Buyer

Job Summary

Purchase quality products, on time, at a competitive price, so the company can grow and maintain sales and margins. Using only fully approved (Corporate) vendors and following corporate contracts.

Responsibilities

• Review item movement to determine purchase needs, cut PO’s (purchase order), review PO (purchase order) confirmations.
• Physically review inventory daily with a larger focus on more critical/sensitive items.
• Handle all credits and returns promptly to minimize shrink.
• Work with pricing department, vendors and corporate to ensure all PO’s (purchase order) priced correctly.
• Work with Transportation to maximize profitability.
• Cook with Sales to maximize the timely utilization of all inventories, maximize inventory turns and reduce inventory shrink.
• Maintain the accuracy and stay up to date on all item maintenance, including COO (chief operating officer), local, etc.

Qualifications

• Educational requirements: High School diploma or equivalent. College degree preferred.
• Experience: 3 to 5 years purchasing in like field and/or working within a retail, wholesale, or distribution environment.
• Professional Skills: Excel, Word, 10 key and typing at a minimum of 30 words per minute. Determination of how much of any given item to have on hand which can carry a great dollar value. Rejection of product, protection on the troubled product, inability to recover shrink, substitute items when short of stock item.