Beer & Wine Assistant Buyer — Data-Driven Purchasing

Grocery-Outlet; Emeryville (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Profit Sharing

Job summary

Grocery-Outlet in Emeryville, CA seeks an Assistant Buyer to support the Beer & Wine team with data entry, ordering accuracy, and on-time inbound logistics. You will liaise with vendors and internal partners to maintain strong supplier relationships and ensure smooth operation across distribution centers.

Ideal candidates excel in communication, organization, and multi-tasking, with a proactive, team-oriented mindset and a focus on delivering excellent customer service to internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Attention to detail and highly organized.
• Able to prioritize and multitask.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and communication.
• Team player, self-motivated and proactive.

Responsibilities

• Support Buyers on all day-to-day functions of the department.
• Assist Buyers in writing purchase orders and monitoring production timelines, fulfilment accuracy, as well as shipping and receiving of shipments.
• Monitor future purchase orders and manage weekly receipt flow into the 4 different distribution centers, to insure timely arrival of orders.
• Responsible for initiating recalls when needed, reduction of prices after approval and work closely with accounts payable if cost discrepancies arise.
• Maintain DSD vendor-store linkages and Flexible Order Guides (FOG's) especially changes in costs, retails, values, effective dates. Track and maintain monthly promotional ad plan.
• Work closely with the inventory planning team to support buyer forecasting and managing of imports.
• Ensure that communication (written/verbal) is complete and thorough with vendor and internal partners.
• Maintain positive working relationships and communication with vendors, internal departments, stores and warehouses.
• Assists Buyers in analyzing the suggested reorders of product and looks for opportunities to improve efficiencies.
• Responsible to communicate directly with vendors as issues come up with exciting POs.
• Review sales by store by SKU; identifying hot and slow sellers.
• Maintain vendor relationships; work with vendors and Buyer to help negotiate better terms and/or costs for merchandise being purchased.
• Establish and maintain a reputation of credibility and responsiveness; promptly returns vendor and store phone calls, ensures timely follow-up on issues within 24 hours.
• Assists in marketing event planning and promotional execution.
• Identify and shop competition (including price checks); understand the target customer.
• Identify trends within the department to help reach and exceed sales and margin plan.

Job description

Grocery-Outlet in Emeryville, CA seeks an Assistant Buyer to support the Beer & Wine team with data entry, ordering accuracy, and on-time inbound logistics. You will liaise with vendors and internal partners to maintain strong supplier relationships and ensure smooth operation across distribution centers.

Ideal candidates excel in communication, organization, and multi-tasking, with a proactive, team-oriented mindset and a focus on delivering excellent customer service to internal stakeholders.