiving purchase orders using SAP.
- Create and direct cycle counts.
- Raw Material Inventory Turns/Investment Performance Reporting
- Raw Material Warehouse Capacity Utilization (Shared with WH Team)
- Raw Material inventory Health Reporting (Maintenance of Targeted Safety Stocks)
- RM Inventory Accuracy Management & Reporting (Shared with Plant WH) - 99.5% Location Record Goal
- Supervise Dry warehouse Personnel in the execution of daily tasks to include Goods Movements, inventories and receipts.
- Understand/perform duties of Production Scheduler as Vacation Relief.
- Plan/Schedule daily production using SAP to generate and release production process orders daily.
- Order RAW milk/Bulk ingredients
- Generate Stock Transfer orders
- Maintain appropriate levels of “Re-Sale” items needs to fulfill customer demand
- Perform Duties as Production/Cooler supervisor as directed to ensure gap coverage
Requirements
- 2–4+ years of experience in inventory management, purchasing, or procurement, ideally within food/beverage or dairy manufacturing
- Hands-on experience with SAP MM (Materials Management) and/or SAP IM (Inventory Management) modules
- Understanding of food safety and quality standards (HACCP, SQF, GMP, or similar) as they relate to inventory handling.
- Strong data analysis and reporting skills.
- Experience supporting cycle counts, physical inventories, and variance/discrepancy investigations
- Experience with SAP purchase order creation, goods receipt processing, and inventory reconciliation workflows
Skills
- SAP MM
- SAP IM
- Data analysis
- Reporting
Location
- Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc.
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 2-4+ years
Salary/Compensations
- $75,000-$85,000 per year
Benefits
- Group health and/or dental insurance
- Retirement plan
- Wellness program
- Paid time away from work
- Paid holidays
About the Company
- Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc. is proudly owned by 200+ local family farms and is one of America’s largest and most stable dairy cooperatives.
- Guided by farmer- and employee-led values, we process and market high-quality milk, yogurt, dips, sour cream, cottage cheese, and more under our trusted brands: Upstate Farms®, Bison®, Milk for Life®, and Intense Milk®.
- We support sustainable farming, strong communities, and the mission to deliver fresh, local dairy to families every day.
Equal Opportunity
- Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc. is committed to equal employment opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.