Associate Buyer
About The Position
Freedom Outdoors is seeking an organized, analytical purchasing professional to join its Procurement team as an Associate Buyer. Partnering directly with the Vice President of Procurement, the Associate Buyer manages day-to-day purchasing and replenishment across all Freedom Outdoors locations. The role requires working with data, making purchasing decisions, tracking details, and recommending improvements to the product assortment. This is a full-time, salaried, on-site position based at the Virginia Beach store, with a typical Monday–Friday schedule. Periodic travel to each Freedom Outdoors location is expected; travel or weekend work may occasionally be needed for store events or inventory.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of experience in purchasing, buying, replenishment, inventory management, or merchandising, including hands-on purchase order and vendor work.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and working with large data sets.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
- Clear, professional written and verbal communication with vendors and teammates.
- Ability to pass a background check and legally handle firearms.
- Ability to move throughout retail floor, stockroom, and range areas.
- Ability to occasionally lift and move products weighing up to 50 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Nice To Haves
- Retail ERP or POS experience.
- Firearm knowledge.
Responsibilities
- Manage retail replenishment across all Freedom Outdoors locations, maintaining established inventory targets by SKU and store.
- Review system replenishment recommendations, investigate discrepancies, and recommend corrections.
- Monitor in-stocks, overstocks, weeks of supply, and aged inventory by SKU, brand, and location.
- Rebalance inventory between stores, including serialized firearm transfers between licensed locations.
- Walk the store regularly to check stock levels and restock products as needed.
- Create and manage purchase orders from placement through receipt, confirm orders with vendors, maintain accurate open orders, and update stores on incoming products.
- Set up new items and maintain accurate costs, UPCs, and vendor information.
- Manage customer special orders and support promotional buys and vendor programs.
- Collaborate with sales, receiving, accounting, operations, and store teams to resolve purchasing and inventory discrepancies.
- Serve as the day-to-day contact for manufacturers, distributors, and sales representatives, including representatives visiting the Virginia Beach store.
- Track backorders, delays, shortages, and allocated products until orders are filled.
- Ensure vendors meet agreed pricing, terms, and delivery dates.
- Use sales and inventory data to build reports and recommend products to add, increase, reduce, or discontinue.
- Identify issues early and present recommended solutions.
- Help test and roll out new inventory and point-of-sale systems.
- Travel periodically to Freedom Outdoors locations and, on rare occasions, work weekends for store events or inventory.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid time off
- Employee discounts
- Free training classes offered by Freedom Outdoors
- Access to manufacturer reward programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
