Food Lion · 7 hours ago
Buyer- Fresh Meat
Salisbury, NC
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expFood Lion is committed to the professional development of its associates and seeks a Buyer for Fresh Meat. The role involves negotiating costs, procuring items, and maintaining vendor relationships to support procurement goals and drive sales.
Retail
Responsibilities
Negotiate costs with approved vendors
Develop strong business relationships with vendors to deliver quality needs at best cost
Meet established procurement goals, such as service levels, merchandise force outs, buyer adjust accounts, buyer/DC loss, turns, and inventory dollars
Develop accurate projected costs and item movement to pricing to support margin projections
Support promotional planning to drive sales
Analyze and create recommendations regarding item trends, seasonal updates, and product supply issues
Procure fresh commodities that meet defined food safety and quality expectations
Based on respective area of responsibility negotiate costs with approved vendors
Meet established procurement goals, such as service levels, merchandise force outs, buyer adjust accounts, buyer/DC loss, turns, and inventory dollars
Partners with the Demand Planning Analyst sharing their extensive product knowledge to enable appropriate demand management system enhancements
Develop strong business relationships with vendors to deliver quality needs at best cost
Provide accurate projected costs and item movement to pricing to support margin projections
Be an expert on specifications and sourcing for all products within portfolio
Support Category Manager in developing promotional plans that drive banner sales
Support promotional planning by recommending items that meet banner promotion strategies
Maintain solid communication with business partners (Merchandising, Pricing, Item Lifecycle, and Replenishment) to support Banner needs
Communicate item trends, seasonal updates, and product supply issues to appropriate business partners in a proactive, timely manner
Resolve any Accounts Payable issues using invoice matching system
Resolve vendor accuracy and other issues/exceptions
Work with Buyer Assistant to ensure accurate item maintenance
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree
Microsoft Office
3 years
2 or more years procurement experience in perishable food commodities
Strong communication skills
Strong negotiation Skills
Strong analytical skills
Ability to influence without authority
Ability to work as part of a team
Ability to think innovatively
Excellent organizational, planning, influence, communication and presentation skills
Self-motivated and persuasive in presenting and selling ideas and executing their implementation
Preferred
Retail Experience
Procurement experience
Basic professional level of knowledge of company, business and industry practices
General understanding of Pre-sell Application, Forward Buy system, Warehouse Management System (WMS), Computer Assisted Ordering (CAO), Logistics, and Banner Strategies
Solid understanding of Perishable Forecasting Tool (PFT), SEGA, INFOREM, Merchandising Sales Plan (MSP), Product Feedback, Control D, Item and Vendor Set Up
Company
Food Lion
Food Lion is a easy, fresh and affordable grocery store for you can count on Food Lion every day.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Deborah Sabo
Chief Marketing Officer, SVP
Brian Tanner, SHRM-SCP
Human Resources Business Partner
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