Re-Buyer

Job Description:

As a Re-Buyer in the furniture industry, you will play a critical role in optimizing inventory management, ensuring timely production, and meeting customer demand. You will collaborate with various teams including production, sales, and logistics to forecast demand, plan procurement, monitor productions, manage vendors and coordinate inventory levels. Your analytical skills and understanding of market trends will be essential in creating accurate forecasts and maximizing operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

Supply and Demand Planning:

· Manage and maintain Buys report

· Run complete Buys for every department and create container breakdowns.

· Review and clean up buy requests and send them to team for execution.

· Review future free levels and analyze purchasing accuracy.

· Manage monthly forecast and buy planning

· Prepare detailed container breakdowns.

Production and Shipping Management

· Refresh individual Factory WIPs and remind Vendors to update.

· Manage TPLs & Invoices

· Review/Monitor Factory WIPs

· Provide priorities to vendors.

· Review XF Dates and update accordingly.

· Investigate ETA by SKU per request.

· Update POs according to WIP

Purchase Order and Invoice Management:

· Send container breakdowns to team in buy request forms to create a comprehensive CSV Upload file.

· Upload and manage CSV files for respective Purchase Orders.

· Generate specific Purchase Orders including reorders, sample products and pilot runs.

· Review various invoices including direct container, villa, rugs, VEMW, PLDS, e-commerce, parts, and sample items.

Vendor Management:

· Obtain regular updates from vendors regarding order status, shipping, and potential issues.

· Review Vendor Performance and compare avg capacity vs containers placed on order.

· Review India + Southeast Asia Production with High Sierra Team

· Review China Production with China QC

· Review Pilot Runs + Samples with our QA Team

Internal Reporting and Coordination:

· Provide statistics and updates about items to the team and sales representatives.

· Prepare and distribute reports as required.

· Cross-training session with team members

Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.

· 1-2 years of experience in procurement, logistics, or a similar role is preferred.

· Strong organizational and time-management skills.

· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

· Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel.

· Familiarity with inventory management systems.

Additional Skills:

· Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

· Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

· Flexibility and adaptability to manage changing priorities.