Buyer

Overview

A commodity buyer provides stores with the material they need in a timely manner and at a price which enables them to have a market advantage, assists stores with long term bids and technical questions, and is responsible for negotiating contracts, purchasing agreements, and other legal documents.

Responsibilities

Buy orders as they arrive. No proactive buying.

Negotiate purchasing agreements with vendors who mostly annualize less than $1 million

Buy for area managers who annualize $60 million or less.

Qualifications

Spreadsheet and Internet Software

Order Processing System

Project Manager Software

Inventory Software

Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business reports, technical procedures and /or government regulations; write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals; effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.