Director of Purchasing

JOB TITLE: Director of Purchasing

TEAM MEMBER PERKS

Along with a competitive paycheck, you will also get to enjoy a full suite of benefits including:

• Sick Time - 5 days
• Vacation Time - Earn up to 2-weeks on your first year of employment
• Paid and Floating Holidays
• Premium FREE Medical and Dental coverage options
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k) with company matching
• Life Insurance
• Discounts on Tires and Wheels
• Opportunity for advancement

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU

• Are a strong communicator with a knack for negotiation, problem-solving and decision-making
• Thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment where time management and technical expertise drive success

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITES:

• Collaborates with leadership, vendors, and sales to determine product screens
• Provide leadership, support, motivation, and direction to the Purchasing staff
• Manages team and holds team members accountable for their performance
• Analyze existing processes and workflows, identify opportunities, account for variances, drive root-cause analysis and implement improved methods and procedures
• Create standard operating procedures and best practices for performance monitoring to optimize efficiency
• Assist leadership in managing vendor relationships
• Vendor Price Files
  • Confirm receipt of monthly updated from each “program” vendor
• Demand Planning
  • Update and maintain item planning flags and minimum/maximum levels
    • Utilize system data to determine settings
      • Primary data is unit sales by month
      • Data to include in-stock/availability, GP%,
      • Vendor input
      • Sales input
    • Meet and collaborate with vendors on demand forecast monthly
• PO Management
  • Issue replenishment purchase orders to vendors
    • Generate PO detail-based on Demand Planning settings
    • Communicate POs to vendor and confirm receipt
    • Reconcile system open PO detail with vendor’s records weekly
• Scheduling
  • Coordinate vendor deliveries based on DC capacity established by Operations.
    • Utilize shared scheduling calendars
• Inventory Rebalance
  • Explore opportunities to rebalance inventory between DCs weekly
    • Utilize Demand Planning Settings
• Indirect Buys
  • Work with “vendors” identified by Sales for one-off buys
    • Confirm “vendor” is set up properly in the system
      • Documented payment terms, freight agreement, and invoice pricing

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

• B.A./B.S. in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, Mathematics, Supply Chain or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 8+ years’ experience in Purchasing management
• Working knowledge of demand, inventory, and replenishment planning.
• Understanding of Visual Basic Application (Excel Macro)
• Familiarity with NetSuite, preferred
• MS Office; Outlook, advanced Excel, Teams, Word, PowerPoint