Buyer

Job description

Position Overview The Buyer is responsible for purchasing assigned commodities from multiple vendors for the company to sell to it's retail customers. This role must maintain service levels agreements, adhere to budgeted inventory levels, engage with customers on service levels, and partner with vendors to successfully manage all aspects of product flow. Job Description: - Place purchase orders from vendors into buying system based on historical data, customer input & predicted demand. - Create & pull reports from system to manage and track inventory levels and expiration dates of product in C&S warehouses - Negotiate with vendors and customers to maximize product flow and coordinate action against close coded, expired and other unproductive inventory. - Utilize system tools to analyze and react to purchasing trends. Collaborate with other team members to achieve established goals and accomplish budgeted inventory levels - Mentor Buyer Assistants by organizing priorities, acting as a centralized vendor point of contact, creating inventory projects/initiatives, managing customer specific processes, etc. - Interact with customers on a regular basis to communicate successes and resolv...