Description About Grocery Outlet: Our Mission: Touching lives for the better Our Vision: Touching lived by being the first choice for bargain-minded consumers in the U.S. Our Values & Behaviors: Achievement, Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Family, Fun, Integrity & Service About the Team: Our Purchasing team\xe2\x80\x99s mission is to provide bargain-minded customers with the deepest discounts on quality and branded products. In many ways our team is the heart of the organization- building and maintaining vendor relationships and providing solutions for our supplier partners and independent operators. Our buyers are empowered with speed, flexibility, and freedom while their passion and creativity embody the art of closeout buying. Successful members of our team are motivated to exceed annual comp sales, thrive in a collaborative environment, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and be motivated by relationship building. About the role: While providing bargain-mined customers with the deepest discounts primarily comes from opportunistically purchased inventory, the Associate Grocery DSD Buyer is responsible for the category management decisions, seasonal planning, and the execution of the overall category plan within the Mid-Atlantic Market. The Associate Grocery DSD Buyer will report to the National Category Buying managing DSD across all regions. This individual must possess the organizational skills and communication skills needed to plan and direct the future growth of these categories, able to make quick buying decisions, manage key supplier relationships and provide direction to our Independent Operators (I.O.\xe2\x80\x99s) within the Mid-Atlantic Market. While this individual must demonstrate a basic understanding of managing a dynamic merchandise assortment that changes quickly (based on the opportunistic inventories available), the primary role for this position is to optimize the assortment through exceptional category management practices, including a rigorous regular item level review & promotional planning without ever violating the commitment of providing VALUE to our customers. The position is based in Wayne, PA and will require 20-40% local travel outside of the office. Responsibilities Include:
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