The Opportunity

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You Will

- Negotiate pricing, payment terms, promotional support, contracts, and supply agreements to maximize value and achieve business objectives.
- Prepare and issue purchase orders while proactively monitoring delivery schedules to ensure timely replenishment and product availability.
- Monitor inventory levels and optimize stock to minimize shortages, overstock, shrinkage, and product waste.
- Analyze sales trends, customer demand, seasonal patterns, market conditions, and supplier performance to support data-driven purchasing decisions.
- Partner closely with Sales, Operations, Warehouse, Finance, and Quality Assurance teams to ensure smooth execution of purchasing activities and category initiatives.
- Build and maintain strong supplier relationships while resolving delivery, quality, pricing, and supply issues in a timely and professional manner.
- Support product selection, new product launches, assortment optimization, cost reduction initiatives, and margin improvement opportunities to enhance category performance.
- Review purchasing reports, inventory reports, sales performance, and market intelligence to identify trends and make informed buying decisions.
- Ensure all purchasing activities comply with Company policies, food safety standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.

You Should Have / Be

- Minimum 3 years of retail procurement, buying, or category management experience, preferably within the grocery or retail industry.
- Fluent in both English and Chinese (reading, writing, and speaking) to effectively communicate with suppliers and cross-functional teams.
- Strong product knowledge within the assigned merchandise category.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint,



with the ability to analyze and interpret business data.
- Excellent negotiation, communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities with sound commercial judgment.
- Solid understanding of inventory management, cost control, shrinkage reduction, and margin optimization.
- Ability to make timely purchasing decisions based on sales data, market trends, customer demand, and business priorities.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to balance cost, quality, delivery, inventory investment, and customer expectations.
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment and consistently meet deadlines.
- Willingness and ability to travel as required.

This is an active job posting for a currently vacant position. We are recruiting to fill this role as part of our ongoing operational needs.

Benefits

- Performance bonuses
- Extended health/dental/vision care
- Retirement benefit
- Life/AD&D; insurance
- Paid vacation, sick, marriage, bereavement leaves
- 10% in-store staff purchase discount
- Subsidized staff meal

Shift

5 to 6-day work week, shift work is required, may include weekdays, weekends, and statutory holidays

Safety Statement

Safety continues to be T&T; Supermarket’s top priority. We’ve established health and safety policies and measures to ensure our Stores, Food Processing & Production Centres and Warehouse & Distribution are as safe as possible.

T&T; Supermarket is an Equal Prospect Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, age, veteran status, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.

📌 Senior Buyer (Perishable) (Markham)
🏢 T&T Supermarket
📍 Markham