Job Order: 3774

Job Description:

Sirius Personnel is a Placement and Headhunting Agency that Specializes in Sales and Marketing Professionals in Montreal. (www.siriuspersonnel.com)

 

Profile: Our client is in the food industry and he is looking to hire a buying and sourcing specialist. Your role will be to ensure that we deliver high-quality products from all over the world at an affordable price. You must have experience as an international buyer in the food industry; ideally, fruits and vegetables.

Territory: Quebec & Ontario

Workplace: Montreal (VSL)

Products/Services: fruits and vegetables

Salary: $55,000 - $75,000

Commissions/Bonus: to be determined

Car allowance: to be determined

Expenses reimbursement: all reasonable business expenses will be refunded

Other Benefits: not now

Functions:

FUNCTIONS

• Develop and build new relationships with suppliers
• Develop new products from start to end
• Responsible for planning, projections and buying of merchandise
• Request samples
• Handle logistics for all your projects
• Negotiate best quality, best price
• Ask for spec sheets
• Manage claims and solve all issues relating to your projects
• Perform market research
• Evaluate inventory received and perform quality inspections

Job Requirements:

REQUIREMENTS

100% Buying, sourcing, inventorying management, and customer services.

Road vs. Office (%): 100% in office

Languages: English and French

Education: post-secondary degree

Training: on-the-job training, but you must come from the food industry.  

Overnight Travel: N/A  

Years of experience: 3-10 years experience in purchasing from international suppliers, sourcing and buying perishable or other food items. As well as managing inventory.

Other requirements:

• Being used to work in small or medium businesses
• Must know the import process

• Comfortable in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

• Detail-oriented and autonomous
• Great at negotiation, communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills
• Great team player with leadership

• Entrepreneurial mindset with a problem-solving attitude

• Willing to get your hands dirty: being comfortable negotiating supplier terms as well as placing orders and ensuring timely deliveries.

Transferable contacts: N/A

Transferable Knowledge:

• Knowledge of SAP and iTrade
• Microsoft Suite (Excel, Outlook, Word)
• Prices and terms negotiations
• Working with perishable food at variable prices
• Conduct competitive intelligence and transmit information to the business team.

Contact Details:

 

Felicia Sangare

fsangare@siriuspersonnel.com
625 Rene Levesque West, Suite  1616
Montreal, Quebec
H3B 1R2

Publication date: 08/02/2021