Buyer

Halperns'​ Steak & Seafood • Orlando, FL

8d

About The Position

The Buyer serves as a merchandising generalist for replenishment and procurement for a specified division. The role is responsible for maintaining accurate cost records, managing product life cycles and fully landed product costs, and acting as the divisional resource for inventory and supplier-related needs, including serving as a primary supplier contact.

The Buyer supports divisional business objectives while aligning with enterprise procurement philosophies, and works closely with suppliers, sales, marketing, and divisional merchandising teams to meet customer product needs. The role is based in Orlando, Florida.

Requirements

• Ability to work in teams, interact across departments and roles, and develop relationships.
• Self-directed approach and ability to manage distractions, repetitive work, priorities, changing workloads, and ambiguity.
• Knowledge of basic mathematics, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and percentages.
• Excellent written, verbal, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and execute efficient work processes.
• Knowledge of supply chain principles and methods for moving goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including relative costs and benefits.
• Knowledge of customer service principles and processes, including assessing customer needs, meeting service quality standards, and evaluating customer satisfaction.
• Ability to solve complex problems and develop solutions using analysis, coordination, and established precedents or policies as appropriate.
• Advanced knowledge of supply chain principles and techniques related to products and categories.
• Knowledge of spreadsheet, word processing, presentation, email, and Google applications.
• Knowledge of standard office equipment and technology, including copy machines, fax machines, printers, laptops or PCs, mobile technology, teleconferencing, and remote connectivity.
• Provide the most recent employment experience for the application to be considered complete.

Responsibilities

• Manage product life cycles, from new product introduction through discontinuance.
• Maintain timely and accurate cost records for stocked and special-order items.
• Support new supplier and item setup processes and related system activities.
• Support inventory management activities for product conversions.
• Collaborate with suppliers to address quality or service problems and expedite deliveries as needed.
• Monitor market conditions, causal factors such as weather and seasonality, raw materials, and product availability to maintain customer inventory while avoiding product loss.
• Release purchase orders and replenish inventory.
• Maintain primary and backup sourcing solutions.
• Assist in developing strategies and action plans to achieve desired fully landed product costs.
• Align with and support enterprise procurement philosophies while meeting divisional business objectives.
• Work with sales and marketing to meet customer product needs.
• Manage disposition of long, outdated, and obsolete inventory.
• Communicate with divisional merchandising teams as necessary.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, prescription drug, and EFAP benefits after 30 days of employment.
• Dental, vision, and other voluntary plans.
• Pre-tax saving accounts.
• Profit sharing.
• Family culture and career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed