Grocery Outlet Corp. Emeryville , CA 94608
Posted 1 week ago
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 Team:
Our Purchasing team's 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:
The primary responsibility of a Buyer's 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 assistance to buying team and ensures accuracy in the ordering process while facilitating communications between vendors and corresponding buyers.
Responsibilities Include:
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
Creates Hot Buy slides for weekly purchasing meeting
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 image proofing, accurate AD File, Delayed Distributions, Purchase Order tracking, and AD images
Other projects as needed
About The Pay:
Base Salary: $26.50 hr
401(k) Profit Sharing
Medical, Dental, Vision & More!
Final compensation will be determined based upon experience and skills and may vary based on location.
About You:
Associate degree or 1 to 2 years retail/sales or related experience
Excellent interpersonal skills, outgoing, willing to help others and openness to learn
Proficient use of Excel, Microsoft Word and Outlook
You are keen to details and highly organized
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
Proven team player, self-motivated, independent-thinker
Ability to reprioritize tasks and work frequently
Basic ORV/CRV & Sugar Tax knowledge
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