Assistant Fresh Foods Buyer

Place Merchandise Orders with manufacturers and maintain an in-stock position on all active items while eliminating overstocks.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage flow of paperwork with EDP, warehouse and Accounting
• Awareness of seasonal trends and reacts accordingly. Work with Buyer for appropriate planning and execution of seasonal plans, trends and required inventory levels.
• Manage offsite storage inventories, where applicable
• Ongoing research for the most effective ways of distribution of merchandise to warehouse.
• Continuous (ongoing) review of merchandise categories and proposal (recommendations) of any necessary changes.
• Update cost maintenance as necessary and set proposed price changes for Buyer review
• Ensure accurate supplier cost in the database to minimize supplier billing discrepancies and leverage accounting productivity.
• Collect new item/specification sheets/compliance certificates from vendors and submit for review and approval with Buyer.
• Maintain correct vendor and item data in the  AS400 system and update as necessary