Purchasing and Logistics Manager

Brief description: As the Purchasing & Logistics Manager at Woods Coffee, your number one objective is to support our purpose: to show our guests they are truly valued. You make this happen by ensuring our teams have everything they need to deliver an exceptional guest experience, from quality ingredients and supplies to dairy, coffee and bakery products. You'll build strong, lasting relationships with our vendors, negotiate fair pricing, and manage inventory with precision. You'll also oversee and support our warehouse team managers, fostering a culture of teamwork, accountability, and efficiency. Through your work, you help keep the entire Woods operation running smoothly, ensuring every cup, every guest, and every moment reflects the quality and care at Woods Coffee.

• Reports to: Director of Operations
• Classification: Salary Exempt
• Pay Range: $8184K Annual Salary
• Location: The position will be based at either Camp th Street, Lynden, WA) or Camp S 196th St, Kent, WA), with travel between the two campuses required once per week.
• Schedule: Full time, some weekends and nights, primarily day shift.

• Honesty, integrity, dependability, and empathy.
• Promotes the company culture, values, and mission of Woods Coffee.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Resilient and comfortable working in a highstress environment.
• Organized, detailoriented, punctual, and dependable.
• Creative and confident at problem solving. Sees problems as opportunities.
• Adaptable and eager to learn.
• Leads by example, contributes to a healthy team environment and takes initiative.
• Excellent at delegating and mediating situations.
• Works in alignment with other departments.
• Maintains a positive, calm, and professional demeanor at all times.
• Understands the demands and lifestyle of this position.

• Work with vendors to secure highquality products at fair prices.
• Negotiate pricing and terms with all vendors and source new products for cost savings.
• Develop and maintain efficient, costeffective distribution routes and workflows.
• Oversee fleet maintenance, driver safety, and delivery performance.
• Manage warehouse operations, ensuring accurate inventory tracking, receiving, and rotation.
• Monitor and forecast product needs across all locations to ensure a consistent supply.
• Analyze logistics data to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and increase reliability.
• Collaborate with other departments to align distribution with company goals and growth plans.
• Oversee Warehouse Managers at both locations (Lynden and Kent), and work as a team to ensure a happy, safe, and effective team that delivers everything our stores need on time. This requires weekly travel to the opposite campus.
• Recruit, hire, train, and supervise warehouse and delivery team members, provide appropriate evaluations as well as disciplinary actions when necessary.

• Drivers license.
• Forklift Certification (Certification can be provided on the job).

• Previous experience leading a team.
• Warehousing, Transportation, and Scheduling experience.
• Vendor Relationships, and Pricing Negotiation

• Google docs & sheets or Microsoft Word & Excel.
• Computer proficiency, comfortable with learning new software.
• Familiar with inventory management systems.
• Comfortable driving large box trucks and other types of large vehicles.

• Proficient phone and computer skills.
• Regular inperson attendance.
• Professional and positive attitude.
• Driving between locations or to meetings.
• Constantly bending, stooping, standing, and walking.
• Constantly using hands, arms, and wrists.
• Constantly lifting, pushing, and pulling.
• Constantly interacting with people in close physical proximity.
• Repeated heavy lifting. Must be able to lift 50lb.

• 50% discount
• Free shift drink during work week
• Bonus on your birthday $100 for FT
• Unlimited / Open Vacation Policy after 90 days
• Paid sick time 1 hour for every 40 hours worked, eligible to be used after 90 days
• Health insurance
• Vision
• Dental
• Retirement/ 401k with matching option: 18+, Eligible after 1 year and a minimum of 1,000 hours worked
• Access to EAP and other employee discounts

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For over 20 years, we've been (just a little) obsessed with roasting delicious coffee, hand-crafting dreamy baked goods—made fresh in our scratch bakery, and, of course, creating spaces where friends can enjoy conversations in front of our cozy fireplaces. Visit any of our Pacific Northwest-inspired coffee shops throughout Western Washington, and you'll find a welcoming space that feels like a cabin in the woods