Purchasing Management Specialist - Food (bilingual Japanese)

Job description

Summary: The Purchasing Specialist who is responsible for planning, sourcing, and purchasing all products within his/her category(ies);will have end-to-end ownership of a category of our products. Daily functions include sourcing new vendors, building and managing vendor relations, negotiating costs and terms, maintaining existing product lines, and setting up new product lines respectively. He/she will also interact with our marketing and promotion teams to come up with pricing and selling plans and make decisions on how to scale and expand our customer base and drive GMV growth and margins. The goal of our merchandising team is to drive GMV and customer growth while maintaining healthy margins. This position will require bilingual skills in order to communicate and negotiate with both domestic and international vendors. Job Responsibilities: Sourcing & Procurement Generate purchase orders, follow up with PO’s, confirm status and ensure delivery on a daily basis Source and develop new vendors, craft negotiation strategies and terms on price, payment and lead time and close deals with optimal terms Source and develop new products in Asian Food segments based on various factors such...