Also called: Grocery Buyer, Category Buyer
Chooses which products a grocery chain or specialty store sells and negotiates with suppliers.
You taste 40 new hot sauces at a trade show, decide which three go on shelves in 300 stores, and negotiate prices. You study sales data to drop weak products. Your choices shape what millions of people eat.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in business, food science, or supply chain.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Business, Supply Chain Management, Food Science.
Shrinking (about -1% over 10 years). Grouped with purchasing agents.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI forecasts demand and picks items from sales data; tasting products and negotiating deals stay human.
Classes: Business, Statistics, Economics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1022.
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