Job Detail
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Sector Buyer
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Location Colombia
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Offered Salary A competitive salary based on the selected candidate's experience.
Job Description
Location: Colombia
Work Arrangement: Remote
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Opportunity
Pollen Talent, a specialized recruiting and talent-support company serving the global floral industry, is supporting a leading flower company in its search for an experienced Procurement Specialist based in Colombia.
This is an excellent opportunity for a professional with experience in flower procurement, fresh-cut flower purchasing, floral buying, and grower relations who is ready to take the next step in their floral industry career.
The selected candidate will join an established company within the international flower industry and will be responsible for sourcing fresh-cut flowers from Colombian growers, managing purchasing activities, maintaining strong supplier relationships, and ensuring product quality, availability, and cost efficiency.
The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of the Colombian flower industry, excellent negotiation skills, and the ability to work closely with flower farms, growers, suppliers, logistics providers, operations teams, and internal sales departments.
For professionals searching for flower procurement jobs in Colombia, floral buyer positions, fresh-cut flower purchasing opportunities, or floral industry careers in Colombia, this role offers meaningful responsibility and long-term professional growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Source fresh-cut flowers from Colombian growers based on customer demand and market trends.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with flower farms, growers, and suppliers.
- Negotiate pricing, product availability, payment terms, and supply agreements.
- Issue and manage purchase orders while ensuring timely supplier confirmations.
- Monitor production schedules and coordinate with growers to ensure on-time product availability.
- Work closely with logistics and operations teams to coordinate harvest schedules, transportation, and exports.
- Evaluate supplier performance based on flower quality, pricing, reliability, communication, and service.
- Monitor inventory levels and recommend purchasing strategies to minimize shortages, excess product, and waste.
- Stay informed about market conditions, seasonal availability, pricing fluctuations, production changes, and new floral varieties.
- Identify alternative farms, flower varieties, or products when requested items are unavailable.
- Resolve procurement and supply-chain issues quickly while maintaining strong supplier relationships.
- Maintain accurate procurement records, supplier information, purchase orders, pricing, and reports using ERP systems and Microsoft Excel.
- Support continuous-improvement initiatives within the procurement and supply-chain process.
Required Qualifications
- Two or more years of experience in procurement, purchasing, flower buying, sourcing, or supply-chain coordination.
- Experience within the Colombian fresh-cut flower industry is strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of flower varieties, grades, colors, stem lengths, seasonality, production cycles, and post-harvest processes.
- Experience working directly with Colombian flower growers, farms, exporters, or agricultural suppliers.
- Strong negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent organizational and time-management abilities.
- Strong attention to detail and purchasing accuracy.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Experience with ERP, procurement, purchasing, or inventory-management software is preferred.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in both English and Spanish.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.
Preferred Experience
- Experience purchasing roses, carnations, chrysanthemums, hydrangeas, tropical flowers, greenery, fillers, or mixed bouquets.
- Familiarity with flower production and purchasing across Colombian growing regions.
- Knowledge of flower export processes and international logistics.
- Knowledge of inventory planning, forecasting, purchasing, and demand management.
- Experience supporting high-volume floral holidays and seasonal purchasing periods.
- Experience working with U.S. or international customers is a plus.
- Established relationships with Colombian flower growers and suppliers are highly valued.
About the Hiring Company and Opportunity
The hiring company offers:
- A competitive salary based on the selected candidate’s experience.
- Full-time employment with all benefits required under Colombian labor law.
- Social security benefits, including health, pension, and occupational risk insurance.
- Paid vacation.
- Severance benefits, including Cesantías and interest on severance.
- Prima de Servicios and all other legally mandated employment benefits.
- The opportunity to join a respected company within the international floral industry.
- Professional growth within an international business environment.
- A collaborative and dynamic team culture.
- Training and professional-development opportunities.
- Long-term career-advancement potential.
Advance Your Flower Procurement Career
This position is ideal for a flower procurement professional who understands the importance of product quality, supplier relationships, market awareness, purchasing accuracy, and timely decision-making.
The selected candidate will play an important role in connecting Colombian flower production with the needs of customers and international markets.
Pollen Talent will provide confidential recruitment support throughout the selection process and help qualified candidates understand the position, the hiring company, and the next steps.
Professionals with experience in fresh-cut flower procurement, flower purchasing, floral buying, or grower relations are encouraged to apply.
Qualified candidates will be contacted confidentially by the Pollen Talent recruiting team.
