Buyer
Position Summary: Coordinates inventory replenishment activities with suppliers, sales, logistics and operations for assigned categories.
What you’ll do:
- Place purchase orders with vendors utilizing an awareness of seasonal fluctuations, market effects and other information that require a high attention to detail to avoid spoilage, overstocks and shortages.
- Manage and maintain the entire Purchase-to-Pay process, covering:
- PO Creation
- Vendor Confirmation
- Accurate expected delivery date updates
- Collaboration with Accounts Payable to ensure payment
- Maintain Purchasing system data to effectively generate suggested POs
- Maintain necessary required vendor documents (electronic and physical), such as W-9’s, Indemnities, etc.
- Work closely with:
- Vendors to ensure POs are filled and delivered in a timely fashion
- Vendors to manage FDA issues
- Logistics to minimize freight expenses
- Sales Managers to manage out-of-stock or over-stock risks
- Customer Service teams to enable sales order growth
- Buyers to build upon best-practices
- Build and maintain vendor relationships to not only support PO fulfillment, but also negotiate volume discounts and price breaks wherever possible
- Manage Fusion system issues that impact Purchasing and Receiving
- Maintain BFC dating system to minimize close dated issues and Expired product impact
About you:
- 5+ years buying experience with a focus on Specialty Food Products for a multi-unit Distribution Organization
- Bachelor’s degree from accredited four-year college or university preferred
- Previous food service distribution and/or food importing experience strongly preferred
- Commodity product awareness including blanket commitments, contractual processes and appropriate market tracking
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Must be a team player with a positive attitude
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Excellent verbal/written communication skills and a high level of analytical capabilities within Excel
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Self-starter, professional, goal oriented and able to handle multiple tasks
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Must have a sense of urgency and be able to work under pressure, be comfortable in a fast-paced, metrics-driven environment
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Flexible with the ability to work well with all departments and levels of staff both internally & externally
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Professional demeanor during all interactions with vendors, customers and fellow employees via phone or in-person
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Have a drive to advance within the organization.
- Advanced Excel Skill and additional Computer skills (JDE, Microsoft Suite – Word and PowerPoint, etc.)
Otros detalles
- Tipo de pago Salario
- Opa-locka, Florida, EE. UU.