Purchasing Assistant

At Sid Wainer & Son, a division of Chefs Warehouse, we are an industry leader in food distribution! We have a distinct competitive advantage in serving our customers because of our extensive selection of distinctive and hard-to-find specialty and center-of-the-plate food products. 

What’s on our menu?

Enticing Appetizers:

• A culture that is full of flavor and inviting!
• Creating an environment of belonging, where everyone is welcome.
• Delivering our best in everything we do.
• Committed to high quality food and dedicated to a positive team culture.

Divine Entrees:

• Paid Vacations, Paid Holidays
• Health, Dental and Medical Benefits
• Weekly pay
• Life Insurance
• 5% above cost for our high-quality food products
• Employee discounts for travel and events.
• 401k

What’s for Dessert?
The icing on the cake….The safety of our employees is our priority! We have created essential guidelines to assure we are following CDC regulations!

Summary/Objective  
The Purchasing Assistant provides office support to the Purchasing Department with a variety of clerical activities and related tasks. The Purchasing Assistant will be responsible for data entry, creating and generating purchase orders to receipt of inventory and invoice settlement.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform data entry, tracking issues with specific vendors and communicating findings to buyers.
• Process reminders and order confirmations.
• Preparation and processing of purchase orders and corresponding documents in accordance with company procedures.
• Maintain complete and updated purchasing records/data and pricing.
• Coordinate with suppliers and locations to ensure on-time delivery.
• Provide effective communication regarding accounts payable issues with vendors and staff.
• Assist with filing all documents accordingly.
• Maintain a neat, organized work area.
• Complete various projects thoroughly by assigned deadline

Required, Education and Experience:

Education

·   High School Diploma or G.E.D required. 

Experience
·   1+ years of administrative and/or customer service experience required.

Key Competencies 

1. Flexibility.
2. Communication Proficiency.
3. Collaboration Skills.
4. Mathematical Skills.
5. Customer/Client Focus.
6. Technical Capacity.

Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Language Skills: 
Ability to read, write and speak fluently in English.

Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. 

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work
The employee must work 40 hours per week. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.

Travel
No travel is expected in this position.

Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.