Purchaser

Job Description

Duties:

• Ensuring adequate stock on hand for a variety of fresh and frozen products including all details such as specs and delivery arrangements.
• Preparing purchase orders and related documents.
• Follow up on a variety of purchasing related tasks.
• Meet or exceed expectations laid out in the purchasing scorecard such as fill rates, inventory caps and long & slow inventory.
• Sourcing of new products to keep customers competitive and current on market trends.
• Initiate and maintain healthy internal and external customer and vendor relations
• Communicating all relevant information to other departments.

 Requirements:

• A minimum of 3 years purchasing experience in a food services environment
• Good knowledge of purchasing food commodities
• Strong computer systems skills
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and negotiation abilities
• Able to work independently, and demonstrate problem solving, innovation and customer service skills.
• Seafood knowledge and experience is a definite asset