Buyer

Horizon Recruitment is recruiting for an experienced Buyer to join a large company in BC. This organization manages a large and complex inventory, working with more than 300 suppliers and approximately 150,000 SKUs across its distribution operations. The purchasing team is looking for someone who understands high-volume buying and can confidently manage large product lists, supplier relationships, and purchasing data. This is an opportunity to join a growing team where your experience will make an immediate impact on inventory availability, supplier performance, and day-to-day purchasing operations.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on purchasing experience from a large distribution, retail, or wholesale environment and can contribute with minimal training.

Responsibilities

• Manage purchasing activities across a large number of products and suppliers, ensuring inventory is available to meet business needs.
• Create, review, and track purchase orders, including large orders with significant SKU counts.
• Use purchasing systems and inventory data to review suggested orders, adjust quantities, and make informed buying decisions.
• Analyze purchasing trends and inventory requirements using Excel and Power BI to support seasonal programs and larger buying cycles.
• Support release of premium product allocations
• Build strong supplier relationships and maintain clear communication on orders, pricing, delivery schedules, and product availability.
• Monitor supplier performance, including lead times, fill rates, and on-time deliveries, and address issues before they affect operations.
• Coordinate purchasing activities with internal teams to resolve inventory shortages, delivery delays, and order discrepancies.
• Manage supplier claims and work through shipment or invoice discrepancies to reach timely resolutions.
• Support purchasing programs involving domestic, and international suppliers.
• Share purchasing knowledge and best practices with less experienced team members to strengthen overall team performance.
• Identify opportunities to improve purchasing accuracy, reporting, and inventory management processes.

Requirements

• At least 3-5 years of relevant purchasing or buying experience, ideally in a high-volume distribution, wholesale, or large retail environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing large SKU counts, complex product lists, and multiple supplier relationships.
• Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, XLOOKUP, and the ability to organize and analyze large data sets.
• Experience using purchasing or inventory management systems to review order recommendations and manage replenishment.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to make sound purchasing decisions based on inventory needs and supplier performance.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Confident communication skills and the ability to build productive relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently, take ownership of assigned suppliers, and contribute as an experienced member of the purchasing team.
• Experience with international purchasing or container orders is an asset.

Remuneration

• $55,000 - $65,000 +comprehensive benefits package

Only candidates eligible to work in Canada will be considered

Horizon Recruitment Inc. is a specialized recruitment and search firm with two complimentary practice areas: Finance & Supply Chain.