Job Description :

JOB DESCRIPITION:
  • Product Availability: forecast, order and maintain safety stock, providing optimal availability in the warehouse and stores. Collaborate with vendors and distributors to ensure products are available for store orders.
  • Reporting and Analysis: Maintain, create, and add insight to reports. Analyze data to influence decision making and escalation of topics. Complete ad hoc reporting as necessary to investigate various issues with ordering or vendor performance
  • Compliance: Follow up with vendors on metrics and influence vendors to improve performance
  • Collaboration: Collaborate with various teams, developing new tools and SOPs to increase ordering efficiency and reliability. Work with vendors and internal teams to resolve issues related to ordering and vendor performance. Work with vendors on new item forecasts, discontinuations, and other item changes
  • Communication: Serve as the main point of contact for stores on supply chain topics, including recalls.
  • Projects: Participate as needed in other department tasks and projects as directed (for example, New Store Opening)
Requirements:
  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • 2-3 years previous buying/planning experience, especially in the grocery industry
  • 3+ years' experience in field or career
  • Proficiency and comfortability working with procurement and reporting software (ex. Catapult)
  • Excellent attention to detail, especially with data, reporting, and forecasting
  • Broad understanding of business issues, metrics, organizational linkages, and operational impact
  • Savvy analytical skills, including ability to easily manipulate data
  • Ability to prioritize tasks that change frequently and manage unexpected demands while maintaining strong follow through
  • Strong communication skills (written, verbal, presentations) with multiple stakeholders
  • Ability to influence vendors and hold them accountable
  • Experience in a fast-paced work environment.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

             

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