Assistant buyer vs hog buyer

Differences between assistant buyer and hog buyer duties and responsibilities

Assistant buyer example responsibilities.

• Manage open-to-buy to ensure continual flow of merchandise to stores and warehouses with careful attention to advertise events and promotions.
• Inspect, grade and appraise agricultural commodities, durable goods, and merchandise for sale.
• Train employees on POS system to keep accurate sales, inventory levels, and employee hours.
• Collaborate with DMM and GMM to complete accurate financial strategy to be sign off by CEO.
• Partner with advertising to execute POS and brand driven events through mailers, email blasts and marketing.
• Analyze product trends and historical data at classification level; review IMU, AUR and penetration variances.
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Hog buyer example responsibilities.

• Manage corporate accounts, future markets, VMR, CME, and CFA contract accounts pertaining to hog producers.
• Manage open-to-buy to ensure continual flow of merchandise to stores and warehouses with careful attention to advertise events and promotions.
• Train with QA, maintenance, load-out, cut and kill floor operations.
• Negotiate with world wide international suppliers on price, listings, promotions and marketing support.
• Maintain good customer relationships with hog farmers in order to expedite the marketing of butchers directly to packing plants.
• Work closely with the logistics department and internal warehouse to coordinate just in time deliveries and maintain daily inventory reconciliation.
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