Senior Buyer (Perishable)

Reporting to the Category Manager, the Senior Buyer is responsible for sourcing high-quality products, negotiating with suppliers, managing purchase orders, monitoring inventory, and ensuring product availability, quality, and timely delivery. This role plays a key part in driving category performance by balancing cost, quality, customer demand, and profitability. The ideal candidate is commercially minded, analytical, results-driven, and passionate about identifying opportunities to grow the business through strategic purchasing decisions and strong supplier partnerships.

You Will

• Negotiate pricing, payment terms, promotional support, contracts, and supply agreements to maximize value and achieve business objectives.
• Prepare and issue purchase orders while proactively monitoring delivery schedules to ensure timely replenishment and product availability.
• Monitor inventory levels and optimize stock to minimize shortages, overstock, shrinkage, and product waste.
• Analyze sales trends, customer demand, seasonal patterns, market conditions, and supplier performance to support data-driven purchasing decisions.
• Partner closely with Sales, Operations, Warehouse, Finance, and Quality Assurance teams to ensure smooth execution of purchasing activities and category initiatives.
• Build and maintain strong supplier relationships while resolving delivery, quality, pricing, and supply issues in a timely and professional manner.
• Support product selection, new product launches, assortment optimization, cost reduction initiatives, and margin improvement opportunities to enhance category performance.
• Review purchasing reports, inventory reports, sales performance, and market intelligence to identify trends and make informed buying decisions.
• Ensure all purchasing activities comply with Company policies, food safety standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.

You Should Have / Be

• Minimum 3 years of retail procurement, buying, or category management experience, preferably within the grocery or retail industry.
• Fluent in both English and Chinese (reading, writing, and speaking) to effectively communicate with suppliers and cross-functional teams.
• Strong product knowledge within the assigned merchandise category.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, with the ability to analyze and interpret business data.
• Excellent negotiation, communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities with sound commercial judgment.
• Solid understanding of inventory management, cost control, shrinkage reduction, and margin optimization.
• Ability to make timely purchasing decisions based on sales data, market trends, customer demand, and business priorities.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to balance cost, quality, delivery, inventory investment, and customer expectations.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment and consistently meet deadlines.
• Willingness and ability to travel as required.

This is an active job posting for a currently vacant position. We are recruiting to fill this role as part of our ongoing operational needs.

• Performance bonuses
• Extended health/dental/vision care
• Retirement benefit
• Life/AD&D insurance
• Paid vacation, sick, marriage, bereavement leaves
• 10% in-store staff purchase discount
• Subsidized staff meal

Safety continues to be T&T Supermarket’s top priority. We’ve established health and safety policies and measures to ensure our Stores, Food Processing & Production Centres and Warehouse & Distribution are as safe as possible.

T&T Supermarket is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, age, veteran status, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.

Schedule

Full Time

Work hours

5 to 6-day work week, shift work is required, may include weekdays, weekends, and statutory holidays

Salary

$65,000 - $85,000 / year

Salary notes

(Salary negotiable & commensurate with experience and qualifications.)