Kudler Fine Foods Job Descriptions Kudler Fine Foods is a local upscale specialty food store located in the San Diego metropolitan area. The company has three locations and looking to expand. Each store has approximately 16,000 square feet of retail space located in fashionable shopping centers. The stores are stocked with the very finest domestic and imported foodstuffs and divided into the following departments: Fresh bakery, cheese’s and deli department Fresh produce department Fresh meat and seafood department Grocery department with condiments and packaged foods In order to fulfill the owner’s dream of expansion and growth Kudler Fine Foods is in the process of developing an organized structure of buyer, catering manager, store director, and the various department managers at the stores. The following are the job descriptions developed to hire and develop these key positions at Kudler Fine Foods. A buyer for all stores would facilitate the need for the owner to stop ordering for the stores. A buyer will purchase grocery merchandise or commodities for resale. The buyer inspects and grades or appraises agricultural commodities, durable goods and other merchandise offered for sale to determine value and yield. The buyer selects and orders merchandise from showings by manufacturing representatives, growers, or other sellers, or purchases an open market for cash. Buyers will baseselection on nature of clientele, or demand for specific commodity, merchandise or other property, utilizing knowledge of various articles of commerce, and experience as a buyer. Transports purchase or contacts carriers to arrange transportation of purchases. Buyers will have the authorization for payment of invoices or return of merchandise (Careers in Grocery, 2009). Hiring and developing a catering manager is needed to expand the business and