Purchasing Manager, Grocery

Eataly is the world’s largest artisanal Italian food and beverage marketplace! Eataly is not a chain; each Eataly is different, with its own character and own theme – but all with the same aim... for our guests to:

• SHOP a selection of high-quality Italian, local and homemade products
• LEARN through our classes and our team’s product knowledge

Job Description:

The Purchasing Manager, Grocery is responsible for managing and executing grocery purchasing activities across Eataly’s North America retail and restaurant operations. This role owns and supports designated grocery categories and supplier relationships, ensuring product availability, competitive pricing, appropriate assortment, inventory efficiency, and alignment with Eataly’s quality and brand standards.

The Purchasing Manager works closely with the Senior Purchasing Manager, Grocery, Store Operations, Culinary, Grocery, Finance, Supply Chain, Warehouse, and Logistics teams to translate category strategy into effective purchasing and operational execution. This role has responsibility for analyzing category performance, making purchasing recommendations, managing vendor relationships, supporting price and promotional negotiations, and identifying opportunities to improve profitability and operational efficiency.

The Purchasing Manager also assists with team projects, warehouse inventory oversight, purchasing strategy and planning, new store openings, seasonal assortment planning, product launches, and other category initiatives while serving as a key point of contact for assigned vendors and internal stakeholders.

Reports to:
Senior Purchasing Manager, Grocery

Responsibilities:

• Manages day-to-day purchasing activities for assigned grocery categories across Eataly’s retail and restaurant operations, ensuring appropriate product availability, assortment, pricing, and inventory levels.
• Owns and supports assigned vendor relationships, serving as a primary point of contact for pricing, product availability, lead times, delivery performance, quality concerns, and issue resolution.
• Assists with price negotiations with vendors, including reviewing cost changes, evaluating competitive pricing, and identifying opportunities to improve purchasing terms and margins.
• Assists with promotional negotiations with vendors, including promotional pricing, discounts, special offers, product features, and seasonal opportunities.
• Analyzes sales, purchasing, inventory, margin, and product performance data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities within assigned categories.
• Develops purchasing recommendations based on sales trends, historical performance, seasonality, inventory levels, lead times, and business needs.
• Supports category assortment strategy, including product selection, SKU rationalization, new product evaluation, seasonal planning, and product transitions.
• Conducts market research and competitive analysis to evaluate pricing, product trends, supplier opportunities, and category developments.
• Monitors inventory levels and purchasing patterns to maintain appropriate in-stock positions while minimizing overstock, spoilage, and unnecessary inventory investment.
• Assists with warehouse inventory oversight and purchasing strategy/planning, partnering with Warehouse, Supply Chain, and Logistics teams to identify inventory needs, purchasing opportunities, excess inventory, and product flow challenges.
• Partners with the Senior Purchasing Manager, Grocery to develop and execute category strategies, supplier initiatives, and margin improvement opportunities.
• Reviews vendor performance based on pricing, quality, service levels, fill rates, delivery reliability, and overall business partnership, escalating significant concerns when appropriate.
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