Merchandising team – Maple location<\/span><\/b>
<\/p>The Buyer will utilize their existing food retail product knowledge and manage an assigned category of products including purchasing, sales, profitability, planning, vendor relationships, negotiations, SKU assortment; They will coordinate activities involved with procurement of goods and review purchase orders and confirm with vendors on pricing, availability and delivery of products.<\/span>
<\/p>Responsibilities:<\/span>
<\/p>- Purchase and manage store inventory to achieve service level goals and store inventory level turns on promotional items in assigned categories<\/span>
<\/li>- Manage and review reports to identify issues on late deliveries, manufacturer outs, and taking appropriate action to maintain high service levels<\/span>
<\/li>- Manage pricing accuracy for frontline and promotional prices, insuring price integrity while achieving gross profit objectives<\/span>
<\/li>- Identify in -bound purchase order cost discrepancies and perform accounting reconciliation on in -bound shipments for assigned categories<\/span>
<\/li>- Develop strategic plans for categories, including category positioning, in -store promotions, plan -o -guides, pricing, service and inventory levels<\/span>
<\/li>- Complete regular reviews with stores with selected categories using various inputs, including consumer insights<\/span>
<\/li>- Oversee the implementation of Grocery initiatives including merchandising strategies, promotions, events, advertising, flyers<\/span>
<\/li>- Build relationships with vendors and negotiate an optimal merchandising mix<\/span>
<\/li>- Develop strong relationships with our store team members to move the company’s strategic initiatives forward<\/span>. <\/span><\/span>Work in conjunction with store teams regarding merchandising products to optimize sales<\/span>
<\/li>- Develop sales and promotional strategies including advertising, theme events, seasonal opportunities in order to achieve category targets.<\/span>
<\/li>- Responsible for defining product assortment, negotiating terms and conditions of purchase orders.<\/span>
<\/li>- Monitor all competitive and industry activities (including trends, opportunities etc.) regarding merchandising, marketing, assortment, pricing and promotions and use findings to support continuous improvement and innovation in the category.<\/span>
<\/li>- Identify consumer requirements and develop merchandising plans to meet those requirements.<\/span>
<\/li>- Provide feedback on performance reviews for office administrative assistant and/or assistant buyer(s) that indirectly report into you.<\/span>
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<\/p>Qualifications<\/span>
<\/p>- 5+ years of merchandising/management experience within the grocery retail industry<\/span>
<\/li>- University degree in a business related field or equivalent<\/span>
<\/li>- Ability to develop and implement tactical plans<\/span>
<\/li>- Excellent understanding of vendor and customer relationship management<\/span>
<\/li>- Strong communication and interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate with others as well as work independently<\/span>
<\/li>- Strong financial acumen (P&L)<\/span>
<\/li>- Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office Products)<\/span>
<\/li>- Strong customer service orientation<\/span>
<\/li>- Strong negotiation & problem solving skills<\/span>
<\/li>- Strong forecasting experience<\/span>
<\/li>- Strong analytical, and presentation skills<\/span>
<\/li>- Occasional travel will be required<\/span>
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