Position: Purchasing Manager

As a Purchasing Manager at Joseph’s Classic Market, you will oversee procurement processes, manage budgets, and ensure accurate item file maintenance to deliver exceptional quality and value. A sharp eye for product bidding and strong vendor relationships will be key in securing premium products at competitive prices. Your strategic planning and communication skills will support merchandising efforts and uphold the high standards our customers expect.

This role is on site at our Palm Beach Gardens corporate office.

Routine Tasks:

• Manage Purchasing Process : Ensure purchasing and operations meet PO deadlines, order minimums, and are replenished based on data. Review, approve, and submit PO’s. Miscellaneous equipment purchases requests. Communicates with Receivers and Vendors to address product shortages, mis-picks and returns. Follow up until the issue is resolved.
• Order Guide Management : Ensure order guides are maintained to include new items and communicate with operations to ensure order guides are user friendly.
• Routine Store Visits : Communication with operations to ensure product specs are maintained. As well as addressing all other purchasing-related issues and opportunities. Provide training to managers to make better buying decisions. Work with operations on merchandising efforts.
• Vendor Communication : Work with vendors to rectify product quality issues, delivery issues, new items, etc.
• Product Bidding Process: Ensure we’re locked in with product specs, shopping with various vendors to get the best deals then selecting vendors.
• Item File Maintenance: Update and maintain POS system with accurate costs, new items, price changes and various data related to all departments item files.
• Budget Control: Review daily spending to monitor purchasing budgets and communicate with management as we approach potential overspends. Additional review and scrutiny of Problem Departments.
• Weekly Sale Items: Work with vendors and marketing to create weekly ads, weekend specials and miscellaneous deals.
• Accounts Payable: Work with AP to ensure we’ve received the correct product quantity, at the correct price, from the correct vendor. Ensure all invoices have a PO. Address price discrepancies.
• Other Miscellaneous tasks as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years of Purchasing Management experience in food retail and/or hospitality environment.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent understanding of supply chain management, pricing, and item file maintenance.

Benefits Include:

• Positive Work Environment
• Competitive Pay
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 401K Plan
• Paid Vacations & Sick Days
• 20% Employee Discount
• Bonus Programs for Management