Replenishment Buyer

Harris Teeter; Matthews (NC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Harris Teeter is seeking a detail‑oriented Inventory Replenishment Associate to monitor daily purchasing across ~3,000 SKUs and ~150 vendors. The role requires strong analytics, vendor communication, and collaboration with Category Managers to support inventory strategies and in‑stock targets.

The onsite position demands regular interaction with internal teams and external partners to optimize replenishment and reduce out‑of‑stocks. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• 1–2 years related experience or training preferred.
• Equivalency of education and experience considered.

Responsibilities

• Monitor replenishment to maintain service levels and inventory targets.
• Support $450M in sales by ensuring store in-stock targets.
• Manage $330M in inventory and ~3K items across 150 vendors.
• Analyze warehouse on-hand and on-order data for daily purchasing.
• Communicate with vendors and Category Managers to align strategies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize inventory processes.
• Ensure item integrity and substitutions align with purchasing and billing.

Skills

Analytical skills

Detail oriented

Strong communicator

Vendor management

Inventory analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Day to Day / Responsibilities:

The ideal candidate is analytical, detail-oriented, and possesses strong communication skills. Basic Microsoft Office proficiency is required. In this role, the associate will analyze inventory and demand data to determine when and how much product to order from vendors. They will manage approximately 150 vendors and 3,000 SKUs, ensuring appropriate inventory levels are maintained while minimizing out-of-stocks and excess inventory. The position requires regular communication with vendors, logistics partners, peers, and Category Managers to support inventory and replenishment strategies. While the desk can be managed independently with limited day-to-day interaction from the core team, strong cross-functional communication and collaboration are essential. This is an onsite position requiring attendance in the office five days per week.

• Monitors the Replenishment of products to ensure that all assigned items are purchased to maintain adequate inventory and service levels considering expiration guidelines and inventory turn targets.
• Support an average of $450M in sales by maintaining adequate store in stock targets
• Manage $330M in inventory on average while hitting target inventory levels.
• Responsible for managing an average of 3K items and 150 vendors across active warehouses.
• Analyze warehouse on hand, warehouse on order and historical store orders to determine how much inventory to purchase daily.
• Tracks inventories turn rate to ensure proper warehouse levels are maintained for high volume and slow-moving items.
• Communicate with the vendor frequently about inventory strategies, out of stocks and new item launches.
• Tracks open orders to ensure inventory is received on time
• Perform root cause analysis on out-of-stock items, implement solutions & communicate to impacted stakeholders
• Collaborate with Category Management team to ensure alignment on inventory strategies
• Become familiar with product, learn, and understand the supply chain preferences, seasonality, baseline demands, and problems related to the replenishment and sale of those items.
• Facilitate and coordinate the delivery of new, deleted, and cut-in items to ensure a successful reset process.
• Maintain item integrity related to substitutions, purchasing and billing status
• Communicate with Category Manager on aged inventory and help with exit plan
• Work hold, damaged, PO overages, or out-of-date items in the warehouse, facilitate vendor pickup or donation of products.
• Act as subject matter expert for assigned desk in cross functional collaboration projects
• Review inventory exception reporting related to store in-stocks.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience