Commodity Buyer

DREXEL BUILDING SUPPLY INC•Campbellsport, WI

About The Position

The Drexel Way: We don’t just sell lumber; we Supply. Happiness. Drexel is Team Member-owned and community-driven. With six retail hubs and three manufacturing plants across Wisconsin, we’ve been a Top Workplace every year since 2011. Why? Because we hire for heart and train for skill. When you join Team Blue, you aren't just a team member - you’re an owner. The Mission: As a Commodity Buyer, your primary objective is to be the analytical engine behind our raw material flow and support strategic procurement decisions. You are responsible for monitoring commodity markets, evaluating reliable supply partners, and managing routine purchasing loops to secure essential raw materials at the best possible price. As the foundational support of the procurement team, you ensure that our commitment to the builder is executed flawlessly by maintaining material availability, protecting profit margins, and keeping manufacturing schedules running smoothly.

Requirements

Analytical research skills
Ability to analyze internal manufacturing schedules, current inventory levels, and business goals
Ability to identify, cultivate, and evaluate potential suppliers
Ability to monitor vendor quality and availability against production benchmarks
Participation in competitive bidding cycles and contract negotiations
Sound administrative discipline
Ability to ensure purchase orders, transactions, and deliveries comply with corporate standards and legal regulations
Ability to gather data for formal supplier scorecards

Nice To Haves

Direct impact on material availability
Direct impact on raw material cost control
Direct impact on supply chain reliability
Tracking Purchase Price Variance (PPV)
Ensuring material availability / minimizing stockout rate
Supplier Quality & Compliance Rating
Inventory Turn Optimization

Responsibilities

Monitor commodity markets and global economic trends to provide analytical research that supports proactive, cost-effective purchasing decisions.
Analyze internal manufacturing schedules, current inventory levels, and business goals to pace raw material purchases, prevent excess carrying costs, and avoid shortages.
Identify, cultivate, and evaluate potential suppliers to build reliable supply streams while monitoring vendor quality and availability against production benchmarks.
Participate in competitive bidding cycles and contract negotiations to secure optimal pricing, protect profit margins, and mitigate profit leakage.
Exercise sound administrative discipline to ensure every purchase order, transaction, and delivery complies with corporate standards and legal regulations.
Serve as the foundational procurement support to protect the business from raw material shortages, ensuring operational teams have what they need to run smoothly.
Assist with gathering data for formal supplier scorecards to hold vendors accountable to quality specifications, compliance rules, and delivery timelines.