Location: Broomfield, CO
Pay Range: $55,000.00 - $63,000.00/yearly
Category: Professional
Employment Type: Permanent
We are seeking a Buyer experienced in buying consumer products. This position is with a well-known domestic and international distributor of pleasure products. In this position you will negotiate prices, discounts, payment terms, transportation terms, damage allowances, exclusivity, etc., with all suppliers for which you are responsible. This role requires you to be objective and make decisions based entirely on the company’s best interests. You must be service oriented, actively looking for ways to help internal and external business partners and conferring with sales, marketing and purchasing personnel to obtain information about retailer and end-user needs and preferences. Schedule is Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm with some weekends and nights. Trade show attendance as assigned is required.
Requirements
- Be an active listener. Recognize trends and act on them.
- Be a critical thinker. Use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Be objective and make decisions based solely on what is in the best interest.
- Be a team player yet able to work independently. Be skilled in time management and juggling competing priorities.
- Have good email and phone etiquette and be able to communicate clearly and concisely.
- Be service orientated, actively looking for ways to help internal and external business partners.
What You’ll Do
- Negotiate the best prices, discounts, payment terms, transportation terms, damage allowances, exclusivity, etc. with all suppliers for which you are responsible.
- Confer with sales, marketing and purchasing personnel to obtain information about retailer and end-user needs and preferences.
- Conduct new products meetings with sales and marketing personnel to gauge opinion about new products under consideration and to get buy-ins on new initiatives.
- Recommend markup percentage, markdown percentage, customer discount levels, and wholesale prices for merchandise while regularly reviewing supplier compliance with company financial goals.
- Work closely with suppliers to get the first choice of new products and first deliveries and be the first to know of any upcoming changes to their business model. Avoid products that we have decided we will not carry.
- Place sale and seasonal buys that exploit extra markup opportunities.
Benefits
- Generous benefit package including health insurance.
- Paid Holidays.
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Personal Advancement.
- Retirement & 401(K)
About Us
At NCW, we do our best to provide the brightest talent to the best companies across the country. Founded in 2000 our company’s purpose was to redefine the way people think about contract staffing. People come first in our business. Our services are refined with in-depth expertise in our industry verticals, construction, manufacturing, warehousing & distribution, and engineering. We care about finding solutions that benefit everyone involved: our clients, our candidates, and our workforce.
NCW is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity and inclusion are important components of our culture and hiring practices. NCW is an employer and business partner dedicated to elevating the quality of life of our employees, clients, and communities.
At NCW, we do our best to provide the brightest talent to the best companies across the country. Founded in 2000 our company’s purpose was to redefine the way people think about contract staffing. People come first in our business. Our services are refined with in-depth expertise in our industry verticals, construction, manufacturing, warehousing & distribution, and engineering. We care about finding solutions that benefit everyone involved: our clients, our candidates, and our workforce.
NCW is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity and inclusion are important components of our culture and hiring practices. NCW is an employer and business partner dedicated to elevating the quality of life of our employees, clients, and communities.
