Our Purchasing Agents/Buyers are responsible for the day-to-day management of vendors and range management in terms of reviewing/managing existing product ranges.

We are seeking an individual with a collaborative team spirit as well as independent drive, who would love to help impact on the heart of our business - curation and brand management, as well as the flow of products in retail. You will learn the fundamentals of product buying and logistics from curation to relationship management, to analytics and forecasting and supply chain management.

Responsibilities
1). Vendor management: Implements and monitors category strategy, new vendor agreements and orders.
2). Manage the vendor relationship locally, with a focus on promotional and activity plan, pricing queries, and stock queries.
4). Place all new orders for the category.
5). Work with the vendors to ensure our ERP system is up to date with item information.
6). Biweekly conference calls with each supplier focusing on sales performance.
7). Manages the current active assortment listing on all brands and provides the necessary details to Master Data to maintain a clean product database of active and discontinued lines.
8). Ensures the system is up to date with the most recent cost and retail prices.
9). The person provides regular feedback on administration on knowledge of Buying, on strengths and weaknesses of products and new opportunities, identifying specific action plans to further develop the business.
11). Works with Planning and completes daily and weekly category analysis to ensure optimum stock forecasting.
12). Able to review the individual SKU performance regularly and based on performance to make local delisting decisions.
13). Weekly management of on hold for all vendors.
14). Communicates SKU level delisting's decision to the master data team

Proven experience in Wholesale Parts and Supplies

• Proven experience in brand relationship management
• Strong understanding of merchandising financials, retail math, and the ability to manage profitability.
• Proven experience building a profitable business with Knowledge of Open-to-Buy process.
• Strong product sensibility and understanding of category brands.
• Ability to analyze reports and draw conclusions/recommendations.
• Ability to remain flexible and willing to change and challenge strategies, as business needs dictate.
• Must be Bilingual (Spanish/English).
• SAP experience preferred.