Chef's kitchen is looking for an Experienced Food Distribution Procurement/Buyer to join our team!
A Procurement/Buyer buys goods for either production and/or resale. You will also negotiates the best cost for our company, focusing on the highest quality goods and services at the lowest possible cost. You will also keeps abreast of changes affecting both the supply of and demand for, needed products and materials.
JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES:
The responsibilities of a Buyer include:
Full departmental P&L responsibilities.
Establishing strategies to meet sales expectations.
Managing the purchasing functions of the department.
Developing and implementing purchasing, pricing and merchandising strategies.
Selecting vendors, assessing vendor capabilities, evaluating vendor performance, and negotiating cost, delivery and payment terms.
Maintaining established inventory turns for each product category purchased.
Communicating with store level personnel on all new pricing information as well as status of inventory in order to eliminate any slow moving/out of date/overstocked products.
Developing store level ordering strategies including management of DSD vendors.
Striving continuously to obtain new or improved lines of inventory/products for the company.
Developing, implementing and maintaining category Plan-O-Gram at store level.
Expediting purchase order vendor
Negotiating annual contracts
Evaluating promotions.
JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
Experience:
Have a minimum 1 years of buying experience in our related field.
Field of Expertise:
Purchasing, Merchandising, negotiating.
Business Management.
Skills:
Bilingual (English & Spanish) Preferred but not required.
The ability to develop good relationships with vendors, and maintain communication with other departments within the organization.
Strong planning, analytical and time management skills.
Strong computer skills
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: Up to $64,434.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- On call
- Overtime
- Weekends as needed
Experience:
- Purchasing: 1 year (Preferred)
- Grocery store: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: In person