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Job Summary

Job Title: Meat Buyer

FLSA Status: Salary

Reports To: Meat Sr. Director

The Meat Buyer is responsible for driving sales and profitability for the Meat Department across all store locations. The Meat Buyer is accountable for achieving department sales, profit dollars and growth objectives through marketing strategies.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for budgeting, forecasting and achieving weekly, quarterly and annual category sales goals, profit dollars and growth objectives.
• Learns, understands and utilizes market reports.
• Manages, evaluates, mentors, trains and develops main office and store teams.
• Prepares a category review and plan for respective categories.
• Performs SKU rationalization of all categories.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Manages the departments overall profitability to ensure it aligns with annual operating plan and adjust as needed.
• Regular, timely attendance in compliance with the work schedule, and adequate notice to find a replacement for occasional absences.
• Develops a cost- mix model for utilizing sales reports/cutting test and in-bound product costs.
• Proofs ads and promotions with Fresh Foods team; compares weekly competition ads for pricing and content.
• Creates and maintains a detailed marketing and item analysis to ensure optimum profit levels and achieve the Annual Operating Plan.
• Encompasses meat departments major buying and be involved with any and all contracts.
• Examines, selects, orders and purchases at the most favorable price merchandise consistent with quality, quantity and specification requirements.
• Develops key strategies in pricing to drive business sales, while an alyzing market trends to drive new and existing items.
• Manages and identifies potential suppliers and vendors while maintaining and building relationships; interviews and negotiates with vendors.
• Serves as company subject matter expert for assigned departments, assumes the lead role in the selection and procurement of merchandise.
• Develops merchandising programs through product selection, establishing product display standards and gross margins and sales.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to travel within the state of WI, of up to 20% of the time.
• Communicate information accurately and appropriately.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office; Excel, Word, Outlook.
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, quantitative analysis, resource allocation, leadership techniques, and coordination of resources.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skill.
• 2+ years’ experience in a buying position with a strong planning and merchandising background.
• Demonstrated ability to coach and train.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment described below are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Spends a majority of the day in the office/sitting at a desk.

WORK SCHEDULE

The Meat Buyer is a full-time, salaried position.

Festival Foods serves guests in 40 full-service, state-of-the-art supermarkets throughout Wisconsin. At Festival Foods, we're not simply selling groceries, we're on a mission! Every business decision we make is based on our "Boomerang Principle"--empowering our associates to make decisions and take actions that will "Bring the Customer Back". We are proud to be a family and employee-owned company.

At Festival Foods we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all. We are dedicated to building a top-notch team of skilled, experienced and service-oriented associates who represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and talents. Festival Foods believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates, products, and our community strengthen our ability to serve our guests, as we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people.

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Location : NameGreen Bay Support Office

Requisition ID 2023-38371

Requisition Post Information* : Posted Date 1 week ago (7/18/2023 5:11 PM)

Category (Portal Searching) Support Office