Supply Chain Buyer

• Oversee and maintain inventory.
• Researches, analyzes, and forecasts future buying trends, markets, styles and products with attention to specified target market and demographics.
• Develops and maintains relationships with wholesalers and suppliers, while continuing to evaluate performance.
• Negotiates contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilizing negotiation and procurement best practices and methods.
• Purchase goods, materials, components or services in line with specified cost, quality, and delivery targets.
• Ensure appropriate inventory levels of supplies and communicate any supply or delivery problems or delays that may pose a risk or impact on business operations.
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders and suppliers regarding new projects, supplies and initiatives and advise of impact change on purchasing and production activities.
• Monitor market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers.
• Research and evaluate areas of opportunity and reduce costs where possible.
• Deliver reports, develop presentations and updates as and when needed.
• All other duties as assigned.

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