Junior Buyer

3 weeks ago

Vancouver, Canada Nada Full time

**About Us**

Nada is a package-free grocery store & delivery service on a mission to connect people to Just Food - championing a community food system by linking buyers to suppliers and offering healthy, unpackaged products and services. Our vision is Healthy people = Healthy planet: where people link their food choices to the health of themselves and the environment. As a certified B-Corporation and 1% For The Planet member, Nada is committed to both environmentally and socially responsible business practices. Nada has diverted more than one million single-use containers from landfills and has been recognized in the Globe & Mail, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal for our community-based food systems work and circular supply chain.

**About the Role**

Nada’s Operations Department, and specifically the Inventory & Purchasing Team, is responsible for the daily flow of our products in and out of the warehouse and store location as well as the sourcing of new products and purchasing of existing products.
The Junior Buyer will play an essential role in this mandate by overseeing Nada’s purchasing and sourcing, ensuring that product is efficiently and accurately managed throughout its lifecycle at Nada. These responsibilities require a high level of communication ensuring that the entire team has the right information, equipment and support to accomplish Nada’s operational daily goals and broader mission.
Reporting to the Managing Partner and working closely with the other operations sub-department managers, this position has a lot of growth potential and the opportunity to lead projects. This role will mainly work out of our warehouse/office in Olympic Village with some opportunity for WFH. Working in a start-up environment, adaptability and flexibility are a must and the Junior Buyer can expect to wear a variety of hats and perform various tasks and responsibilities, collaborate with internal and external parties and help us adjust, update, and grow the role as the organization develops. Being comfortable with change, adaptable, and excited by the prospect of job crossover, cross training & functionality is essential. We're looking for someone who wants to jump in where needed and gain experience in a rapidly changing and growing impact business

**Specific Responsibilities**
- Manage all buying and procurement processes from start to finish, including categories, margins, pricing, invoices, supplier relationships, contract negotiations, any relevant data managment, accurate costing, and processing price changes as applicable overseen by the Managing Partner.
- Maintain all product and supplier databases, purchase records, order data, pricing, and related product and supplier documentation; manage flow and all internal processes surrounding inventory
- Use customer data to determine new products to consider. Seek out new suppliers and contact existing suppliers in order to source new products. Oversee the sampling process.
- Serve as the main point of contact with suppliers, maintaining positive relationships. Meet with suppliers as needed to review and discuss supply chain issues, opportunities for improvement and collaboration, and anything else that is necessary.
- Streamline the onboarding process for all new suppliers to ensure all new product rollouts are smooth, providing the necessary information to store and warehouse teams when onboarding a new product so all relevant information and storage considerations are disseminated effectively.
- Perform daily ordering to maintain optimal inventory levels at warehouse, online store, and retail store; work closely with store and warehouse managers to keep up appropriate stock levels and provide just-in-time delivery
Determine and coordinate inventory to be promoted or sold at a discount, donated, or otherwise disposed of.
- Forecast demand and evaluate inventory reorder levels and quantity price breaks to determine the most economical purchasing inventory and supplies in relationship to the organization's cost of capital.
- Resolve supply issues, delivery discrepancies, and other issues, working closely with various other departments such as receiving, warehouse, store, finance, and others; general problem solving and inter-departmental collaboration.
- Assist with projects such as selling ‘B2B’ and shipping, being an integral part in regards to inventory, ordering, and sourcing.
- Work with digital team to manage website and Shopify product crossover such as communicating about out-of-stock items, product info, sizing options, photographs, etcetera.
- Receive and process supplier invoices, resolving invoice discrepancies with suppliers in conjunction with the finance department.
- Prepare monthly reports and review forecast of purchasing plans/commitments with the Finance team
- Any and all other duties, tasks, and responsibilities reasonably required for the role

**Desired Qualifications & Skills.**
- Minimum 1-3 years experience working a

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