Procurement Manager

Position Overview

Wisconsin Brewing Company is seeking an experienced, results-driven Procurement Manager to lead procurement, inventory, and material staging.

This is a highly impactful role that goes beyond traditional purchasing. The Procurement Manager will translate production forecasts and schedules into material requirements, helping ensure the ingredients, packaging materials, and supplies needed for production are available when and where they are needed.

The ideal candidate combines strong planning and analytical skills with initiative, persistence, and exceptional follow-through. This role is well suited for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, negotiating effectively, building strong supplier relationships, and developing creative solutions that keep operations moving forward.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate production forecasts and schedules into accurate material requirements and purchasing plans.
• Ensure raw materials, packaging materials, and supplies arrive on time to support scheduled production.
• Maintain visibility into inventory, open purchase orders, supplier lead times, and potential material shortages.
• Proactively identify supply risks and develop solutions before they impact production.
• Manage purchase orders from placement through delivery, including confirmation, expediting, and issue resolution.
• Negotiate pricing, payment terms, freight, minimum order quantities, lead times, and other commercial terms.
• Build collaborative supplier relationships that support quality, delivery, responsiveness, and reliable performance.
• Identify and develop alternate and backup suppliers for critical materials.
• Lead and develop Inventory and Staging resources.
• Maintain appropriate inventory levels, safety stocks, and reorder points while responsibly managing working capital.
• Support inventory accuracy and develop solutions for excess, obsolete, and at-risk inventory.
• Ensure required materials are available and staged in advance of scheduled production.
• Partner cross-functionally with Production, Operations, Quality, Warehouse, Finance, and other teams.
• Communicate potential risks early and clearly while bringing forward thoughtful recommendations and solutions.
• Continually identify opportunities to improve cost, service, quality, and supply reliability.

What Success Looks Like

A successful Procurement Manager:

• Develops a strong understanding of the production schedule and the materials required to support it.
• Anticipates potential challenges and works proactively to keep production running smoothly.
• Takes ownership from material requirement through delivery and production readiness.
• Approaches supplier challenges with persistence, creativity, and a solutions-focused mindset.
• Negotiates confidently and competitively on behalf of the organization.
• Communicates proactively and effectively across teams and with external partners.
• Balances material availability, inventory, cost, and cash to support business objectives.
• Brings initiative, accountability, and a strong drive to achieve results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 5+ years of procurement, purchasing, supply chain, or materials-management experience, preferably in beverage manufacturing.
• Demonstrated experience translating production requirements into purchasing and material plans.
• Strong supplier-management and negotiation skills.
• Strong analytical and Excel skills; experience with ERP/MRP or inventory-management systems, SAP preferred.
• Excellent communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated urgency, ownership, persistence, and follow-through.
• Experience in manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, or a related production environment is strongly preferred.
• Previous leadership responsibility for inventory, warehouse, staging, or material-handling functions is preferred.

Our Expectation

We value individuals who take ownership, collaborate effectively, and focus on achieving meaningful results.

For the Procurement Manager, success means helping ensure the organization has the right materials, in the right quantities, at the right time and cost to execute the production schedule reliably.

If you are a strong communicator, strategic problem solver, and someone who takes pride in building solutions and making a measurable impact, we'd like to hear from you.

Compensation & Benefits

· Compensation: Commensurate with experience and accomplishments. We are open to considering compensation based on the experience, capabilities, and value the successful candidate brings to the role.

· Benefits: The company offers a premium benefits package, including fully paid employee premiums for health, dental, and vision insurance.

About Us:

Wisconsin Brewing Company is a beer production facility located in “Hometown USA” - aka Verona, Wisconsin. We're five easy minutes south of the greater Madison area, right off Hwy18-151. We pride ourselves on being a family-friendly facility, and we know that dogs are often considered part of the family. That's why leashed dogs are welcome in our Tap Room and Backyard Patio every day that we are open!

EEO Statement:

Wisconsin Brewing Company provides Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable local, state, or federal law. This policy applies to all employees and job applicants.

Wisconsin Brewing Company is a locally rooted beverage manufacturer committed to quality, innovation, and great people. Our team works together to produce high-quality beverages while creating a supportive, hands-on workplace where employees can grow and build long-term careers.