Job Description

This position offers the opportunity to with an established and growing food and beverage company. Enjoy opportunities for advancement, a hybrid work schedule, and a competitive total package with a generous annual bonus incentive. This position will report to the Category Manager and work closely with the Vice President of Purchasing.

Job Focus:

• Ordering products to meet forecasted demand, while minimizing loss on inventory
• Obtain best possible product costs, quality, and service always.
• Ensure that established policies and procedures are understood and adhered to.
• Strive to obtain inventory and turn goals, while maintaining service level and minimizing distress
• Interface with other departments and division personnel to accomplish job functions is necessary. Develop and maintain good working relationships with vendors, store operations, distribution center, and division office personnel.
• Review acquisition costs to ensure items purchased are at the lowest cost consistent with considerations of quality, reliability of source, and urgency of need.
• Assess current inventory, market conditions, availability, and promotional impact to forecast order quantities and make recommendations to the merchandising team.
• Conduct post-promotional reviews and analysis to determine if promotional requirements were met and develop solutions for problem areas.
• Review and resolve inventory issues at store level because of allocations or order issues.
• Review and analyze daily and weekly reports to monitor costs, quality, service level, inventory turns, and distress and adjust as needed.
• Manage Accounts Payable variance processes for distribution sourced items to ensure correct prices have been invoiced.
• Resolve store billing questions by researching discrepancies submitted at store level with Store Billing and entering credits where appropriate or providing resolution.
• Maintain all necessary department files and records.
• Coordinate with Warehouse Operations to maintain the proper product flow through the facility, in a timely manner.
• Remote access (buying system) from home or off-site location when necessary.

Qualifications:

• 2+ years’ experience purchasing
• 1+ year experience purchasing commercial grade kitchen appliances
• Experience with annual spends over $25MM
• Contract negotiation experience
• Experience working directly with suppliers
• Exceptional organizational and analytical abilities, with a data-driven decision-making approach.

About Blue Signal:

Blue Signal is an award-winning, executive search firm specializing in food & agriculture recruitment. Our food & agriculture recruiting team unites professionals in agribusiness, food processing, and agricultural technology with innovative companies. Learn more at bit.ly/40LrcFx

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