DIVISION BUYER

This position is responsible for the procurement and management of inventory (for the New Jersey distribution center servicing the Wawa Stores); utilizing various McLane Systems, applications and best practices to achieve the goals set forth for the department service level, DSII, overstocks, distributions, and inventory turns.

BENEFITS:

• Day 1 Benefits available: medical, dental, and vision insurance, FSA/HSA and company-paid life insurance.
• Get paid early. Get paid fast.
• 401(k) with annual company match.
• Paid holidays, vacation time, sick leave accrual, college tuition reimbursement, and more!

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS / PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Other duties may be assigned. A teammate in this position must have the ability to:

• Work closely with and communicate well with suppliers, brokers, and customer, to include customer service, sales, accounting and operations.
• Analyze sales and purchasing trends to identify, plan and execute seasonal strategies and other changes in demand.
• Review daily service level, DSII reporting, daily out reports, promotional tracking and event calendar.
• Review of the past due and unconfirmed purchase orders report, three-day time supply.
• Review of warehouse receiving and inventory adjustments.
• Buy in accordance with the policies and best practices of McLane Company, adhering to the requirements necessary to meet individual, department and company objectives.
• Assist with purchasing, online distributions; overstock resolution and weekly filter trips.
• Assist in invoice discrepancies and seasonal planning as needed.
• Serve as primary or secondary contact and fosters positive and mutual beneficial relationship with suppliers and customer.
• Develop tools to monitor and improve supplier performance, using self-initiative and fact-based measurement criteria to improve asset management.
• Monitor new item setup and communicate with all necessary parties to insure items ship out correctly.

MINIMUM SKILLS AND QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
A teammate in this position must:

• Have a bachelor degree in business or related major.
• Possess purchasing or inventory management background preferred.
• Have management and supervisory experience, preferred; some sales experience is also helpful.
• Have a distributor or wholesale background.
• Be knowledgeable of Microsoft Word, Excel and Access.
• Possess excellent communication, time management, organizational skills, and attention to detail.
• Be accurate and have attention to detail.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Office environment.

Candidates may be subject to a background check and drug screen, in accordance with applicable laws.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.