Merchandise Buyer

Description

Purpose of Position: 

To manage the product mix, inventory, pricing, and promotions of an assigned group of product categories for all business segments (Retail, Wholesale and Fleet) to achieve sales growth and inventory performance goals while maintaining high level relationships with vendors and internal team members.

Primary Roles:

• Product Mix
• Manage new product selection and launch process.
• Provide mix information to marketing and sales to support merchandising and promotion of products.
• Monitor performance of current offering and adjust as necessary to achieve sales and inventory performance goals.
• Pricing
• Set and implement pricing strategies.
• Adjust prices based on market, inventory, and demand.
• Negotiate with vendors for the best prices, discounts, and terms.
• Promotions
• Create promotions to boost sales and product awareness to support marketing calendar.
• Coordinate with marketing, sales, and operations to communicate and execute promotions.
• Evaluate effectiveness of promotions
• Process incoming information
• Review incoming information and feedback from vendors, buying group, Alamo team, and customers. 
• Act on, respond to, share, and document this information as necessary.
• Inventory Management and Performance
• Forecast and manage inventory levels, including min-max calculations and overrides, to ensure optimal availability and turnover.
• Track and analyze inventory measures (Sales, Turns, GMROI, Margin, Fill Rate).
• Manage disposition of inventory that is no longer part of stocking mix
• Vendor Relationships and Performance
• Build and maintain strong relationships with vendors.
• Communicate with vendors regularly to ensure order accuracy, issue resolution, and feedback.
• Assess and evaluate vendor performance based on quality, price, service, and reliability.
• Plan Vendor Visits

Other Responsibilities:

• Review scheduled reports and take actions as necessary.
• Performs other areas as requested.

Alamo Team Member Duties and Responsibilities:

• Commits and adheres to the following company core values:
• Do the right thing
• Ask questions and bring solutions
• Build relationships
• Take initiatives and follow through
• Engages in the extended mission and support group and team in achieving the team’s metrics
• Coordinates efforts with others to achieve group and team metrics
• Drives a culture of safety
• Performing additional duties where needed

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with at least four years of related experience required or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Excellent organizational and computer skills.
• Automotive experience preferred.
• Available to work extended hours