Buyer - Supplements/HBA

New Morning Market; Woodbury (CT); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

New Morning Market in Woodbury, CT is seeking a customer-focused team member for the Wellness department. You will help customers, ensure accurate product labeling, manage stock, and share knowledge of wellness trends.

You’ll work with vendors, review promotions, price changes, and assist with inventory counts while delivering a welcoming shopping experience.

Qualifications

• Customer service oriented with a friendly demeanor.
• Attention to accurate labeling and pricing.
• Ability to manage stock and support inventory control.
• Good knowledge of wellness products and trends.

Responsibilities

• Purchase lines to maintain in-stock levels and pricing.
• Evaluate vendors and explore new supply sources.
• Review promotions and coordinate sales events.
• Ensure up-to-date price labeling on items.
• Provide product information to customers and staff.
• Negotiate with vendors for samples and allowances.
• Review invoices for cost, size, price accuracy.
• Monitor min/max stock levels to avoid overstock.
• Participate in inventory counts and vendor meetings.

Skills

Customer service

Product labeling

Inventory management

Wellness knowledge

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Description

What you’re great at:

• Discovering customer needs and providing service in a prompt and courteous manner.
• Providing a rewarding shopping experience with accurate labeling of product shelf tags, price stickers and/or signs.
• Effectively managing inventory by pulling back stock and re-pricing goods while processing new product deliveries.
• Sharing your working knowledge of wellness offerings and trends.
• Displaying excellent interpersonal skills.

A day in the life:

• Purchase specific product lines (vitamins, supplements, herbs, and natural body care products) to maintain appropriate in-stock levels, inventory turns, to ensure a steady supply of products customers want and to adequately accommodate specials.
• Evaluate vendors and investigate new sources of supply for recommendation to Wellness Manager.
• Review vendor and broker promotional offerings and work with the department management in the development, implementation and coordination of sales promotions.
• Ensure accurate, up‑to‑date price labeling (or shelf tags) for department items.
• Provide product information to customers, staff and sampling/demo staff. Stay abreast of developments in natural products industry through reading trade publications and talking with brokers.
• Negotiate with vendors/brokers for demo samples and allowances and hand off to sample/demo staff for their implementation.
• Review all invoices and makes corrections to cost, size, price, etc., where required.
• Monitor and when necessary adjust product min/max settings to ensure adequate amounts of product are available while avoiding overstocking.
• Regularly review margins and make recommendations for adjustments to department management.
• Participate in inventory counts and price change projects.
• Participate in the organization of staff and vendor meetings.