Vego Garden · 2 hours ago
Senior Purchasing Specialist
Greater Houston, Texas, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior LevelVego Garden is a rapidly growing company focused on making gardening accessible and sustainable. They are seeking a Senior Purchasing Specialist to drive category purchasing performance, optimize inventory, and manage vendor relationships for their core product lines.
Retail
Responsibilities
Own purchasing activities for assigned key product categories within Vego Garden’s core product lines, including sourcing, order placement, and vendor communications
Develop and maintain category purchasing strategies to optimize cost, lead time, and vendor performance
Monitor vendor KPIs (on-time delivery, defect rates, responsiveness) and implement corrective action plans when performance falls below targets
Conduct supplier capacity and risk assessments to mitigate supply chain disruptions
Perform inventory trend analysis using ERP and forecasting tools to identify optimal reorder points and target purchase quantities
Collaborate with supply chain and operations teams to create demand-driven replenishment plans
Provide proactive insights into stock availability, seasonality impacts, and replenishment needs to minimize both stock-outs and excess inventory
Own the creation, update, and lifecycle management of SKUs across ERP and procurement systems, ensuring data accuracy and compliance with internal standards
Maintain product cost records and collaborate with Finance to reconcile cost variances and update landed cost calculations
Support product launches by setting up BOMs (Bill of Materials), category attributes, and pricing structures
Create and manage Blanket Purchase Orders (BPOs) and standard POs for assigned vendors and product lines
Reconcile PO discrepancies in collaboration with warehouse, receiving, and finance to ensure accurate invoices and payments
Identify opportunities to automate reporting, streamline purchasing workflows, and enhance ERP data accuracy
Develop and maintain procurement dashboards to track spend by category, vendor lead times, cost trends, and vendor scorecards
Prepare monthly procurement performance reports for leadership, highlighting cost savings, vendor performance, and supply continuity risks
Qualification
Required
Strategic and analytically minded with advanced skills in inventory data scrutiny
Experience in supplier performance tracking and category-level procurement strategy
Comfortable managing key product categories, forecasting, executing replenishment and reorder strategies
Ability to monitor vendor KPIs and ensure cost accuracy and SKU integrity
Experience in conducting supplier capacity and risk assessments
Proficient in using ERP and forecasting tools for inventory trend analysis
Collaborative mindset to work with supply chain and operations teams
Experience in creating and managing Blanket Purchase Orders (BPOs) and standard POs
Ability to reconcile PO discrepancies in collaboration with warehouse, receiving, and finance
Experience in developing and maintaining procurement dashboards and performance reports
Company
Vego Garden
Raised garden beds are renowned for offering complete control over the health of the soil which you are using for plantation.
Founded in 2020
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageRecent News
2026-01-09
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