Buyer

Pacific Seafood; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Employee assistance program

Product purchase program

Job summary

Pacific Seafood is seeking a Buyer to join our Clackamas Procurement team. The role focuses on maintaining inventory levels, coordinating freight, and supporting the buying and inventory control functions with strong analytical and organizational skills.

Ideal candidates will hold a Bachelor’s degree in business and at least two years’ buying experience, with proficiency in MS Office and preferably exposure to AS400. This position offers full-time employment with a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or a related field.
• Minimum two years’ experience as a buyer.
• Proficiency with MS Office; experience in the food industry is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain inventory levels and track stock.
• Coordinate freight and purchase orders.
• Analyze market conditions and supplier lead times.
• Provide administrative support across the procurement team.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Detail oriented

AS400

MS Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or related field

Minimum two years’ experience as a buyer

Tools

AS400

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

Buyer

Department: Clackamas Purchasing

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Clackamas

Description

At Pacific Seafood, we do more than just provide the world with the healthiest proteins on the planet. We are a family-owned, excellence-driven organization committed to being the brand of choice in the marketplace and the employer of choice in the community. We believe in servant leadership, investing in our team members’ personal and professional growth, and rewarding performance. We live by the core values of our Diamond Philosophy: Teamwork, Productivity, Quality, and Excellence — which means consistently doing your best and always striving to do better.

Summary: A Buyer at Pacific Seafood is a key role on our Procurement team supporting efforts to maintain and optimize inventory and coordinate logistics. This position involves maintaining inventory levels, coordinating freight, and assisting inventory and buying teams and is ideal for someone who has analytical skills, organizational skills, and is detail orientated.

Key Responsibilities

1. Inventory Control Management
   • Attend daily inventory meetings
   • Manage stock items and communicate updates, including new, discontinued, and changes in product and packaging technologies
   • Maintain cost fields for stock items in AS400
   • Develop weekly sales forecasts and purchase products accordingly to meet inventory requirements
2. Market Analysis and Collaboration
   • Work with sales team to analyze market conditions and competitive activity
   • Assist in developing sales and market plans
   • Utilize supplier lead times to maximize company advantages
   • Respond to sales requests for research and sourcing new products
3. Logistics Coordination
   • Ensure adherence to delivery schedules by-product transport carriers
   • Prepare purchase orders for daily receiving and provide transportation instructions
   • Track freight and confirm purchase orders for inbound shipments
4. Administrative Support and Customer Service
   • Cross-train with buyers and inventory control for coverage
   • Update bid sheets and handle various accounts in sales
   • Print and distribute daily fresh product information
   • Answer telephones and assist with inquiries

Additional responsibilities may be assigned as deemed necessary to support the overall goals and objectives of the position.

What you bring to Pacific Seafood

Education and Experience

• Required
  • Bachelor’s degree in business or another related field
  • Minimum two years’ experience as a buyer
• Preferred
  • Strong computer skills with the Microsoft Office Suite, primarily Word and Excel
  • Work experience in the food industry

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the team member:

• Sedentary work, walking and standing are required only occasionally.
• Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Fingering. Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.
• Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Working Conditions

The working environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the team member is exposed to:

• Office, as well as warehouse environment.
• Moderate noise level in the work environment.
• Plant exposure to wet, cold, and/or humid temperatures.
• Standard office equipment and heavy machinery.

Benefits

Total compensation:

At Pacific Seafood your base wage is only a portion of your overall compensation package. We invest in our Team Members through a comprehensive and attractive total rewards package, including but not limited to:

• Health insurance benefits options, including medical, prescription, vision, dental, basic group life and short term disability.
• Flexible spending accounts for health flex and dependent care expenses
• 401(k) Retirement Plan options with generous annual company profit sharing match
• Paid time off for all regular FT team members, to include sick days, holiday pay, vacation, and personal time
• Employee Assistance Program- Confidential professional counseling, financial, and legal assistance provided at no charge to Team Members and immediate family members
• Product purchase program

Pacific Seafood is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.