Sr Director, Purchasing - Meat

About Grocery Outlet :

• Our Mission : Touching lives for the better
• Our Vision : Touching lives by being the first choice for bargain-minded consumers in the
• Our Values & Behaviors : Achievement, Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Family, Fun, Integrity & Service

About the Team :

Our Purchasing team’s 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 :

You will act as a player coach having total P&L responsibilities (revenue, margin & expenses) for your entire team. You will need the ability to think strategically and develop growth plans that can be communicated clearly to cross functional areas of the company (Marketing, Operations, etc.) and executed by you and your team members. You will need to provide clear weekly direction to your team as well as the operation’s team of Fresh Merchandisers on the current priorities most relevant to achieving growth plans. You will help your team make quick buying decisions, manage WORLD CLASS key supplier relationships and above all, train & develop the members of your team for additional responsibility. Given the broad nature of the merchandise within the department, you must have the ability to develop a solid understanding of Grocery Outlet’s core customer and have a “gut merchant” sense about how various items will perform at deeply discounted retails. This role reports to the SVP - Perishables.

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