Buyer

Join our team! Salon Service Group is currently hiring a Buyer for our Purchasing Department!

Salon Service Group, founded over 32 years ago, is the nation's largest privately-owned professional beauty distributor. SSG proudly partners with the Professional Beauty Industry exclusively, through salons, spas and stylists. We have conveniently located, professionally exclusive wholesale stores representing our independently owned, high-end professional portfolio of haircare brands across SSG territories. We are committed to excellent service, quality products and most importantly, we build strong lifelong partnerships with our customers. Our highest priority is to provide our customers with the tools and support that they need for success.

This position requires a highly motivated, results-driven individual to oversee the procurement of beauty products at the best commercial and quality conditions. This position will focus on replenishment to maintain optimum inventory levels. This includes new item research, approval and set-up process; supplier relations; point of contact for other departments; and working with marketing and sales department

Your role:

• Purchasing and inventory control tasks and the procurement and logistics needs for incoming materials.
• Frequent contact with vendors, including handling discrepancies with quantity and quality.
• Prepares purchase orders.
• Evaluates computer generated inventory levels and over rides as required.
• Ability to forecast future purchasing requirements, particularly seasonal items.
• Communicate with vendors and internal customers order statuses and new product information.
• Application of inventory control measures, forecasting and demand analysis in order to ensure accurate material data.
• Management of purchasing assortments, coordinating and discussing ideas with management
• Negotiation and definition of agreements with suppliers;
• Management of suppliers' end of the year rebates and other contributions;
• Definition of assortments and price of promotional items (Christmas, Summer, etc.)
• Promotional ordering of supplies and special items, coherently with the annual marketing calendar.
• Researching new fashion and beauty products;
• Managing of selling price and margins of the purchased products;
• Interfaces with all departments and resolves problems and issues with need purchase items.

Working for SSG will provide you with:

• Work hard, play hard culture
• An organization which is built on its people, where every person truly matters
• "Jeans Professional" dress code
• Competitive compensation and excellent benefits package, including vacation pay, sick time, health, dental, vision and a 401k retirement plan with a company match
• Performance based incentive pay
• Enthusiastic and fun customers
• Lots of opportunity for personal growth and career advancement
• Generous employee discount on exclusive hair products

Who you are:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience in purchasing or supply chain
• Minimum 2 years of experience as a Buyer/Purchaser
• Competency in all aspects of the purchasing process
• Strong negotiation skills and experience with solid decision making skills
• Strong basic math abilities
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office
• The ability to form relationships and communicate professionally with suppliers and people at all levels of the organization
• The ability to identify multiple projects and prioritize them in order to meet required deadlines.
• The drive to stay with projects until completed.
• The ability to travel for short periods of time for training and meetings
• Knowledge of the professional beauty (hair care) industry is a plus

If you have the above characteristics and skills, we would love to meet you! Please respond to this ad with your current resume and salary requirements to take the first step at becoming a part of our growing team.

Check us out at www.salonservicegroup.com.

SSG is proud to be an EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION employer. Candidates are considered for employment with SSG without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military status, veteran status or other classification protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Benefit Conditions:

• Waiting period may apply
• Only full-time employees eligible

COVID-19 Precaution(s):

• Personal protective equipment provided or required
• Social distancing guidelines in place
• Virtual meetings
• Sanitizing, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place

Paid Training:

• Yes

Pay frequency:

• Every other week

Work Remotely

• No

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental Pay:

• Bonus pay

COVID-19 considerations:
We work on a rotating schedule to minimize number of people in the office at a time as well as space desks accordingly to socially distance. Masks are required in common areas and anytime you leave your desk.

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Springfield, MO 65803 (Preferred)

Application Question(s):

• What is your desired salary?

Education:

• Associate (Preferred)

Experience:

• Procurement: 3 years (Preferred)
• Purchasing: 3 years (Preferred)

Work Location: One location