Buyer Jobs in Georgia

Job Title: Merchandise Buyer Company: Alternative Apparel Location: Norcross, GA Description: Merchandise Buyer (Atlanta)The Merchandise Buyer is responsible for the day-to-day management of vendors, purchase orders, and inventory. The buyer will analyze inventory levels, place purchase orders, communicate with the vendors over the life of the orders, and advise the Alternative team if any issues arise. As the main point of contact between Alternative and the vendors, the buyer will ensure that any issues are quickly and effectively communicated. The position reports to the Purchasing Manager with close ties to the Planning, Key Account, and Sales teams.Duties & Responsibilities:• Manage inventory and oversee the ordering of product from vendors.• Review target inventory levels vs. inventory positions in order to place appropriate purchase orders.• Reconcile WIP reports from all vendors to ensure timely delivery of products.• Research shipment or receipt discrepancies.• Refer to guidelines established for stock inventory purchases.• Notify Accounting of larger than normal inventory purchases.• Recommend solutions for process improvements.• Serve as a backup to check production and samples for accuracy of color and spec.• Rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Requirements: Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required • 2 to 4 years experience in apparel buying or similar field• Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures• Understanding of Purchasing Strategy and Inventory Management• Advanced Excel knowledge• Proven experience with project management• Research adept• Familiar with Routing Guides • Negotiation experience• Detail oriented• Strong written and verbal communications skills• Strong Initiative, dependable, & resourcefulPlease send a resume and salary requirements to Register to View   Submissions must include salary requirements to be considered.

Job Title: Buyer/Product Manager Company: Teavana Location: Atlanta, GA Description: Job Title: Buyer/Product Manager Profession: Retail -> Buyer Reports to: VP Merchandising Overview: The Buyer/Product Manager realizes company goals by managing the procurement, importation, and stock flow of specified retail merchandise, wholesale merchandise & store supply items. Responsibilities: Purchasing Negotiate aggressive pricing, payment terms, shipping terms and delivery dates to ensure vendors meet and exceed profit margin goals, seasonal merchandising plan schedules, and deliveries. Generate, place and track all purchase orders for assigned items as initiated by VP of Merchandising. Work with Teavana Logistics to facilitate shipping schedule, best freight rates, receiving. Communicate clearly with overseas suppliers by phone, chat and email to ensure all corporate goals are met. Review line quarterly, with VP Merchandising, to identify ongoing list of items to source, develop and purchase. Import Management Build, in conjunction with Teavana Logistics, Freight Forwarders and Ocean Freight Lines, a by-country freight grid with rate comparisons of types of shipments. Build shipping matrix by port to ensure that Teavana is utilizing correct shipment ports and pushing suppliers to the correct freight terms that will maximize gross margin goals. Research and manage all current and future quota, anti-dumping duty or other trade issues pertaining to product sourced. Develop compliance strategy to meet company, federal, state and international requirements. Coordinate and facilitate building of full containers overseas in partnership with Vendors, Freight Forwarders and Teavana Logistics. Facilitate, with Teavana Finance, vendor payment program including negotiating payment methods and terms, managing letters of credits and deposits/balances; negotiate chargebacks, refunds and discounts as necessary for non-compliance Maintain, with Teavana Logistics, the container shipping schedule with shipment, container, vendor and arrival detail. Supplier Relations Negotiate exclusivity agreements with suppliers for distribution of their production in North America In partnership with Planning and Logistics develop vendor performance reporting evaluating performance measures regularly and making recommendations for change. Further develop and communicate Vendor Manual, ensuring sign-off by all suppliers and compliance with requirements. Provide qualitative feedback to Teavana management and vendor management about performance on a weekly basis. Maintain highest business ethics standards, representing Teavana in every transaction, while building strong direct relationships with vendors. Sourcing & Production Research, identify and engage import manufacturers/vendors to support procurement of product & supply items, securing multiple resources for quotations and production. Establish direct relationships with factories eliminating agents, trading houses or other middlemen. Create and manage detailed strategic sourcing plans for all categories of product to meet inventory turns, purchasing, & shipment goals and meet or exceed product markup & margin goals. Source multiple vendors for each type of product, solicit and arrange multiple "apples to apples" quotations. Create, with vendors, a production plan for each assigned products supply by month or quarter. Establish secondary supply strategy to support companys growth plans by supplementing certain factories production capacity with other resources. Create, maintain, and review "time-to-market" calendar, creating efficiencies to ensure on-time production & delivery. Follow up regularly with suppliers to ensure calendar dates are met. Raise product quality levels. Create individual standards for types of materials, production quality, display packaging and shipping cartons for each category of product. Establish standards, compare samples and production to standards and communicate results to vendors and management. Develop continuous improvement program, pushing suppliers to exceed set goals. Provide monthly report of production schedule to PO dates, calend