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Emart America
Job Title: Sourcing Merchants
Department: Sourcing Department
Job Type: Full-time
Work Remotely: Temporarily due to Covid-19

Job Duties/Responsibilities include:
1. Buying Management
- Initiates purchase orders and amendments for sellable inventory; arranges for submission and inspection of sample products as required; maintains close coordination with vendors to ensure timely execution and coordination of sourcing activities
- Secures and analyzes quotations, negotiates prices and terms with vendors, and communicates with them regarding company’s requirements for cost, quality, and delivery competitiveness
- Resolves quality issues with vendors to maintain stability
- Monitor open purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery, maintain quality order status, and track shipment
- Responsible for leading all buyer trips regarding their category and region for each customer
- Performs any other duties delegated from time to time in order to maintain a high level of efficiency within the department
- Ensure compliance of global and corporate application standards
- Familiar with KFDA requirements and regulations
2. Brand/Vendor Management
- Studies market prices and current trends, engineering developments, and manufacturing method improvements applicable to assigned product lines
- Visit/Find suppliers’ facilities to qualify them as new sources and introduce new products for development (production, design, quality, and deliver)
- Travel as needed to current contract manufacturers/vendors to monitor production and look to expand current business
- Responsible for complete management of their category and territory relationships with suppliers
- Perform extensive research to find quality products and continuously develops sourcing and procurement strategies and execute goals
- Attend food conferences/trade shows to network with different vendors and manufacturers
- Ensure forecasts and purchase orders are effectively communicated to suppliers
- Establish regular reports to review past performance and align current forecasts
- Develop purchase agreements with key vendors to ensure quality, cost and timely receipts

Qualifications:
- 1-3 years of retail merchandising/buying experience, or comparable merchandising and inventory planning experience. (Grocery Food channel experience preferred)
- Bachelor’s Degree is required
- Must have your own transportation and a valid driver’s license
- Strong interpersonal and communications skills (oral & written); Effective negotiation skills
- Ability to work efficiently in a team-oriented environment
- An advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office products: Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Bilingual (fluent in both Korean and English preferred)
- Understands inventory planning, forecasting techniques and operational systems (for seasonal products and commodities)
- Detail-oriented and strong organizational skills with advanced analytical and problem solving-skills
- Flexible to travel domestically and internationally
- Demonstrate ability to multi-task and work in fast paced environment

*All candidates must be eligible to work in the U.S.
*Please submit your resume to p90kpz@shinsegae.com