Assistant Buyer

Job Description

Job Description

Description

Our team is entering an exciting new chapter.  We have recently brought the strengths and experience of Ocean Beauty and Pacific Seafood together.  We are building an even stronger operation for our team members, customers, and communities.

We believe we are Stronger Together. We are building an more robust operation for our customers, and communities. And creating new opportunities for people to grow and succeed.

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:
The Assistant Buyer position assists in coordinating sourcing and buying fresh and frozen seafood products.   Makes recommendations for marketing opportunities with vendors to obtain optimal costs. Coordinates with direct suppliers/vendors or brokers to source quality seafood products at competitive prices.

• Be a role model in projecting and applying The Pacific Group Diamond Philosophy (Productivity, Quality, Excellence and teamwork) and promote teamwork at all times. 
• Manage and procure stock items assigned. 
• Attend daily inventory meetings. 
• Manage and communicate new and discontinued items, changes in product and packaging technologies. 
• Work with sales team to understand market conditions, analyze competitive market activity, and assist in the development of sales and market plans. 
• Maintain cost fields in AS400 for stock and fillet items. 
• Develop seasonal and annual merchandising programs. 
• Develop weekly sales forecast with sales management and purchase product to ensure stock and inventory requirements are achieved. 
• Understand and use supplier lead times to maximize the company's advantages in the marketplace. 
• Ensure that product transport carriers adhere to committed schedules for delivery and that carriers follow warehouse receiving schedule requirements. 
• Prepare PO's for receiving each day and supply to the Lead Receiver attaching transportation instructions. 
• Respond to Sales requests for research/source new products from the sales personnel.   
• Utilization of Product Request Form.  
• Track freight and confirm PO’s for inbound shipments. 
• Cross train with buyers and inventory control to help provide vacation coverage. 
• Answer telephones. 
• Perform other duties, as assigned. 

Required:

• High school diploma or GED. 
• Minimum one year related experience.  
• Strong Computer skills in MS Office Suite, primarily Word and Excel. 

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in related field from an accredited college or university. 

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.  
• Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.  
• 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. 
• Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm. 
• 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. 
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. 
• Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. 
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

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: 

• Work in an office setting. 
• Work around standard PC and office equipment. 
• Quiet noise level. 

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.