Buyer
The Chefs' Warehouse
About The Chefs' Warehouse
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. ( combines exceptional quality and brand building with broadline food service distribution for more than 40 years. With Protein, Specialty, Produce, and Broadline offerings, we service the most discerning chefs in a hybrid approach of convenience and superior quality. We introduce more than 4,000 artisan producers of the world’s finest ingredients from over 40 countries to the finest chefs in the world. We passionately consult, sell, and build relationships with more than 50,000 customers through the most experienced network of over 600 consultive sales associates, best-in-breed technology, rapid service, and support levels that solidify our long-standing ties to both established and up-and-coming premium restaurants.
Mission: The mission of The Chefs’ Warehouse is to provide the world’s greatest ingredients to the world’s best chefs.
Our C.H.E.F.S. Values:
Curious & Creative
Hungry For Food & Results
Entrepreneurial
Forward Thinking & Flexible
Supportive (Of Peers & Chefs)
Position Summary: Coordinates inventory replenishment activities with suppliers, sales, logistics and operations for assigned categories.
What you’ll do:
- Place purchase orders with vendors utilizing an awareness of seasonal fluctuations, market effects and other information that require a high attention to detail to avoid spoilage, overstocks, and shortages.
- Manage and maintain the entire Purchase-to-Pay process, covering:
- PO Creation
- Vendor Confirmation
- Accurate expected delivery date updates
- Collaboration with Accounts Payable to ensure payment.
- Maintain Purchasing system data to effectively generate suggested POs.
- Maintain necessary required vendor documents (electronic and physical), such as W-9’s, Indemnities, etc.
- Work closely with:
- Vendors to ensure POs are filled and delivered in a timely fashion.
- Vendors to manage FDA issues.
- Logistics to minimize freight expenses.
- Sales Managers to manage out-of-stock or over-stock risks.
- Customer Service teams to enable sales order growth.
- Buyers to build upon best-practices.
- Build and maintain vendor relationships to not only support PO fulfillment, but also negotiate volume discounts and price breaks wherever possible.
- Manage Fusion system issues that impact Purchasing and Receiving.
- Maintain BFC dating system to minimize close dated issues and Expired product impact.
About you:
- 5+ years buying experience with a focus on Specialty Food Products for a multi-unit Distribution Organization.
- Bachelor’s degree from accredited four-year college or university preferred.
- Previous food service distribution and/or food importing experience strongly preferred.
- Commodity product awareness including blanket commitments, contractual processes, and appropriate market tracking.
- Advanced Excel Skill and additional Computer skills (JDE, Microsoft Suite – Word and PowerPoint, etc.)
- Must have a sense of urgency and be able to work under pressure, be comfortable in a fast-paced, metrics-driven environment.
- Flexible with the ability to work well with all departments and levels of staff both internally & externally.
- Professional demeanor during all interactions with vendors, customers and fellow employees via phone or in-person.
- Have a drive to advance within the organization.
- Must be a team player with a positive attitude.
- Excellent verbal/written communication skills and a high level of analytical capabilities within Excel
- Self-starter, professional, goal oriented and able to handle multiple tasks.
Resumen del puesto : Coordina las actividades de reposición de inventario con proveedores, ventas, logística y operaciones para las categorías asignadas.
Lo que harás :
- Realizar pedidos de compra a proveedores, utilizando el conocimiento de fluctuaciones estacionales, efectos del mercado y otra información que requiere una alta atención al detalle para evitar descomposición, exceso de existencias y escasez.
- Gestionar y mantener todo el proceso de Compra a Pago, cubriendo:Creación de pedidos de compra
- Confirmación de proveedores
- Actualización precisa de fechas de entrega esperadas
- Colaboración con Cuentas por Pagar para asegurar el pago.
- Mantener los datos del sistema de Compras para generar de manera efectiva los pedidos de compra sugeridos.
- Mantener los documentos necesarios requeridos por los proveedores (electrónicos y físicos), como W-9, indemnizaciones, etc.
- Trabajar estrechamente con:Proveedores para asegurar que los pedidos de compra sean completados y entregados de manera oportuna.
- Proveedores para gestionar problemas relacionados con la FDA.
- Logística para minimizar los gastos de flete.
- Gerentes de Ventas para gestionar riesgos de agotamiento de stock o exceso de stock.
- Equipos de Servicio al Cliente para facilitar el crecimiento de los pedidos de ventas.
- Compradores para mejorar las mejores prácticas.
- Construir y mantener relaciones con los proveedores no solo para apoyar el cumplimiento de los pedidos de compra, sino también para negociar descuentos por volumen y reducciones de precios siempre que sea posible.
- Gestionar los problemas del sistema Fusion que afectan las compras y la recepción.
- Mantener el sistema de fechas de BFC para minimizar problemas de productos cercanos a su fecha de caducidad y el impacto de productos vencidos.
Sobre ti :
- Más de 5 años de experiencia en compras con enfoque en Productos Alimenticios Especializados para una organización de distribución multi-unidad.
- Título universitario de una institución acreditada de cuatro años preferido.
- Se prefiere experiencia previa en distribución de alimentos y/o importación de alimentos.
- Conciencia de productos de consumo, incluyendo compromisos generales, procesos contractuales y seguimiento adecuado del mercado.
- Habilidades avanzadas en Excel y habilidades adicionales en informática (JDE, Microsoft Suite – Word y PowerPoint, etc.).
- Debe tener sentido de urgencia y ser capaz de trabajar bajo presión, sentirse cómodo en un entorno acelerado y orientado a métricas.
- Flexible, con la capacidad de trabajar bien con todos los departamentos y niveles de personal tanto internos como externos.
- Actitud profesional durante todas las interacciones con proveedores, clientes y compañeros de trabajo, ya sea por teléfono o en persona.
- Tener motivación para avanzar dentro de la organización.
- Debe ser un jugador de equipo con una actitud positiva.
- Excelentes habilidades de comunicación verbal/escrita y un alto nivel de capacidades analíticas dentro de Excel.
- Proactivo, profesional, orientado a metas y capaz de manejar múltiples tareas.
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