A Japanese food trading company is seeking a Japanese-English Bilingual Purchasing Agent.
Purchasing
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Purchasing
- Coordinate local purchasing for frozen and dry food related products, including vendor relationship development, quality assurance, price negotiations, transportation logistics, and product development.
- Coordinate with Los Angeles and New York purchasing departments for transportation and delivery of frozen and dry food products as needed.
- Create purchase orders based on sales volume and inventory to ensure adequate product availability.
- Calculate product costs and pricing to determine profit margins.
- Maintain records in Microsoft Dynamics NAV, including inventory adjustments, price changes, and container lists.
- Review inventory regularly for discrepancies and work with the warehouse to resolve issues.
- Process receipts and invoices for payment.
- Coordinate semiannual inventory counts.
- Work closely with the warehouse department to ensure accurate quantities, satisfactory quality, and proper receiving of purchased goods.
- Communicate with trucking companies to ensure the proper transfer of goods.
- Coordinate transportation and delivery with purchasing departments in Los Angeles and New York when necessary.
- Ensure food products comply with FDA and USDA regulations by maintaining HACCP and CAPA food safety plans.
- Receive branch orders and issue invoices.
- Distribute Ohta Foods fresh fish packing lists to the warehouse and sales teams and manage the receiving process upon product arrival.
- Collect daily sales orders for Boston Fish, submit purchase orders, and manage the receiving process upon arrival.
- Attend company events and functions outside of normal working hours as required.
- Complete work within scheduled hours unless prior approval for overtime has been obtained.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the department manager.
- Respond to management requests as required.
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