Associate Buyer

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What You'll Do:

• Manage the full buying lifecycle, from product innovation to vendor negotiations, pricing, and promotions, while coordinating inventory logistics to meet service metrics, customer demand, and financial targets
• Develop purchasing strategies aligned with financial goals and supports product allocation across dispensaries, states, and micro-regions
• Manage supply chain data, create reports on best-sellers, promotions, and performance, and audit purchasing processes to ensure best-in-class standards
• Generate purchase orders to strengthen vendor relationships, manage new product creation, and track credit memos while implementing aging inventory strategies
• Collaborate with Store Operations to create localized assortments and sales forecasts, while building strong relationships with suppliers to ensure consistent product availability
• Analyzes the competitive landscape for opportunities and identifies cross-business projects to drive continuous improvement

What You'll Bring:

• You have at least 1 year of experience in inventory management, new product planning, buying, merchandising, supply chain, forecasting tools, and/or assortment decision-making
• You have strong data-driven decision-making, excellent organizational skills, and effective communication with vendors and colleagues, paired with confident negotiation abilities
• You efficiently meet deadlines, leverage business data analysis and software, and thrive in fast-paced environments, working independently or as a collaborative team member
• You have the flexibility to be in the field as needed

Even Better If:

• You have advanced proficiency in MS Excel and Tableau, with experience in buying, merchandising, supply chain, and assortment decision-making
• You bring valuable experience in the cannabis industry

What We Offer:

• Career Growth Opportunities
• Competitive Pay and Benefits (Health, Dental Vision)
• Generous PTO and Parental Leave
• 401(K) Retirement Plan
• Life/AD&D Insurance, Short & Long-Term Disability
• Community Involvement Initiatives
• Employee Referral Bonuses and Product Discounts

Curaleaf Awards and Achievements:

• 2023 Ragan's Top Places to Work
• 2022 TIME100 Most Influential Companies
• 2020 Cannabis Doing Good's Good Neighbor Award
• 2020 Minorities for Medical Marijuana's Diversity & Inclusion Award

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Our Values:

• Lead and Inspire.
• Commit to Win.
• ONE Curaleaf.
• Driven to Deliver Excellence.

Current Curaleaf employees should use our internal job board to apply for current openings: https://app2.greenhouse.io/internal_job_board

Curaleaf creates clean, reliable, trusted cannabis products for wellness and medical use. Our highly-skilled dispensary staff is trained—and dedicated!—to help you find just the right method and concentration to achieve your personal cannabis goals