Buyer's Assistant - GM

Buyer's Assistant - GM

Job Category : Purchasing Requisition Number : BUYER001951 Showing 1 location Job Details

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About Grocery Outlet :

• Our Mission : Touching lives for the better
• Our Vision : Touching lives by being the first choice for bargain-minded consumers in the U.S.
• Our Values & Behaviors : Achievement, Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Family, Fun, Integrity & Service

About the Role :

The primary responsibility of a Buyers Assistant is to provide the support required to purchase product with a focus on accurate and efficient data entry, on-time inbound logistics, and superior customer service.

This role provides support to a buying team and ensures accuracy in the ordering process while facilitating communications between vendors and corresponding buyers.

Job Responsibilities :

• Maintains department files including purchase orders, quotes sheets, supplier lists, and other documents
• Create purchase orders; Ensure that purchase orders are completed in a timely and accurate manner
• Ensure that retails and values are properly researched and input in purchase orders
• As applicable, responsible for direct store shipments and flex order guide
• Verifies product descriptions and update elsewhere as needed
• Relentless focus on ensuring all supplier invoices are processed timely with minimal past dues
• Maintains positive working relationships and effective communication with suppliers, internal departments, stores and distribution centers
• Establishes and maintains a reputation of credibility and responsiveness; promptly returns vendor and store phone calls, ensures timely follow-up on issues within 24 hours
• Setup suppliers, items, and modules with maximum accuracy and strong attention to detail
• Responds to all store issues and inquiries promptly
• Quickly reacts and processes pinks, yellows, red alerts, price changes and corrective billings
• Ownership of Print & Digital AD Process to include product images & proofing, Purchase Order tracking,
• Other projects as needed

About You :

• Associate degree or 1 to 2 years retail / sales or related experience
• Proficient use of Excel, Microsoft Word and Outlook
• Excellent interpersonal skills, outgoing, willing to help others and openness to learn
• Have a strong eye for detail and strive for a high level of accuracy
• Highly organized individual
• Resourceful and able to research problems and recommend solutions
• Strong written & verbal communication skills
• Ability to prioritize and multitask with broad workload to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Motivated & able to operate independently while establishing strong working relationships with co-workers and cross-functional teams
• Proven team player, self-motivated, independent thinker
• Ability to adapt well to change in direction and priority in a fast- paced and deadline-oriented environment
• Ability to reprioritize tasks and work frequently
• Attention to detail identify an issue and resolve all aspects; ability to anticipate and resolve upstream and downstream impacts

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