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Pressed Cafe · 6 hours ago

Procurement Specialist

Nashua, NH

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$75K/yr - $85K/yr

3+ years exp

Pressed Cafe is a fast-growing, fresh-focused restaurant brand committed to delivering high-quality food and exceptional guest experiences. They are seeking a data-driven Procurement Specialist to manage and optimize purchasing across food, beverage, packaging, equipment, and services, leveraging data and analytics to drive smarter sourcing decisions.

Restaurants

Hiring Manager

Mike Rogers

Responsibilities

Analyze purchasing data to identify cost-saving opportunities across all spend categories

Lead sourcing initiatives, contract negotiations, and vendor consolidation efforts

Develop and maintain cost models, pricing benchmarks, and savings trackers

Continuously evaluate supplier pricing, market trends, and inflation impacts

Build dashboards and reports to track spend, price variance, compliance, and savings

Partner with finance and operations to forecast costs and support budgeting

Monitor purchase patterns, waste, and usage to improve efficiency and margin

Manage supplier relationships to ensure quality, reliability, and competitive pricing

Establish KPIs and scorecards to evaluate vendor performance

Support onboarding, auditing, and compliance for all suppliers

Collaborate with culinary, operations, and store teams to source new products

Support menu development with cost analysis and ingredient sourcing

Ensure supply continuity, mitigate risk, and resolve shortages or disruptions

Standardize purchasing processes and improve systems and workflows

Support implementation and optimization of procurement platforms and tools

Ensure purchasing compliance across all locations

Qualification

Procurement experienceData analysisContract negotiationExcel proficiencyVendor managementProcess improvementCommunication skillsCollaboration skillsAttention to detail