by on A trading company in Medley, Florida is looking for a Purchasing Coordinator.
Title: Purchasing Coordinator
Type: Perm
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Location: Medley, Florida
Work Style: In Office
Hours: Monday – Friday 8AM – 5PM
Pay: $18 – $27/H
Benefit: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401K
Job Description
- Issue purchase orders to suppliers based on inventory stacking levels
- Work with sales team to identify market pricing trends and customer needs
- Work with vendors and suppliers to follow up on orders and requests
- Prepare POS materials such as flyers, sample packs, information sheets, etc.
- Prepare weekly general meeting topics and discussion points; coordinate; weekly sample tasting events with vendors and sales associates.
- Negotiate offers, pricing, and minimum order quantities (MOQs)with vendors
- Perform data entry duty and paperwork processing as needed
- Process B/L, receipts, and invoices to assure the payment is made on time
- Coordinate with warehouse and vendors to follow up short shipment and back orders; report product discrepancies or damages to vendors in a timely manner for credits
- Check inventory when the numbers are inconsistent with the inventory numbers reported by warehouse
- Coordinate with AP to track invoices to assure the payment was made on time
- Coordinate with AR to assure vendor credits are received in a timely manner
Set up New Vendors, stock numbers for new items in the system; maintain and update their information in a timely manner - Attend Company events and functions outside of normal working hours
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Business level language English Required – Read/write/speak/listen
- Business level language Spanish Preferred – Read/write/speak/listen
- Basic level language Japanese preferred- Read/write/speak/listen
- High School Diploma required. Bachelor’s degree in business preferred
- 1+ years of relevant experience preferred
- Food industry purchasing experience would be highly considered
