Buyer
Emeryville, CA, United States
** Buyer**
**Job Category****:** Purchasing **Requisition Number****:** BUYER01746 Showing 1 location **Job Details**
**Description**
**About the Team:** Our Purchasing teams mission is to provide bargain-minded customers with the deepest discounts on quality and branded products. In many ways our team is the heart of the organization- building and maintaining vendor relationships and providing solutions for our supplier partners and independent operators. Our buyers are empowered with speed, flexibility, and freedom while their passion and creativity embody the art of closeout buying. Successful members of our team are motivated to exceed annual comp sales, thrive in a collaborative environment, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and be motivated by relationship building.
**About the Role:** You will provide bargain-minded customers with the deepest discounts. You will be purchasing MTO (Made-to-Order) and Opportunistic product from suppliers. You will be responsible for managing inventory of selected categories generating $60M annually. You will manage key supplier relationships, new and existing and work with internal stake holders. Your primary role is to source product to meet or exceed sales and profit goals. Review category needs and source existing and new categories to support store and customer needs. You will be involved with supplier performance reviews & budget planning while supporting our commitment of providing VALUE to our customers.
**Responsibilities Include:**
* Meet or exceed sales and profit goals
* Analyze category needs and forecast future demands
* Successfully identify new product opportunities
* Adjust retail price, margin, value to the customer, risk, and timing during negotiations
* Recommend and advocate innovative solutions during the negotiating process
* Partner with the planning team to identify opportunities that strategically maximize sales and minimize loss
* Maintain cross functional relations with Operations, Store Operators, Marketing and IT
* Foster relationships with our existing supplier base
* Prioritize which deals to pursue
* Take the lead in inspiring others with differing viewpoints to work together for mutual benefit
* Plan short and long-term goals based on team and department's strategic initiatives
* Respond to changing demands and prioritize appropriately
* Demonstrated ability to successfully sell Grocery Outlet to suppliers
**About You:**
* 5+ years of category management and/or buying experience
* Experience with supporting retail stores a plus
* Experience with working with a distribution warehouse a plus
* Experience working with suppliers
* Experience in a fast-paced environment
* A strategic thinker with the tactical skills needed to execute the plan
* Proven track record of successfully growing your segment of the business
* Highly analytical with exceptional communication skills
* Excellent negotiation skills
* Experience working with a discount retailer is a plus
* Travel 20-40% of the time
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