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Salary Range: $70,000.00 - $100,000.00 Annually

Job Description:

The Procurement Category Buyer coordinates replenishment of goods such as inventory, equipment, tools, parts and supplies. The Buyer directly impacts the margins and growth of their category through their relationships with suppliers, knowledge of market prices and thoughtful procurement decisions.

Responsibilities:

+ Review, manage and analyze purchase requisitions:

+ Manages timely product review cycles and prepares purchase orders.

+ Reviews proposals and negotiates within budgetary limitations and scope of authority.

+ Maintains manual or computerized procurement records, such as item maintenance, services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance, and inventories.

+ Discusses defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection along with logistics personnel, suppliers, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.

+ Communicates with supplier, changes in specification, change orders, quantities, and adjustments

+ Track movements of all items within scope of assigned product lines.

+ Arrange return of merchandise when necessary

+ Supplier relations:

+ Confers with current suppliers to determine supply capabilities, secure quotations, and negotiate prices with guidance from Director of purchasing.

+ Actively follows-up and track purchase orders, communicating changes and status to requestors while managing vendor performance to delivery schedules, pricing terms and conditions and other contract provisions.

+ Track & implement supplier cost adjustments and input into Pronto system.

+ Support supplier consolidation decisions.

+ Provide support to develop and update supplier scorecard.

+ Support electronic exchange of data with our suppliers and other facilities.

+ Act as company procurement expert for the assigned category:

+ Respond to various departments within the organization who may need information regarding suppliers, products, deliveries, etc.

+ Collaborate with Product Managers, Inside and Outside Sales teams, and General Managers on new and existing products for demand-based ordering and forecasting changes.

+ Support the sourcing function database for any corporate-wide cost reduction program. Analyzes data to ensure data integrity; and analyzes data for changes and developing trends.

+ Prepare periodic reports for senior management from the collected data based on personal knowledge and experience without direction or prior review.

+ Support business planning development including re-forecasts with numbers supported by the business system.

+ Support development and documentation of processes and controls:

+ Track and report against Benchmarks.

+ Assists team in cleaning up data and layout consistency within ERP system.

+ Identify and recommend excess inventory for disposition.

+ Create exception reports to analyze large volumes of data.

+ Support new employee development by conducting onboarding and training:

+ Track progress of new hire training and onboarding processes. Acts as primary point of contact during new hire training and onboarding processes.

+ Develop and refine new hire and onboarding processes by revising accompanying documentation.

+ Other duties that may arise in the normal course of business

Qualifications and Skills:

+ A minimum of 3 years of procurement/supply chain in a distribution environment

+ Building material industry purchasing experience or knowledge of industry suppliers preferred

+ Experience purchasing or managing category specific products preferred

+ Bachelor’s degree in business or Certified Supply Chain Professional preferred

+ 3+ years of experience working with ERP systems

+ Strong computer utilization skills for the preparation and presentation of reports and the management of data pertinent to the sourcing function, including Microsoft Office programs such as Outlook, Excel, and Word

+ Strong written and verbal communication skills

+ Ability to prioritize, multi-task and professionally interact with all levels of the organization.

Physical Requirements/Environment:

+ Office environment