Strategic Buyer
The Vollrath Company LLCWisconsin, United States
Posted April 8, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
The Vollrath Company LLC, headquartered in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, is a privately held leader in the foodservice equipment industry, offering a full spectrum of high‑quality commercial kitchen appliances, frozen‑treat machines, and industrial cleaning solutions. With dedicated divisions—Vollrath Foodservice, Stoelting Foodservice, and Vollrath Manufacturing Services—it designs, develops, and manufactures everything from commercial foodservice smallwares and carts to custom contract‑manufactured products. The company’s hallmark is its engineering excellence and consultative approach, enabling clients to outperform daily through reliable, innovative equipment. Operating plants in the U.S., Europe, Mexico, and China, Vollrath combines global reach with a culture of exceptional craftsmanship and customer‑centric service.
Job Description
The Strategic Buyer secures quotations for New Product Development (NPD) projects and supplier consolidation for risk mitigation to ensure products are in alignment with strategic direction within category spend.
Requirements
- Manages the NPD sourcing to include: Ordering and tracking of Engineering samples
- Quotes all new products and maintains quote master lists by project
- Pursues quotes from multiple sources on high $ items, for TCO analysis
- Attends all NPD team meetings
- Ensures preferred suppliers are involved in the design and quote processes
- Works in collaboration with Supplier Quality to ensure that PPAP’s are submitted on all new products.
- Analyze and optimize the process related to the spend category through established procurement tools.
- Ensure alignment between business strategy and sourcing strategy.
- Set supplier consolidation objectives to be completed through the sourcing strategy and monitor achievement.
- Manage all the key suppliers within the spend category.
- Evaluate current spend and supplier data and identify improvement opportunities.
- Support of manufacturing site requirements, leveraging spend across locations to identify and implement sourcing and process improvements to strengthen and accelerate supply chain initiatives.
- Project and/or Program Manager activities, leading projects to meet objectives and drive operational results. Assess and adjust supply base capability and capacity to minimize potential supply disruptions.
- Design and lead supplier transitions (Outsourcing, Insourcing, Resourcing)
- Support cross-functional efforts to reduce costs, standardize components and consolidate supply base with lower volume spend.
- Coordinates with Plant Planning on order quantities and inventory turn strategy to establish initial purchased cost on NPD components.
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Tuition Reimbursement
