Buyer

Job Description:

Position Summary:
As a Buyer, you will strategize with our sales team and division leadership to determine the viability of new products, research vendors, present proposals, and implement programs for retail consumers. You will work with large and small vendors alike to create sustainable and successful partnerships to add value for our vendors, our customers, and ourselves. A successful candidate will have effectively demonstrated an ability analyze and create strategies intended to improve category performance through the development and execution of strategic business plans.
Position Responsibilities:

• Reviewing & maintaining inventory levels to ensure sufficient turns, ordering, and customer needs.
• Maintaining promotions, plans, and allowances in mainframe systems.
• Communicating with suppliers and carriers to arrange purchase orders (PO’s), track PO’s from order confirmation for the warehouse, and assist Accounts Payable with approval of bills. 
• Identifying & creating solutions to a variety of inventory conditions.
• Building successful supplier relationships; growing a diverse array of items and suppliers.
• Managing financial performance of assigned categories and vendors.
• Collaborating with suppliers to develop and execute marketing programs.
• Developing and communicating specific performance metrics and goals relevant to each supplier.
• Providing category leadership to shape the product portfolio for our customers.
• Negotiating elements of assigned supplier relationships.
• Providing analysis and recommendations on relevant products.
• Monitoring new developments, trends, and market activity.
• Maintaining industry knowledge of Core-Mark and governmental rules.
• Preparing reports and records related to buying and inventory activities.
• Traveling when required for the position. 

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Qualifications:

• Experience/training within the field. Pay based on commensurate experience.
• 2 or more years of combined buying, planning, sales, and allocation responsibilities.

Company description

Core-Mark continues to grow as the industry leader in fresh and broadline solutions for the convenience retail industry. With a reputation for empowering customers, employees, and communities, Core-Mark has become the largest, most comprehensive marketer of consumer goods in North America — offering a full range of products, programs, and solutions to convenience operators across the U.S. and Canada.

Awards and Accolades

Performance Food Group and/or its subsidiaries (individually or collectively, the "Company") provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all applicants and employees, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations. Please click on the following links to review: (1) our EEO Policy ; (2) the "EEO is the Law" poster and supplement ; and (3) the Pay Transparency Policy Statement .