What We Do
At Blue Apron, our mission is to make incredible home cooking accessible to everyone - from the novice cook just getting started to the experienced chef. Each week we send hundreds of thousands of customers all the pre-measured and perfectly proportioned ingredients they need to prepare delicious and healthy meals at home. We introduce our members to new ingredients, flavors, and cooking techniques with seasonally-inspired recipes that are always delicious, fun and easy to prepare. We make fresher, healthier food available at better prices by rethinking the grocery supply chain from the table all the way back to the farm.
Who We Are
Chefs around the world wear blue aprons when learning to cook, and for us it has become a symbol of lifelong learning. Our highly motivated group of foodies is inspired to work on complex business problems with creativity and passion always looking to learn something new. We take preparation seriously, embrace a spirit of excellence, and put in the extra effort in everything we do. We are thrilled to be part of our customers’ lives, cooking and creating experiences in their home kitchens.
Where We Are
Blue Apron is a venture-backed, e-commerce company based in New York City, with additional offices in New Jersey, California and Texas. Launched in 2013, we have over 200 employees in our New York City headquarters and have grown to over 4,000 employees across our National Amazing opportunity to join a growing team as a Regional Procurement Director in Richmond, CA.Fulfillment Centers.
- Bachelor’s Degree in related field.
- Produce buying experience.
- Established relationships with growers and shippers.
- Highly analytical mindset – must be numbers focused. Should be able to look at a number and quickly assess it for accuracy.
- Communication skills – must have good listening skills in addition to excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
- Strong negotiation skills.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Capacity to multitask and to meet multiple demands coming from both the production facility and the corporate headquarters.
- Ability to self-motivate and problem solve in a fast-paced setting filled with hard deadlines.
- Advanced Excel skills.
- Willingness to learn and grow to meet the changing requirements of the job.
- Minimum 3 years of food purchasing experience.
- Strong vendor base for specialty items.
- Purchase and maintain optimum levels of inventory to fulfill production of outbound recipe kits.
- Minimize purchasing overages utilizing yields and subscription forecasts.
- Maintain recipe food costs to stay within weekly recipe budget.
- Maintain regional vendor relationships while continuously researching new or alternative sources of supply.
- Resolve problems related to invoicing, product quality, and/or delivery.
- In coordination with internal sourcing initiatives, maintain national vendor programs.
- Oversee receiving of product in accordance with company receiving procedures.
- In coordination with Quality Control, ensure incoming product meets or exceeds the recipe’s quality specifications.
- Ensure accurate, up-to-date item information within the database. Enter new products and price changes promptly and accurately into a purchase order system.
- Minimize shrinkage/spoilage of perishable products. Monitor waste and obtain credit from suppliers where applicable for returned, damaged, or spoiled goods. Coordinate storage of items to be returned to suppliers.
- Participate in periodic inventory counts. Conduct inventories as requested by management.
- Attend weekly company meetings and review food cost summaries with the team.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
