Grocery Shopper Expert
Required Skills
Retail
Wholesale
Procurement
Grocery
Buying
Shopping
Job Description
Job Title: Grocery Shopper Expert
Job Type: Contract
Location: Remote
Job Summary:
Join our customer's team as a Grocery Shopper Expert and play a pivotal role in advancing AI training within the grocery retail and wholesale sector. In this expert position, you will leverage your in-depth knowledge of procurement and buying to ensure optimal product selection, supplier negotiations, and inventory levels, focusing on profitability and consumer satisfaction.
Key Responsibilities:
- Select and procure grocery products for retail and wholesale resale, ensuring category coverage and market relevance.
- Analyze current market trends, consumer demand, and competitor offerings to inform buying decisions.
- Negotiate optimal terms and pricing with suppliers to maximize profitability and secure advantageous agreements.
- Maintain and manage supplier relationships to ensure consistent stock availability and high-quality standards.
- Set and monitor inventory levels, addressing stockouts and overstock risks proactively.
- Specialize in specific grocery categories, such as perishable or ambient goods, tailoring strategies to category requirements.
- Provide detailed, clear written and verbal communication to inform cross-functional teams and support AI training initiatives.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Proven experience in retail, wholesale, procurement, or grocery buying roles.
- Advanced expertise in product selection, negotiation, and purchasing strategies.
- Strong analytical skills to interpret market trends and consumer behaviors.
- Demonstrated ability to foster supplier relationships and manage contracts.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a keen attention to detail.
- Experience managing inventory and working with specialized product categories.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, remote environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting or training AI systems within the retail or grocery sector.
- Background in both perishable and ambient goods buying.
- Formal certifications in procurement or supply chain management.
About micro1
micro1 is a data engine that helps AI labs train foundational models and enterprises build AI agents. We provide frontier evaluations and reinforcement learning environments used to improve LLM capabilities, as well as contextual evaluations used to monitor and improve AI agents in enterprise settings. Our data engine includes an AI recruiter agent that sources and vets domain experts, a data platform that enables rapid production of high-quality training data, and a pipeline performance system that ensures both quality and velocity.
Our goal is to have 1 billion people doing meaningful work by contributing their expertise to the development of frontier AI models. We’ve raised $40M+ in funding, and our AI recruiter has powered more than 1 million AI-led interviews as our global network of experts expands to form the human intelligence layer for AGI.