7 days ago
Buyer
RemoteHunter
Hybrid
Full Time
$90,000
Hybrid
Job Overview
Job TitleBuyer
Job TypeFull Time
CategoryCommerce
Experience5 Years
DegreeMaster
Offered Salary$90,000
LocationHybrid
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Job Description
About the Opportunity:
This Buyer position oversees, manages, and analyzes all merchandise requirements to ensure fulfillment at distribution centers. It involves reviewing a complex product mix to ensure accurate forecasting, proper order placement, and compliance with agreements. The role manages higher demand variability and seasonal lines and requires collaboration with marketing and supplier partners.
Responsibilities:
- Manage complex import vendors with high lead times, forecasting, and container requirements
- Determine appropriate product quantities to maintain sufficient inventory replenishment
- Negotiate special buying agreements for additional discounts to increase profit margin
- Maintain low levels of underperforming inventory through regular review of stock and forecasts
- Collaborate with marketing and sales teams to recommend disposition of discontinued and slow-moving products
- Contact vendors for product information, backorder status, and suggested substitutions
- Build and maintain favorable vendor and sales relationships to maximize profitability
- Analyze merchant sales plans and sales history to develop inventory forecasts
- Monitor and adjust purchasing system for demand and lead time irregularities
- Review and add value to system-generated order suggestions and projections proactively
- Negotiate volume discounts with suppliers
- Meet vendors to stay informed on product specifications and discontinued items
Requirements:
- Ability to optimize fill rates while minimizing inventory levels
- Anticipate future trends
- Work effectively with ambiguous data
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners and suppliers
- Strong negotiation skills
- Broad knowledge of SKU optimization
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Teams
- Ability to manage key performance indicators (KPIs)
- Typically 4 or more years of progressively responsible professional experience
- Bachelor’s Degree or global equivalent in a related discipline
- E3 Level 4 certification required
Key skills/competency:
- Inventory Management
- Forecasting
- Negotiation
- Supply Chain
- Vendor Management
- SKU Optimization
- Microsoft Excel
- KPI Management
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Merchandising
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- Research RemoteHunter's mission: Understand their role in connecting talent with leading employers.
- Tailor your resume effectively: Highlight your experience in buying, negotiation, forecasting, and inventory management.
- Showcase cross-functional collaboration: Emphasize your ability to work with sales, marketing, and suppliers.
- Prepare for competency-based questions: Demonstrate your skills in optimizing fill rates and managing KPIs.
- Highlight E3 Level 4 certification: This specific certification is crucial for standing out in the application process.
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