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Purchasing Manager/ Agent

Consolidated Electrical Distributors • Harahan, LA • 2h ago

Summary

Job title: Purchasing Manager/ Agent

Job ID: null

Department: Harahan - NUL

Location: null-null

Description

Summary:

As a Purchasing Manager/ Agent, you will be responsible for sourcing goods and managing vendors. The successful candidate will be able to perform strategic, high-quality, and cost-effective procurement activities across multiple suppliers and business facets. You should know how to evaluate market conditions and negotiate effectively to maintain relationships with customers and vendors.

This position is responsible for maintaining optimal inventory levels, ensuring optimal turns, eliminating aged inventory, and keeping up with the market demand for new products. Organizational skills and attention to detail will play a vital role in managing large projects for our customers and retrieving the correct material for the job.

Reports to: Profit Center Manager

Minimum Qualifications:

Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management, negotiation, and networking

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

ADDITIONAL COMPETENCIES

Analytical skills

Solid judgment with ability to make decisions in a fluid environment and overcome challenges

Preferred Qualifications:

Purchasing or Project Management: 1 year

Inside sales: 1 year

College degree

Working Conditions:

This job operates in a professional office environment and various warehouse locations and conditions.

This role routinely uses standard office equipment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands/fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift or move office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Yes

Essential Job Functions:

Seek and partner with reliable vendors and suppliers.

Processing stock/non-stock purchase orders

Keep manufacturer cost files up to date.

Maintain pricing matrices

Adding/deleting products in CEDNet

Monitor commodity pricing and availability

Annual/defective vendor returns

Debit/credit memos

Work through freight claims and change order requests with both the customers and the vendors

Inside sales support

Creating tickets for customer orders

Quoting customer bill of material

Schedule and communicate the release of material and delivery expectations with the customers and our warehouse operation.

CED is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Disability | Veteran

Compensation Range:

The compensation range for this position is $ to $

Other Compensation:

The following additional compensation may be applicable for this position:

Profit Sharing

Benefits:

Benefits available for this position are:

Insurance - Medical, Dental, Vision Care for full-time positions

Insurance - Medical only for part-time positions, 30+ hours/week

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k)

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Holidays

Paid Vacation

Health Savings Account (HSA) and matching

Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Teledoc

Paid Pregnancy & New Parent Leave

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