Purchasing Assistant

Description

Job Summary: We are seeking a Purchaser to manage the acquisition process—from requesting quotations and negotiating with suppliers to tracking deliveries and managing contracts—with the goal of optimizing costs and ensuring product and service quality for the company. Key Highlights: 1. Experience in procurement and service contracting. 2. Strategic negotiation with suppliers and contract management. 3. Opportunity to work within an established network in the pet segment. **Hello, we are Pet Cães e Cia!** We currently have 150 beloved colleagues. Since our founding two decades ago, our commitment has been to deliver high-quality services at fair prices, ensuring the well-being of our beloved pets and their caregivers. Today, we proudly operate a network comprising eight physical stores and an efficient distribution center. In addition, we offer diverse service channels, including physical stores, an online store, telesales, and WhatsApp. We also partner with renowned platforms such as Rappi, Mercado Livre, Shopee, and Magazine Luiza, among others. **We are looking for a Purchaser**, who will request and place orders for required products, follow up on deliveries of purchased items, contact suppliers, participate in supplier certification and disqualification processes, conduct cost-benefit analyses, plan purchases of products, services, and equipment according to production demand and business decisions, negotiate with suppliers—assessing pricing and delivery timelines—issue purchase orders in the system containing all necessary product and service specifications for the supplier, plan and monitor maintenance activities, control physical inventory and warranties, keep supplier and service registration spreadsheets updated, understand customers’ actual needs and functional requirements, analyze the supplier market, assess total cost of ownership, identify and present potential supply models, issue RFIs and RFQs, research prices of materials needed for component production—aiming to achieve optimal cost-benefit for the company, manage purchasing contracts with suppliers to ensure adherence to agreed timelines and contractual clauses, monitor issued purchase orders to detect any discrepancies occurring during the process, obtain quotations from service providers to meet departmental demands, support clients interested in developing scheduled collections—ensuring all information is clearly and fully communicated to suppliers—and monitor development progress to guarantee agreed delivery dates (samples, shipping date, etc.). **RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES** **Your day-to-day will include:** * Requesting quotations from potential suppliers and evaluating the best proposals. * Negotiating with suppliers. * Issuing purchase orders in the system. * Tracking placed orders and verifying deliveries. * Managing the procurement portfolio by reviewing and analyzing the supplier database to identify new opportunities. * Implementing contracts in collaboration with the legal team. * Developing and monitoring performance indicators. * Other related activities. **REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS** * Experience in procurement. * Experience in service contracting. * Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel. **ADDITIONAL ASSETS** * Completed or ongoing undergraduate degree in Business Administration, Commercial Management, Accounting, or related fields. **SOFT SKILLS** * High adaptability to change. * Communication skills. * Teamwork. * Emotional and social intelligence. * Productivity. * Autonomy. * Collaboration. * Commitment. * Patience. * Responsibility. **WORK HOURS** * Monday to Thursday: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM; Friday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM. **COMPENSATION** * R$2.408,25 (monthly) **BENEFITS** * Medical assistance. * Fuel allowance. * Life insurance. * Transportation voucher. * Performance-based incentives. * Attendance bonus. * Career development plan. **If you are a committed professional, motivated by challenges and focused on expanding your professional horizons with excellence, join our team!!!