Associate Purchasing Specialist – Korean Food

Founded in 2013, Yami’s mission is to bring the world closer for everyone to experience and enjoy. We make it easy to discover exciting flavors and trending products from Asia.

Named one of Inc. Magazine’s fastest-growing companies on the Inc. 500 List, Yami is committed to connecting customers with authentic food, beauty, home, and wellness products through our e-commerce platform and iOS and Android apps.

Founded in 2013, Yami’s mission is to bring the world closer for everyone to experience and enjoy. We make it easy to discover exciting flavors and trending products from Asia.

Named one of Inc. Magazine’s fastest-growing companies on the Inc. 500 List, Yami is committed to connecting customers with authentic food, beauty, home, and wellness products through our e-commerce platform and iOS and Android apps.

• 401(k) matching
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off (PTO): vacation, sick leave, and holidays
• On-site gym and game rooms
• Employee discount
• Coffee and snacks
• Salary Range: 50,000–68,000, depending on experience

The Associate Purchasing Specialist – Korean Food will support the purchasing and merchandising functions for Yami’s Korean Food and Snack categories.

This role will be responsible for day-to-day purchasing activities, including purchase order management, replenishment, vendor communication, product sourcing, cost and pricing review, new item setup, inventory monitoring, and purchasing data analysis.

The Associate Purchasing Specialist will work closely with Purchasing Specialists and category leadership to maintain product availability, support healthy inventory levels, identify new Korean food products and suppliers, and assist with improving product cost, margins, and overall category performance.

This position is ideal for someone with previous purchasing, merchandising, retail, or supply chain experience who is looking to further develop their career in procurement, buying, category management, and e-commerce.

• Create, process, and maintain purchase orders based on inventory needs, sales trends, and purchasing plans.
• Follow up with vendors on open purchase orders, order confirmations, product availability, lead times, shipment schedules, and delivery status.
• Support replenishment planning and determine appropriate order quantities based on sales performance, inventory levels, lead time, and demand.
• Monitor open orders and proactively identify potential delays, shortages, or supply issues.
• Coordinate with vendors and internal teams to resolve PO discrepancies, receiving issues, damaged products, shortages, pricing differences, and other purchasing-related problems.
• Maintain accurate purchasing records, vendor information, product costs, lead times, MOQ, case pack, and other purchasing data within internal systems.
• Assist with negotiating product costs, payment terms, lead time, promotional support, and other purchasing terms.
• Monitor changes and communicate significant increases or purchasing concerns to the Purchasing Specialist or category leader.
• Assist with invoice and cost discrepancies by working with vendors, Accounts Payable, warehouse, and other internal teams.
• Support purchasing planning for seasonal items, promotional products, and high-demand periods.

• Research Korean food and snack market trends, brands, products, and consumer preferences.
• Identify potential new Korean food products, suppliers, distributors, and brands, and identify potential opportunities for expansion, replacement, or discontinuation.
• Assist with vendor outreach and collect quotations, product catalogs, samples, pricing, and commercial terms.
• Evaluate potential…