Junior Buyer

Newmarket, Ontario

50K salary plus benefits and room for advancement

This is a manufacturing environment with purchasing office located in warehouse area.  This role will work closely with Shipping/Receiving and will require a candidate that can assist with some physical labour as well, such as helping to unpack and place stock on shelves. This role is intended to progress into a more senior level role, working alongside a senior level associate that will train, mentor and prep you for advancement.

Responsibilities

• Provide information on available materials
• Calculate costs of orders
• Change or forward invoices to appropriate accounts
• Complete and process international purchase orders
• Obtain price quotations from catalogues and suppliers
• Prepare and maintain purchasing files, reports and records
• Prepare PO’s and process purchases
• Resolve delivery issues and supply chain concerns
• Verify stock availability from current inventories
• Maintain stock rotation, assist with unpacking and placing stock on shelves and keeping stock area organized
• Prepare inventory costs, retail pricing and profit reports
• Reconcile physical inventory with computer counts
• Verify receipts and packing slips

Qualifications

• Post secondary education in Supply Chain, Business or Finance
• 0-2 years working experience in Purchasing role (new grads and entry level candidates welcome)
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Effective and engaging communication skills, with good ability to build and maintain supplier relationships
• Ability to learn and be mentored into more senior level role and responsibilities
• Computer proficiency in MS Office and experience on Business Vision is an asset
• Flexibility to assist with some physical work such as unpacking orders and placing stock on shelves

If you are interested in applying for this role, please email resume to mfarnell@averyhr.com