Senior Grocery Buyer
Carrie Rikon & Associates
- Great Neck, NY
- $120,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Order products to meet forecasted demand.
- Obtain the best possible product costs, quality, and service at all times.
- Ensure that established policies and procedures are understood and adhered to.
- Strive to obtain inventory and turn goals, while maintaining service level and minimizing distress.
- Interface with various departments and division personnel to accomplish job functions. Develop and maintain good working relationships with vendors, store operations, distribution center, and division office personnel.
- Review acquisition costs to ensure items purchased are at the lowest cost consistent with considerations of quality, reliability of source, and urgency of need.
- Assess current inventory, market conditions, availability, and promotional impact to forecast order quantities and make recommendations to the merchandising team.
- Conduct post-promotional reviews and analyses to determine if promotional requirements were met and develop solutions for problem areas.
- Review and resolve inventory issues at the store level as a result of allocations or order issues. * Review and analyze daily and weekly reports to monitor costs, quality, service level, inventory turns, and distress and make adjustments as needed.
- Visit stores, as needed, to monitor programs, obtain store feedback, and assess overall implementation effectiveness.
- Manage Accounts Payable variance processes for distribution sourced items to ensure correct prices have been invoiced.
- Resolve store billing questions by researching discrepancies submitted at the store level with Store Billing and entering credits where appropriate or providing resolution.
- Maintain all necessary department files and records.
- Coordinate with Warehouse Operations to maintain the proper product flow through the facility, in a timely manner.
- Remote access (buying system) from home or off-site location when necessary.
- Minimum of 2 plus years of Purchasing or Vendor Management experience in industry or retail: Food Equipment or Food Supply Background Buyer
- Marketing/Logistics experience preferred or a strong understanding of store operations and merchandising methodologies and practices.
- Understanding of grocery procurement, logistics, inventory management, marketing, accounting, and financial management practices
- Excellent organizational and analytical skills; ability to take initiative and make fact-based decisions.
- Ability to plan and organize effectively.
- Written and verbal communication skills as well as interpersonal skills to develop and maintain effective business relationships both internally and externally.
- Strong computer aptitude in MS Office including Word and Excel.
- Ability to concentrate and deal with frequent interruptions.