Buyer / Planner - Beaker & Wrench

• Strategically plan and oversee the material purchasing and planning process to ensure the inventory levels are sufficient to support manufacturing and customer sales while aligning inventory levels to financial objectives for safety stock levels. Identify and drive process improvement to reduce lead time and inventory levels.
• Responsible for the creation and maintenance of vendor quotes, purchase orders, requests for quotes, evaluation of bids, and vendor bill entry. Select freight carriers and manage to expedite shipments when required.
• Manage relationships with vendors with an emphasis on competitive pricing, accurate lead times, product specifications, and vendor performance while maintaining high levels of quality on all products.  Create and maintain supplier quality metrics in evaluating supplier performance to improve on-time delivery and incoming part quality.
• Work closely with Sales, Operations, Engineering, Manufacturing, Inventory and Accounting Teams to accurately track inventory levels, BOM costs, obsolete inventory management from ECOs, and new product introduction item requirements. Effectively communicate changes or delays that may affect each department's goals and/or Customer service.
• Learn and aid in the ongoing development of the company’s ERP system and develop SOPs that can be implemented and followed by all team members for purchase requests, quality control for inbound and outbound shipments, new product SKU creation, and part naming conventions.
• Must be able to effectively plan around manufacturing and sales targets while supporting accurate lead times given to internal/external customers.

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or minimum 2-5 years experience in production planning, purchasing, inventory management, and/or logistics in a start-up or small manufacturing company.
• Strong planning and forecasting skills.
• Knowledge of ERP systems and basic principles of their applications; Infor Syteline experience a plus.
• Experience in environments dealing with sanitary fitting, electronics, stainless steel fabrication, barcoding and automation is a plus.
• Informed and confident decision-making skills.
• Ability to navigate ongoing supply chain changes and adapt as necessary.
• Experience importing goods internationally.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to lead team and delegate tasks as necessary.
• Proficient in Excel, Word and Google Workspace.
• Knowledge of DoT guidelines, UL requirements, OSHA standards.
• Comfortable working in an open and collaborative environment.
• Ability to work for any employer in the US.

Beaker & Wrench is the future of cannabis distillation technology and equipment. We are a small and mighty team that is in an inflection point, looking to hire more teammates and scale the company 2x in the next 12-18 months. If you like working for entrepreneurial companies with lots of autonomy and room to grow, look no further. We value respect, diversity, innovation, science, passion and humor. You can read more about each one below. Come be part of our growing team!