Buyer- Fresh Flowers for Arrangements

Buyer- Fresh Flowers for Arrangements 
Full-Time Position
Monday-Friday 40-45 hours per week (weekends and holidays during peak seasons)
 

Bachman’s is committed to creating a caring environment while inspiring a passion for bringing beauty to life.

Are you looking for steady, full-time employment with great benefits? Do you want to work for a company that cares about its employees? Are you looking for a positive work environment and a team atmosphere? Don’t wait, apply now!
Job Duties:

• Create purchasing plans for bulk cuts according to the pre-determined strategy. Execute purchasing plans to include: product selection, product quantity and stock levels, retail pricing, delivery timetables and warehouse considerations.
• Assist in the strategy and plans for seasonal product (assortment planning, financial planning, vendor forecasting, order writing, replenishment)
• Provide merchandising direction to stores. (i.e. store sets, store signing, promotions etc.)
• Work with vendors to ensure pricing, quality, shipping times, and advertising co-op dollars and resolve any issues that may arise. Also, contract full semi-trucks and LTLs, routing pick-ups and delivery, cubing loads and acting as liaison between truck drivers, dispatchers and vendors to maximize both inventory turns and cost savings.
• Communicate with receiving areas all product purchase information via receiving reports and verbal updates on changes. Listen to stores and customer about what products they like or do not like and make adjustments as needed.
• Coordinate inventory and allocation activity between the cut flower warehouse and stores and communicate product availability to all departments on a timely basis.
• Assist in providing merchandising direction to the stores and make sure products, displays, signage and advertising are meeting the standards and goals of Bachman’s.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• A two year degree and 2-5 years of buying, merchandising, procurement or inventory management.
• Must be able to develop a business strategy and execute purchasing plans based upon financials, historical information, and consumer and market trends.
• Must like to work in a collaborative environment yet highly self-motivated and able to work independently as well.
• Excellent computer skills including Microsoft office are required.
• Must have strong communication, problem solving, and decision making skills.
• Previous experience in buying/merchandising/procurement or inventory management.
• Must have knowledge of truck and air transportation of perishable products, including handling bill of lading, air bills and freight calculations. 
• Requires the ability and confidence to forecast future trends in the marketplace. 
• Requires computer skills including word processing, Excel spreadsheets, and POS systems
• Requires good phone skills along with the ability to work with electronic communications locally and around the country. Good organizational, communication, and numbers skills are critically important.
• Requires strong communication skills to coordinate activity between vendors and stores.
• Requires the ability to problem solve interdepartmental problems which arise, involving inventory transfers, translations of cost pricing to retail pricing, transferring labor, billing multi-departmental special orders, among others.
• Requires the ability to plan, execute and control a complicated procurement plan and operate within departmental open to buy (financial plan) and operating budgets.
• Previous fresh cuts buying preferred.

Schedule:

•  Monday – Friday 45 hours per week, more hours during key seasons.

Bachman's is an equal opportunities employer.