Senior UX Designer

Who are we?

Buyers Edge Platform stands at the forefront of revolutionizing the foodservice industry through technology, purchasing power and partnerships. We are dedicated to empowering stakeholders across the entire foodservice ecosystem (operators, distributors, manufacturers) with efficiency and unprecedented visibility. With a diverse portfolio of over a dozen brands, our mission is clear: to reduce costs, streamline the foodservice supply chain, and propel the industry from manual to automated.

Today, we are one of the largest players in foodservice, with over 200K operator locations across North America and over $50 billion of aggregated spend volume. Our commitment to foodservice excellence is proven in four distinct areas of value: Digital Procurement Network, Fresh Solutions, Supply Chain Management, and Software. Buyers Edge Platform is not just a provider – we are a strategic partner on the journey towards a more efficient, connected, and automated future for the foodservice industry.

This position is remotely based. We are unable to offer work sponsorship for this role.

As a Senior UX Designer, you will lead the design process from discovery to development for our enterprise applications that are relied upon by recognizable brands in the food service industry. You will work closely with Product and Engineering teams to ensure complex user needs are translated into efficient workflows and intuitive interfaces.

Your impact:

• Core responsibility will be the design of Back Office with a focus on accounting.
• Work closely with PMs and developers to help define user requirements, provide UX/UI recommendations, apply a consistent design, and work to provide appropriate deliverables for each project.
• Work and collaborate in Figma to provide workflows, wireframes, user personas, high-fidelity mockups, and prototypes.
• Communicate with customers and prospects as a part of fleshing out design concepts, validating UX patterns, and assessing usage behaviors.
• Work closely with software engineers and product managers to ensure designs are implemented and functionally complete.
• Help continue to integrate UX into the company process.
• Continue to build on new standards by building out the current design system, visual strategies, page layouts, processes, icons, and color palettes in accordance with Back Office Design Team standards.
• Clearly communicate the researched design vision to the product team and stakeholders.
• Analyze and improve user experiences and functionality offered by both our legacy and modern software, providing wireframes and storyboards for UX improvements.
• Utilize data from end-user feedback, business requirements, and technical considerations to deliver a holistic user experience.

About you:

• 3-5 years of proven and demonstrable experience as a digital product designer (Research, UX, UI) working on user experience scenarios
• Experience in deciphering and documenting user requirements.
• Experience growing a design culture within a company.
• Experience designing Mobile Apps.
• Experience interpreting insights from industry trends, end-user feedback, and designing with the business in mind while still being innovative.
• Experience in user testing, usability testing, and working with user acceptance criteria.
• Deep knowledge and experience across a range of design approaches and methodologies, using prototyping and wireframing using industry-standard tools.
• Proven communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate a problem space with verbal, written, and presentation skills to a variety of audiences and stakeholders.
• Strong communicator, able to self-manage, is a strong advocate for UX best practices and has a learner’s mentality.
• Ability to see a product from a holistic perspective and guide a long-term design vision.
• Ability to create and visualize solutions based on user requirements, including prototypes, mockups, and other visual designs and user flows.
• Ability to work with executives and manage competing opinions.

Don’t meet every requirement mentioned here? Studies have shown that women, communities of color and historically underrepresented talent are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Buyers Edge Platform and our subsidiary brands, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. So, if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we strongly encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this position or others with us!

What's in this for you?

Amazing coverages to start. Medical, dental, and vision coverages are just the beginning! We also offer ancillary plans, such as flexible spending accounts for both health and dependent care, critical illness, accident, and voluntary life as well as company paid life and long-term-disability plans! On top of this, we also offer a 401(k) plan with company match.

Invest in your success. We will provide you with a thorough training and development program; and offer competitive compensation.

Live well = Work well. Relax with our Personal Responsibility Paid Time Off policy where you don’t have to accrue time off in order to take it!

We welcome all.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.