Fresh Food Buyer - Retail Grocery

Giant Food is currently hiring a Fresh Food Buyer for our Fresh Food Team

Responsible for negotiating cost and procuring items for specific grouping of categories. Provide guidance and direction to central sourcing teams regarding product attributes and specifications to ensure brand needs are met. (Commodity buying)

• Negotiate costs with approved vendors
• Develop strong business relationships with vendors to deliver quality needs at best cost
• Meet established procurement goals, such as service levels, merchandise force outs, buyer adjust accounts, buyer/DC loss, turns, and inventory dollars
• Develop accurate projected costs and item movement to pricing to support margin projections
• Support promotional planning to drive sales
• Analyze and create recommendations regarding item trends, seasonal updates, and product supply issues

Requirements

• 3-5 years of retail buying experience, preferably in retail grocery
• Bachelor’s degree
• Comprehensive and demonstrated diversity equity & inclusion knowledge and understanding.