Purchasing Agent

Title: Purchasing Agent
Location: Dallas, TX
Salary: $65k-$75k/year + Profit Sharing
Benefits: 401k, 4 weeks PTO, Medical, Dental, Vision
Department: Purchasing & Operations

What You'll Be Doing:

• Prepares PO's in accordance with the approval guidelines and assists operations with purchasing decisions.
  
• Negotiates with vendors for best prices, terms and shipment minimums. Ensures that inventory is saleable at the current prices and provides plans for aged and closeout inventory.
  
• Analyzes sales and purchasing performance and develops strategies to improve product line performance and increase market share.
  
• Monitors the special-order program as well as other vendor programs developed to increase sales and gross profit.
  
• Assists the buyers in identifying potential inventory issues, developing resolutions and communicating plans to upper-level management.
  
• Ensures inventory levels meet established inventory goals and orders comply with the purchasing strategy. Evaluates and adjusts auto-replenishment order criteria to ensure compliance with established objectives.
  
• Makes recommendations detailed in Executive Summaries that are distributed to the executive management team bi-annually.
  
• Works with the Sales team in developing marketing, advertising and promotions for product lines. Proofs all advertising and coordinates specials for website promotions and events as well as flyers.
  
• Oversees maintenance of records for inventory write downs, average cost adjustments to inventory, vendor rebates and factory returns.
  
• Assists operations staff with problem solving with regards to invoicing, purchase order discrepancies, product storage/placement, damages, returns, credits, etc.

What We're Looking For:

• Bachelors Degree preferred
  
• 1+ years of procurement/purchasing experience, preferably in construction
  
• Brix experience preferred
  
• Excellent negotiation, analytical and organization skills
  
• Effective verbal and written communication skills and advanced computer proficiency in Office 365.