**Job Objective:** Ensure the efficient, economical, and strategic acquisition of products and materials that meet store demand, contributing to maintaining optimal inventory levels, market competitiveness, and customer satisfaction. **Main Job Responsibilities:** In this role, you will be responsible for planning, executing, and monitoring procurement processes for goods and services, ensuring quality, timing, and cost align with company needs. You will analyze requests, negotiate with suppliers, issue purchase orders, and manage contracts, contributing to operational efficiency and product stock replenishment. Develop and maintain strong supplier relationships, identify improvement and innovation opportunities, and provide support to internal departments, ensuring compliance with organizational policies and objectives. **Job Requirements:** * Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, or related fields; * Class B Driver's License and availability for travel; * Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office or similar software; * Strong verbal and written communication skills; * Negotiation techniques; * Basic knowledge of tax/fiscal legislation; * Problem analysis and solution tools and methods (MASP, A3, etc.); * ERP Ciss (Purchasing) and Systock. **Purchasing Planning:** **1\.** Collaborate in the implementation and improvement of purchasing processes and procedures by providing suggestions or conducting critical process analysis; **Purchasing Management:** **2\.** Analyze purchase suggestions for your portfolio using indicators in Systock; **3\.** Review each purchase request for your portfolio received via email or dedicated form, verifying material description, quantity, cost center, and product destination; **4\.** Conduct price quotations for products and/or services in your portfolio via phone or email, in accordance with the company's financial and budgetary guidelines, as well as internal department procedures and policies; **5\.** Issue purchase orders for products and/or services upon approval of requisitions, based on priorities and in compliance with internal department procedures and policies; **6\.** Analyze product sales history when issuing a purchase order; **7\.** Monitor invoicing and delivery schedules through Ciss, according to internal procedures; **8\.** Contact suppliers via phone or email; **9\.** Communicate issues and propose possible solutions to requesters via phone or email whenever discrepancies are identified in purchase orders; **10\.** Monitor goods receipt by reviewing merchandise entry records in Ciss, according to internal procedures; **11\.** Handle commercial arrangements for warranties and product returns, based on non-conformance reports; **12\.** Verify and review Substitute Tax Invoices (ST), when necessary; **13\.** Collaborate with the Logistics department by regularly analyzing merchandise consumption history; **14\.** Prepare and analyze periodic reports on purchasing performance using efficiency indicators; **Supplier Relationships:** **15\.** Analyze suppliers' product catalogs, whether printed or digital; **16\.** Conduct market research; **17\.** Evaluate and introduce new products to the company's portfolio by conducting feasibility studies and market testing; **18\.** Represent the company at trade fairs and industry events; **19\.** Develop suppliers through research or referrals, conducting on-site visits or hosting supplier visits at the company, requesting information, and carrying out negotiations; **20\.** Register suppliers of products and/or services in Ciss; **21\.** Support the negotiation of purchase contracts and agreements by preparing budgets, conducting feasibility analyses, comparisons, and contributing terms and requirements; **22\.** Promote product training and application sessions through partnerships with suppliers; **23\.** Seek sponsorships from partner suppliers via phone or email contact; **Customer Support (internal/external):** **24\.** Provide support to the Sales and E-commerce departments in customer service; **25\.** Support the E-commerce department in registering or updating product listings on online platforms; **26\.** Support the Tax department in invoice processing; **27\.** Support the Tax department in transferring materials from inventory/store for internal use and consumption; **28\.** Support the Tax department in product pricing using Office or similar tools and Ciss.