Buyer

Feb 01 2025

Pacific Provisions Hawaii |Kapolei|Full Time, $55,000 - $59,000 / year

Job Description

We are looking for a full-time Buyer for the following job duties:

Purchase the highest quality merchandise at the lowest possible price and in correct amounts.
Maintain and review computerized or manual records of items purchased, costs, delivery, product performance, and inventories.
Monitor shipments to ensure that goods come in on time, and in the event of problems trace shipments and follow up undelivered goods.
Prepare purchase orders, solicit bid proposals and review requisitions for goods and services.
Purchase the highest quality merchandise at the lowest possible price and in correct amounts.
Monitor and follow applicable laws and regulations.
Negotiate, or renegotiate, and administer contracts with suppliers, vendors, and other representatives.
Confer with staff, users, and vendors to discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services and determine corrective action.
Examine, select, order, and purchase at the most favorable price merchandise consistent with quality, quantity, specification requirements and other factors.
Analyze and monitor sales records, trends and economic conditions to anticipate consumer buying patterns and determine what the company will sell and how much inventory is needed.
Confer with sales and purchasing personnel to obtain information about customer needs and preferences.
Track the status of requisitions, contracts, and orders.
Performs other duties as needed.

You would be great for this role if you have these qualifications:

Associate degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
General Office Equipment, Microsoft Office programs (e.g.: Word, Excel, Outlook), Internet.
One to two years of wholesale purchasing experience required, experience in foodservice preferred, knowledge of food, food ingredients, non-food products (i.e. paper, foil, plastics), shipping and transportation knowledge preferred.

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