Assistant Buyer
Hilo Fish Co.
- Hilo, HI
- $50,000-60,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Entering and submitting purchase orders to various suppliers
- Maintain existing supplier relationships and cultivate new ones
- Provide forecasts and requirements to suppliers based on operating companies' usages and needs
- Direct logistics team to organize distribution to operating companies
- Seek out and develop new product and sales opportunities
- Monitor inventory, sales, gross profit, and margins and report to supervisors and executive board members
- Continually search out market information and report to supervisors
- Identify cost-saving opportunities
- Advise operating companies on the status of incoming products, pricing, cost of goods, new products, landed costs, availability, packaging, and samples
- Other duties as needed
- Associate degree in relevant business field of study
- 1-2 years of purchasing experience
- Proficient in the use of basic office equipment and systems software, especially MS Office
- Experience in relevant areas like supply chain management, forecasting, profitability analysis, inventory control
- Effective time management and organizational skills
- Self-starter
- Excellent communication skills
- Willingness to take on additional tasks outside of direct responsibility as needed
- BA/BS in business administration, supply chain management or a similar business discipline
- 3-5 years of previous purchasing experience
- Normal office conditions: light to moderate noise levels, air-conditioning, overhead fluorescent lighting
- Must be able to work irregular hours occasionally
- Occasional travel
- Minimal lifting, 15lb maximum