Buyer Assistant - Frozen Food / Dairy

Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Onboards new items and new vendors by collecting all appropriate information in conjunction with Buyers and vendors and seeing process through to completion ahead of product procurement.
• Maintains item attributes within Festival Foods’ Master Data Systems by interpreting and relaying appropriate changes communicated by vendor partners, through connected internal processes.
• Collects ad / promotion tactics on behalf of assigned Buyer and department / category leadership and translates into downstream tools / processes to ensure accurate execution at point of sale and in promotional materials.
• Maintains accurate pricing at stores, by executing price adjustments under the guidance of assigned Buyer and department / category leadership.
• Maintains profitability by billing vendors for ads, cost recovery and assorted negotiations.
• Authorizes payment, returned merchandise, credits and invoice error fees.
• Maintains accurate costs by timely processing cost changes submitted by vendors
• Reviews invoices as needed to ensure that the cost on invoices matches the cost on file and resolves with vendor (or source system) as necessary.
• Supports assigned buyer’s initiatives by preparing and compiling reports on metrics including, but not limited to, sales, margin, ad performance, shrink, quarterly performance, etc.
• Maintains exceptional vendor partner working relationships through partnership and training of Festival Foods forms, systems and tools by serving as a primary point of contact.
• Contributes to assigned department / category team by answering and / or resolving ad or merchandising inquires.
• Supports inventory maintenance programs on behalf of the assigned department / category, which may include but is not limited to, maintaining counts and preparing inventory workbooks.
• Partners with connected business teams, including Merchandising Systems, Central Pricing, Space Planning, Business Analytics, to ensure successful connected integrations between departments where applicable.
• Regular, timely attendance in compliance with the work schedule, and adequate notice to find a replacement for occasional absences
• Additional projects or duties as assigned by Buyer or department / category leadership.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

WORK SCHEDULE

The Buyer Assistant is a full-time position.

Benefits Overview

WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT HERE :

Additional

Festival Foods will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of an executed recruitment Master Service Agreement, there will be no obligation to any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without an agreement, Festival Foods shall reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, shall be deemed the property of Festival Foods.

Address

1724 Lawrence Drive

City

De Pere

State

WI

Postal Code

54115

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