Junior Buyer
About the role
Our client is looking to add to their growing team!!
As a Re-Buyer, you will lead a diverse team in a cross functional environment, taking a lead role in the creation of long-term relationships at a senior client level and must possess strong knowledge base for leveraging prevalent methodologies. The Re-Buyer responsibilities will consist of inventory management, building of vendor relations and purchasing of items according to predefined product lines. This position will be required to manage purchasing cycles ensuring the availability of goods at all distribution centers through understanding of reorder criteria, inventory analysis and product performance.
Job Duties
- Analyze inventory needs based on sales trends and inventory levels.
- Review sales forecasts and provide information to sales department as requested.
- Place purchase orders ensuring flow of inventory that guarantees optimum stock levels and meets turnover goals.
- Provide purchasing, planning and control information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends as requested.
- Ensure that discontinued and defective merchandise is returned and documentation is processed for the warehouse and finance department.
- Communicate any product changes and discontinued items to management.
- Monitor and evaluate vendor performance and manage vendor relationships.
- Gather all pertinent information and specifications for each assignment.
- Define and develop product assortments with suppliers according to company product development strategies.
- Place orders and re-orders with chosen vendors.
- Create and process purchase orders for approval and deliver to accounting.
- Maintain sustainable vendor relationships that ensure timely deliveries and most competitive pricing.
- Maintain an extensive database for all orders that is up to date and provides information for analysis and reporting.
- Provide product, storage and order information to all internal departments as requested.
- Ensure that all invoices are verified and that vendors provide corrected invoices for the ones with discrepancies or provide a credit letter.
- Provide positive resolutions for any vendor conflicts.
- Monitor and adhere to applicable laws and regulations.
- Read, analyze and interpret business periodicals, professional journals and department process summaries.
- Participate in all required meetings providing input and recommendations.
Stay current with internal and external factors impacting procurement function
Junior Buyer
About the role
Our client is looking to add to their growing team!!
As a Re-Buyer, you will lead a diverse team in a cross functional environment, taking a lead role in the creation of long-term relationships at a senior client level and must possess strong knowledge base for leveraging prevalent methodologies. The Re-Buyer responsibilities will consist of inventory management, building of vendor relations and purchasing of items according to predefined product lines. This position will be required to manage purchasing cycles ensuring the availability of goods at all distribution centers through understanding of reorder criteria, inventory analysis and product performance.
Job Duties
- Analyze inventory needs based on sales trends and inventory levels.
- Review sales forecasts and provide information to sales department as requested.
- Place purchase orders ensuring flow of inventory that guarantees optimum stock levels and meets turnover goals.
- Provide purchasing, planning and control information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends as requested.
- Ensure that discontinued and defective merchandise is returned and documentation is processed for the warehouse and finance department.
- Communicate any product changes and discontinued items to management.
- Monitor and evaluate vendor performance and manage vendor relationships.
- Gather all pertinent information and specifications for each assignment.
- Define and develop product assortments with suppliers according to company product development strategies.
- Place orders and re-orders with chosen vendors.
- Create and process purchase orders for approval and deliver to accounting.
- Maintain sustainable vendor relationships that ensure timely deliveries and most competitive pricing.
- Maintain an extensive database for all orders that is up to date and provides information for analysis and reporting.
- Provide product, storage and order information to all internal departments as requested.
- Ensure that all invoices are verified and that vendors provide corrected invoices for the ones with discrepancies or provide a credit letter.
- Provide positive resolutions for any vendor conflicts.
- Monitor and adhere to applicable laws and regulations.
- Read, analyze and interpret business periodicals, professional journals and department process summaries.
- Participate in all required meetings providing input and recommendations.
Stay current with internal and external factors impacting procurement function