Grocery Buyer

JOB OVERVIEW:

Spangler’s Market is looking for a strategic, detail-driven Grocery/Store Buyer to join our growing grocery team. In this role, you’ll take the lead on sourcing, procuring, negotiating, and managing a diverse range of grocery products that reflect our commitment to quality, value, and local community standards.

The ideal candidate is both analytical and relationship-oriented, and someone who thrives on balancing numbers and trends with hands-on collaboration. You’ll work closely with the Management Team and vendors to maintain competitive pricing, ensure optimal stock levels, and curate a well-rounded selection and product variety that meets the needs of our customers and the company.

This position is a key contributor to the store’s overall performance, driving inventory accuracy, cost control, and customer satisfaction through thoughtful purchasing decisions and market insight.

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JOB DESCRIPTION:

Job Title: Store Buyer
Reports To: Ownership/General Manager
FLSA Status: Hourly/Non-Exempt
Salary Range: $25.00/Hour - $34.62/Hour + with bonus potential

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Completes daily orders, adjusts orders based on observed sales trends, and verifies on-hand amounts before placing orders.
• Responsible for receiving orders, including verifying, signing, and paying for orders, as well as stocking items.
• Manages orders from inception to completion, including completing and committing corresponding worksheets in ECRS (POS software), scanning and sending invoices to A/P, and tracking billing terms.
• Assists management with the creation of sales cycles and promotions.
• Communicates any delivery schedule changes with the closing manager.
• Processes bill credits in a timely manner, searches for credit opportunities, negotiates with vendors to lower costs, and drives resolutions of vendor credit or billing issues.
• Directs POS implementation goals, contributes to the integrity of the database, maintains a full understanding of database functionality, able to train others on usage.
• Responsible for item database maintenance in ECRS, performs regular audits to ensure items have correct margin, vendor, price, and item identifiers.
• Enters new items and free-fill items into ECRS, prints tags, and signs.
• Strategically plans store layout and shelf schematics and creates plan-o-grams.
• Plans seasonal promotions, store displays, and endcaps; presents ideas to ownership; creates a budget and tracks performance through sales reports.
• Assists with conducting quarterly inventory and shelf scans as needed.
• Supports the management team in maintaining excellent customer service standards, cashiering, or relieving employees for breaks when needed.

Additional Expectations:

• Demonstrates a whole store perspective. May work with the store leadership team in providing oversight to overall store operations, including service levels and store conditions.
• Troubleshoots equipment breakdowns during shift and reports to the General Manager or Assistant Manager. Keeps the store clean and orderly during the shift. Sees that spills and hazardous conditions are cleaned up.
• If a potential shoplifter is identified, uses CB to advise the Store Manager.
• Protects the safety of self, co-workers, and Spangler’s Market patrons at all times.
• Reports safety-related incidents at once to the supervisor and fulfills sanitation and safety guidelines.
• Follows all company and safety policies and procedures.
• Operates equipment in a safe manner that will not lead to injury of self or others.
• Attends staff meetings.
• Ability to lift, push, or pull up to 50 pounds.

By joining the Spangler’s Market team, you’ll play a significant part in providing our customers with top-level grocery selections. If you are passionate about customer service, committed to excellence, have experience as a grocery buyer, and have a knack for negotiation, we would love to hear from you.

Please note: Only qualified candidates will be contacted for further consideration. Thank you for your interest in being part of the Spangler’s Market family — where quality and community come together!