Buyer

Sysco•Daytona Beach, FL

24d•Onsite

About The Position

The Buyer role is responsible for purchasing quality products on time, at a competitive price, and in the correct quantities to support company growth and maintain sales and margins. This involves using only fully approved corporate vendors and adhering to corporate contracts. The position requires reviewing item movement to determine purchase needs, creating and reviewing purchase orders (POs) and their confirmations, and physically reviewing inventory daily with a focus on critical items. The Buyer will also handle credits and returns promptly to minimize shrink, coordinate with the pricing department, vendors, and corporate to ensure accurate PO pricing, and plan and source logistics to support customers and maximize profitability. Additionally, the role involves coordinating with Sales to maximize timely utilization of inventories, increase inventory turns, and reduce inventory shrink, while maintaining the accuracy of all item maintenance, including country of origin and local information.

Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent.
3 to 5 years purchasing in like field and/or working within a retail, wholesale, or distribution environment
Fluent in Excel, Word, outlook, and basic PC navigation.
10 key and typing at a minimum of 30 words per minute.
Determination of how much of any given item to have on hand which can carry a great dollar value.
Rejection of product, protection on the troubled product, inability to recover shrink, substitute items when short of stock item.
Effective and timely verbal and written communications.
Able to prioritize and execute multiple short and long terms tasks simultaneously.

Nice To Haves

College degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Review item movement to determine purchase needs, cut PO’s (purchase order), review PO (purchase order) confirmations.
Physically review inventory daily with a larger focus on more critical/sensitive items
Handle all credits and returns promptly to minimize shrink
Work with pricing department, vendors and corporate to ensure all PO’s (purchase order) priced correctly
Plan and source logistics to support customers and maximize profitability.
Coordinate with Sales to maximize the timely utilization of all inventories, maximize inventory turns and reduce inventory shrink
Maintain the accuracy and stay up to date on all item maintenance, including COO (country of origin), local, etc.