Strategic Retail Buyer

Description: Do you get excited about taking risks and reaping the benefits of those risks? Do you pride yourself on your negotiation skills? Do you enjoy seeking out and following consumer trends? As a buyer for Gold Beach Lumber, you will be required to have good planning skills, decisiveness, and a willingness to go with your gut and take a risk.
If this sounds like you, Gold Beach Lumber is the place for you! Gold Beach Lumber is looking for a highly motivated Strategic Retail Buyer to join our team in Eugene, Oregon! About Gold Beach Lumber We are a growing, family-owned business serving communities in Oregon for over 60 years.
Gold Beach Lumber stores are convenient and offer great values on name brand products while treating our customers with a superior customer service experience.
We are part of your community and we have served generations of families with honest values that your family can count on.
We also have a long history of giving back to the communities that our stores service by supporting charitable organizations and worthy causes.
If you are a great team player with a strong work ethic, great attitude and thrive to help our customers; we want to you to join our company.
Why work for Gold Beach Lumber? · Family-owned · Constantly growing and looking for new opportunities · Great work-life balance · Community involvement · Excellent work environment · We foster service with honesty, integrity, and value · We love our employees and customers! We offer our employees: · Competitive wages · Affordable health insurance with dental, vision and other voluntary options · PTO/Sick Time · 401k with company match · Employee discounts · On the job training with growth potential About this position: As a Strategic Retail Buyer, no two days are ever the same.
You will be responsible for negotiating with vendors to procure the best products at the best price possible.
You will be responsible for seeking trends and attending trade shows in hopes to find treasures to bring back to our Gold Beach Lumber & Cascade Home Center retail stores.
You must be comfortable with taking calculated risks.
You must also be interested in fostering relationships and building upon them.
You will get to work with some of the top brands in the industry and call them friends.
Requirements: You will be responsible for: Purchasing goods and commodities Researching consumer and industry trends Attending trade shows in key categories Increasing customer base Sourcing and negotiating with suppliers to ensure the best quality at the best price Collaborate with merchandise and retail departments to make key decisions Managing all administrative tasks such as purchase orders, stock control, and logistic documents.
Assisting with marketing and sales strategies.
Generating and presenting analytical reports such as market research, price comparisons, and cost analyses.
Reporting any issues with suppliers, logistics, or products to the supervisor.
Keeping abreast of competitors and the new products on the market.
Embodying the company values and put customers first Professional competencies: · Self-motivated and result oriented · Flexibility, multi-task, and prioritize under tight deadlines · Proficiency in MS office, excel and a good understanding of POS · In depth analytical skills with strong attention to detail · Process and procedure oriented · Excellent negotiation and networking skills · Market researching skills · Responsibility, reliability, and trustworthiness Travel: · Monthly travel required Experience: · Bachelor’s Degree in a business-related field (Business management, retail, finance, etc.
) · 2+ years of retail merchandise or commodities buying experience Wages: · $65,000 - $75,000 DOE If this describes you, we want you to be part of our team.