Buyer

About the role

A Buyer at Pacific Seafood is a key role on our Procurement team supporting efforts to maintain and optimize inventory and coordinate logistics. This position involves maintaining inventory levels, coordinating freight, and assisting inventory and buying teams.

Responsibilities

• Attend daily inventory meetings
• Manage stock items and communicate updates, including new, discontinued, and changes in product and packaging technologies
• Maintain cost fields for stock items in AS400
• Develop weekly sales forecasts and purchase products accordingly to meet inventory requirements
• Work with sales team to analyze market conditions and competitive activity
• Aid in developing sales and market plans
• Utilize supplier lead times to maximize company advantages
• Respond to sales requests for research and sourcing new products
• Coordinate logistics ensuring adherence to delivery schedules by-product transport carriers
• Prepare purchase orders for daily receiving and provide transportation instructions
• Track freight and confirm purchase orders for inbound shipments
• Cross-train with buyers and inventory control for coverage
• Update bid sheets and handle various accounts in sales
• Print and distribute daily fresh product information
• Answer telephones and assist with inquiries

Requirements

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or another related field
• Minimum two years’ experience as a buyer

PREFERRED:

• Strong computer skills with the Microsoft Office Suite, primarily Word and Excel
• Work experience in the food industry

Qualifications

Physical Requirements:

• Sedentary work, walking and standing are required only occasionally
• Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
• Fingering. Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling
• Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly
• Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound
• Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading
• Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds

Skills

Skills:

• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Detail-oriented
• Excellent communication and customer service skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience in the food industry preferred

Benefits

Total compensation: At Pacific Seafood Your Base Wage Is Only a Portion Of Your Overall Compensation Package. We Invest In Our Team Members Through a Comprehensive And Attractive Total Rewards Package, Including But Not Limited To:

• Health insurance benefits options, including medical, prescription, vision, dental, basic group life and short term disability
• Flexible spending accounts for health flex and dependent care expenses
• 401(k) Retirement Plan options with generous annual company profit sharing match
• Paid time off for all regular FT team members, to include sick days, holiday pay, vacation, and personal time
• Employee Assistance Program- Confidential professional counseling, financial, and legal assistance provided at no charge to Team Members and immediate family members
• Product purchase program

Pay

Commensurate with experience

Schedule

N/A