Purchasing Agent

Baudville Brands•Grand Rapids, MI

41d

About The Position

The Baudville Brands team is looking for an upbeat, go-getter to support all aspects of the custom quoting and purchasing process. This includes working directly with the Baudville and RecogNation product, receiving, accounting and sales teams to present creative and unique product presentations, as well as, procure products with problem-free results, on-time delivery and maintaining reasonable inventory levels. Candidates should be highly organized, able to collaborate well in cross-functional teams, driven by achieving on-time deadlines, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Marketing, or other related business study.
1-3 years of Purchasing experience preferred
Experience in Solomon or similar program preferred.
Must be highly detail-oriented to achieve a 95% accuracy rate or better for all purchased products.
Maintain a SKU Fill Rate % of at least 98.5%
Keep backorder dollars below the yearly defined goal.
Create, update, and maintain a catalog library of all custom product best-sellers.
Respond to a custom request within 4 hours or less.
Analyze and forecast an item’s historical usage and develop an appropriate purchasing plan.
Drive negotiating conversations with vendors for lower pricing, improved delivery promises, and/or process improvements.
Ability to communicate effectively, positively, and professionally to all internal departments and external vendors using both verbal and written communication skills.
Must be self-guided and work with a high level of energy and efficiency.
Must be able to thrive in a collaborative, team-oriented, and results-driven environment.

Responsibilities

Provide support to the sales team daily by giving accurate quotes on goods, including presentations to end users to close sales deals and achieve customer satisfaction.
Develop and maintain purchasing plans and releasing purchase orders to replenish inventory.
Collaborate with the team to consolidate shipments and avoid expediting expenses whenever possible.
Maintain a Vendor Scorecard and hold vendors accountable to our quality and delivery standards.
Understand the issue of Days on Hand versus Fill Rate and how to balance these daily.
Run reports of reorders, backorders and all other reports requested.
Work closely with multiple departments to identify inventory issues and collaborate to resolve.
Reconcile invoice and inventory discrepancies.
Source, develop, and build strong relationships with all domestic and international vendors.
Troubleshoot all vendor issues for assigned products.
Negotiate the best possible price and service guarantee while actively supporting a positive representation of Baudville Brands in all communications.
Must be able to prioritize and demonstrate an ability to adapt and change priorities when the situation requires and handle variations in workload.
Must be able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions to make appropriate decisions quickly.
Communicate effectively with management and other departments regarding pertinent changes and purchasing issues.
Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as warranted.