Purchasing (Buyer)
Canton Food Company is a cash and carry wholesale food company that has an opening for an
experienced Purchasing (Buyer) for our team of professionals in Los Angeles. We offer competitive
wages, good benefits and excellent pension program.
Position Summary:
Purchasing (Buyer) for Meat, Produce and/or Grocery Products
Job Responsibilities:
Responsibilities include but not limited to the following:
* Secures and analyzes quotations, negotiates prices and terms with suppliers and recommends
suppliers with respect to cost, quality and delivery competitiveness for assigned
responsibilities
* Review product performance and makes decisions to maximize sales performance as well as income
performance
* Manage the quality and performance of category products
* Able to forecast procurement of category assigned and maintaining Inventory levels
* Recommend new products and product lines for our category
* Manage purchasing authorizations levels for private and national brands
Requirements:
* Minimum of 3 years in Meat, Produce and or Grocery Items
* Strong verbal and communication skills
* Fast pace, detailed oriented and multitasking
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
* Proven negotiating skills
* Proficient in all Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook)
Contact Information: Email resumes to Corporate@cantonfoodco.com or Fax Resume to (213) 668-1121
Attn: ext. 225
Job Requirements:
- Placing purchasing orders with vendors
- Maintain purchase orders within the purchasing systems
- Generating purchase orders and transmitting purchase orders to suppliers
- Maintain purchase order and purchasing process documentation
- Providing purchase orders to suppliers
- Produce inventory and purchasing reports
- Authorize all production material purchasing contracts
- Manage purchasing team as well as normal purchasing responsibilities
- Support procurement and purchasing processes
- Add new vendor purchase orders
- Ordering and purchasing new supplies
- Communicate purchasing schedules and vendor
- Create purchase orders from requisitions
- Select suppliers and issues purchase orders
- Perform all other purchasing duties
- Perform other purchasing or inventory control duties
- Provide purchasing guidance and oversight, leading purchasing team
- Enable effective purchasing process management
- Match purchase orders to invoices from vendors
- Ensure purchase orders and contracts