Job duties include:
- Drive sales growth through listening to our stores, industry peers, and other sources to meet customer demand
- Maintains high in-stock rates, healthy turn and strong margins within their category of business
- Maintain a high level of product knowledge within assigned category
- Structures & maintains product data in a way that supports a solid understanding of what’s happening to key metrics within the business
- Builds strong product assortments by locations with suppliers, negotiating improved programs related to all aspects of our vendor partnerships
- Hitting order deadlines set forth by our vendor partners for your category of business
- Attends trade shows and networks with industry peers to keep ahead of market trends
- Understands and embraces our Midstate’s Distributing strategy to realize significant cost savings
- A strong understanding of shipping logistics to realize freight savings & efficiency
- Partners with Marketing to drive effective promotions that drive sales
- Partners with Training Coordinator to deploy effective product training
- Partners with Operations to gather feedback and take appropriate action.
- Partners with Accounting in maintaining an accurate and efficient billing process
- Partners with eCommerce to ensure proper product assets are in place to support online sales
- Provides effective leadership to Purchasing Assistant and/or Associate Buyer
- Utilize both writing and verbal skills to clearly communicate issues to all levels
- Other responsibilities as called upon
