Purchasing Agent

Purchasing Agent

Imperial Dade, a leading North American distributor, has a Purchasing Agent role available On-Site in Jersey City, NJ! Join a strong and continuously evolving Purchasing group, helping to continue to grow our business in Kitchen Smallwares and Commercial Kitchen Equipment. Imperial Dade is a great place to take that next step if you're eager for your next opportunity.

A successful Purchasing Agent combines strategic and tactical expertise, with experience in vendor relations, new item setup, and purchase order management for Kitchen Smallwares. The ideal candidate demonstrates strong prioritization and negotiation skills, maintains a sense of urgency in resolving issues, and has experience with Kitchen Smallwares.

You will:

• Source and purchase Smallware category, managing vendor relationships and ensuring product availability to meet customer and operational needs.
• Collaborate with Sales leads, Designers and suppliers to support the quoting process, item set-up, purchase order writing and tracking for the Commercial Equipment program.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and internal Sales teams to ensure alignment on priorities and customer needs.
• Create, release, and track purchase orders accurately and on time, ensuring compliance with procurement policies and inventory requirements.
• Monitor and manage supplier performance, negotiating and resolving issues that impact cost, quality, delivery, or service levels.
• Maintain up-to-date purchase records, inventory levels, and reporting to ensure visibility and accuracy.
• Define, track, and continuously improve key performance metrics (e.g., fill rates, in-stock levels, lead times, inventory turns).

You have:

• 3+ years of buying Kitchen Smallwares is required, inventory management, or supply chain experience; commercial equipment experience is a big plus.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, or related field (preferred).
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel; aptitude to quickly learn other technical applications and ERP/procurement systems.
• Effective collaborator, able to build strong working relationships with Sales, Design, Buying teams, suppliers, and ensure alignment and maintain clear lines of contact with both suppliers and internal teams.

We offer a dynamic environment for our more than 7,500 employees to work, learn, and grow professionally. We value our people and strive to create rewarding career opportunities by offering competitive salaries and benefits (medical, dental, vision), a 401(k) program with company match, life insurance, a generous paid time off package, educational reimbursement, paid family leave, and adoption assistance. Imperial Dade is an EEO Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability (physical or mental), family medical history, or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors. Our company is a Fair Chance employer, committed to providing opportunities for qualified individuals with past justice system involvement. We believe in assessing candidates based on their skills and experience. A conditional offer of employment will be contingent upon the successful completion of a background check, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Massachusetts Applicants: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.