Buyer - Sourcing

Why is this role important:

Reporting to our Director - Sourcing you’ll participate in every aspect of category procurement including domestic and offshore sourcing, vendor relationship and performance management, RFPs, cost negotiations and cost mitigation, supply risk management, quality management, vendor onboarding and much more. You’ll also work with the Director to provide our retail divisions with rich category insights on cost inflation forecasting, commodity trends, competitive landscape analytics and global product innovation.

What you’ll do:

• Source and implement weekly and seasonal product buys for baseline and promotional volume on behalf of our retail divisions.
• Influence and implement buying strategies that align to category playbooks and deliver on our annual budget obligations.
• Build trusted relationships with the vendor community and our external partners.
• Lead and assist ...