Purchasing Clerk

at  Pattison Food Group

Come join Pattison Food Group Ltd., a Jim Pattison business, and Canada’s largest Western-based provider of food and health products.
Pattison Food Group Ltd. consists of Save-On-Foods and other well-known grocery banners. With nearly 300 retail locations, we proudly employ more than 30,000 team members.
We have an exciting opportunity for a full-time Purchasing Clerk to join our Inventory Management team in Langley, BC.
Reporting to the Manager, Purchasing, you will provide administrative support to the inventory management team, while monitoring inquiries from business partners, stores, and other areas of the business.

You will be responsible for:

• Organizing and communicating with business partners to ensure questions and distributions are reviewed.
• Managing and coordinating correspondence from multiple inboxes.
• Supporting, arranging, and executing special key out requests from stores, other departments and business partners as needed.
• Working with Traffic and Warehousing departments to ensure specific timelines are followed.
• Reviewing and distributing aging inventory from the warehouses.
• Communicating with Warehouse team and Supply Planning to coordinate all supplier returns.
• Running daily and ad hoc reports for Supply Planning Team.

You have:

• 1-2 years of experience in an administrative or customer service capacity preferably within a retail or supply chain environment is an asset.
• Experience with Warehousing or Supply Planning is an asset.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office (including Excel, Word, and Outlook).
• Knowledge of Pivot Tables, V-lookups and organizing spreadsheets in Excel.
• Knowledge of A-series is considered an asset.

You are:

• A strong communicator, both written and verbal.
• Very organized, with the ability to multi-task, and support numerous people.
• Able to continuously re-adjust priorities while staying on top of important deadlines.
• An excellent problem solver, with strong trouble shooting skills.
• Able to work independently as well as in a fast-paced team environment.

What we offer:
In addition to a highly competitive salary, we offer a great range of benefits, a company pension plan, free parking, exclusive team member offers, and opportunities for development and career progression.
If you’re looking to join a team that puts people first, you’re in the right place. Apply online today!
This position is based at the Pattison Food Group office in Langley, B.C. While we’re currently operating with a hybrid work-from-home and in-office schedule, we look forward to the day when we are all able to work together in the office again.

• Organizing and communicating with business partners to ensure questions and distributions are reviewed.
• Managing and coordinating correspondence from multiple inboxes.
• Supporting, arranging, and executing special key out requests from stores, other departments and business partners as needed.
• Working with Traffic and Warehousing departments to ensure specific timelines are followed.
• Reviewing and distributing aging inventory from the warehouses.
• Communicating with Warehouse team and Supply Planning to coordinate all supplier returns.
• Running daily and ad hoc reports for Supply Planning Team