The Project Buyer is responsible for all new sourcing and procurement aspects within our organization. This includes building partnerships with new manufacturers and working with existing vendors to source new products.

The Project Buyer will work alongside both the Supply Chain and Product teams to source and procure new products while ensuring the products are delivered in accordance with vendor commitments.

Success in this role will be measured by the ability to source new products and OEM samples in a timely manner while fostering and building long-lasting relationships with manufacturing partners and vendors.

What Your Day Looks Like

Sourcing & Vendor Management

• Perform spending and vendor performance analysis to set up strategies for sourcing and resourcing projects.
• Ensure multiple sources are available for different product categories and eliminate sole and single sources.
• Issue RFQs to vendors or execute competitive bid events to evaluate and select vendors.
• Coordinate with Product Team to generate quality standards and send samples to suppliers.
• Negotiate product costs, freight, and other terms and conditions with suppliers.
• Manage the Supplier Master Agreement and the compliance results.
• Manage and follow through the entire PO lifecycle related to sourcing projects, from creation to receiving. Solve any issues related to quality, quantity, on-time delivery, and service level.
• Act as a liaison between internal stakeholders and external vendors, maintaining relationships and ensuring satisfaction.

Reporting & Presentations

• Create and update periodical and ad-hoc analyses and reports.
• Generate expected delivery reports for product and sample purchases to ensure stakeholders are kept up to date on delivery dates.
• Present data to internal stakeholders and manufacturing partners in a readable standard to ensure all reported metrics all clearly understood.

Strategy & Process Improvement

• Strategize and suggest process improvements to reduce costs and increase efficiencies.
• Support policy and procedure creation and process innovation across the Supply Chain Team.
• Automate manual processes where applicable.
• Continuously optimize and consolidate the vendor base.

What We’ll Need from You

• Degree or diploma in Supply Chain, Business Administration, Engineering, or an equivalent in work experience
• Two years of experience in overseas international sourcing, procurement, or category management
• Certification in purchasing, procurement, and logistics is strongly preferred, e.g. CSCMP, CSCP, CPIM, CPSM, CPP, etc.
• Demonstrated experience in supplier relationship building and negotiation
• Experience using ERP systems for purchasing and inventory tracking
• Intermediate to advanced level in Microsoft Excel (i.e., pivot tables, VLOOKUP, charting)
• Demonstrated experience in task completion in a timely fashion, adherence to workplace policies and ethics, and creative thinker who develops solutions effectively
• Must be able to travel internationally, and have or obtain a valid passport

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• Long-term opportunity in a growing, family-oriented company, and paths for advancement as skills grow.
• Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Referral Bonus, Employee Discounts.
• RRSP Matching Program.
• Health Spendable Account.
• Employee events hosted throughout the year – from lunches to team-building events to golf outings to the annual company holiday party.
• Work in an environment that promotes continuous learning and development.

When and Where You’ll Be Working

• Monday to Friday (9:00am to 5:00pm)
• BW Retail Solution – New Dundee

Pay Range:

$60K to $70K a year

About Us

BW Retail Solutions has quickly grown to become an industry leader in end-to-end eCommerce retail brand management and operational logistics. Founded in 2017, BW Retail Solutions is a joint venture between two long-standing, multi-generational, family-owned, Michigan companies. We are proud to have the stability and feel of a 75+-year-old Mom & Pop small business, combined with a large startup's modern scale, size, and culture. With a growing staff of over 100 awesome people responsible for managing over 1 million consumer transactions annually, we feel that the sky is the limit for our dedicated workforce to grow personally and professionally as part of a career with our organization. We believe that to be su