Purchasing Category Manager

2 weeks ago


Brea, California, United States Yami Full time
Purchasing Management Specialist

Job Summary:

The Purchasing Management Specialist will be responsible for planning, sourcing, and purchasing all products within assigned categories. This role will have end-to-end ownership of a category of products, including sourcing new vendors, building and managing vendor relationships, negotiating costs and terms, and maintaining existing product lines.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Sourcing & Procurement:
    • Generate purchase orders, follow up with POs, confirm status, and ensure delivery daily
    • Source and develop new vendors, craft negotiation strategies, and close deals with optimal terms
    • Source and develop new products in Asian Food segments based on customer demands, price, quality, availability, market trends, and team budgets
  • Strategy & Analytics:
    • Develop, lead, optimize, and execute category sourcing and purchasing strategies
    • Use data and multiple dimension metrics to improve KPIs for inventory level, inventory allocation, turnover, and cash flow
    • Forecast price, analyze customer buying patterns, and market trends to identify and optimize product assortment, pricing, and buyer-supplier power
    • Effectively communicate results of KPIs and root cause analysis with the management team and lead corrective action implementation
  • Vendor Relationship:
    • Manage and maintain good vendor relationships and performance by deploying a standard set of metrics to improve vendors' performance
    • Ability to maintain perspective and confidence in face of difficult price negotiations, tight deadlines, and expectations
    • Partner with cross-functional teams on platform promotions, marketing allocation, mark-downs, payments terms, and other special requests

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 1+ years of purchasing and/or vendor management experience in retail or related industries
  • Demonstrated enthusiasm for foods/grocery/snack/drink products and understanding of respective customers
  • Excellent negotiation and persuasion skills in English, mastery of Chinese/Mandarin required
  • Analytical thinker with a positive attitude and flexibility to accommodate evolving business needs
  • Excellent attention to detail, self-starter with ability to learn, grow, and adapt quickly

Benefits:

  • 401(k) matching
  • Health insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Paid time off (PTO): vacation, sick, and holidays
  • On-site gym and game rooms
  • Employee discount
  • $60K-80K


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