Key Responsibilities:

• Be a role model in projecting and applying The Pacific Group Diamond Philosophy (Productivity, Quality, Excellence and teamwork) and promote teamwork at all times.

• Manage and procure stock items assigned

• Attend daily inventory meetings

• Manage and communicate new and discontinued items, changes in product and packaging technologies

• Work with sales team to understand market conditions, analyze competitive market activity, and assist in the development of sales and market plans

• Maintain cost fields in AS400 for stock and fillet items

• Develop seasonal and annual merchandising programs

• Develop weekly sales forecast with sales management and purchase product to ensure stock and inventory requirements are achieved

• Understand and use supplier lead times to maximize the company's advantages in the marketplace

• Ensure that product transport carriers adhere to committed schedules for delivery and that carriers follow warehouse receiving schedule requirements

• Prepare PO's for receiving each day and supply to the Lead Receiver attaching transportation instructions.

• Respond to Sales requests for research/source new products from the sales personnel.

• Utilization of Product Request Form

• Print and distribute daily fresh product information sheet

• Track freight and confirm PO’s for inbound shipments

• Cross train with buyers and inventory control to help provide vacation coverage

• Update and bid on sheets

• Handle various accounts in sales

• Answer telephones

• Perform other duties, as assigned

Core Competencies and Skills for Success at Pacific Seafood:

· Financial/Business Acumen · Leadership/People Management

· Project Management · Negotiation Skills

· Communication Skills · Market Knowledge

· Product Knowledge · Prospecting Skills

· Strategic/Consultative Selling · Technical Expertise

What You Bring to Pacific Seafood:

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or other related field

• Minimum two years’ experience as a buyer

Preferred

• Strong computer skills with the MS Office Suite, primarily Word and Excel

• Work experience in the food industry is a plus

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the team member:

• Standing. Particularly for sustained periods of time.

• Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks.

• Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

• Fingering. Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.

• Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

• Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

• Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

• Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

• Regularly required to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Working Conditions:

The working environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the team member is exposed to:

• Typical office setting

• Moderate to quiet noise level

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)