Purchasing Agent

Sonepar • Las Vegas, NV

6d • Onsite

About The Position

A Purchasing Agent purchases products and manages inventory levels of products for Codale to resell. Their duties include maintaining, and forecasting product inventory levels, researching new and replacement products, negotiating costs and discounts of products and any freight and service charges with suppliers, processing and managing purchasing and maintaining inventory levels across the Codale network.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of supply chain management
• Good knowledge of vendor sourcing practices (researching, evaluating, and liaising with vendors)
• Understanding of Eterm (Eclipse or Solar)
• Extensive experience with Microsoft suite – Excel, Word, Access, and Outlook
• Electrical construction sales or sales (1+ years preferably)
• Ability to interact effectively and professionally with all levels of employees, both management and staff alike, vendors, clients, and others
• You are career-minded, seeking an opportunity to grow professionally and assist in the overall growth of our company

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain long-term relationships with key vendors
• Negotiate with vendors for the purchase of all materials.
• Create, review, and submit purchase orders on time
• Coordinate shipping schedule with vendors
• Manage incoming material/inventory and follow up with suppliers on delivery requirements
• Developing and implementing purchasing strategies for Codale Electric
• Work with various divisions in assisting in providing strategic sourcing expertise
• Define, evaluate, and implement purchasing processes and procedures that lead to greater efficiencies and cost savings for the company
• Provide research and comparison data for suppliers, vendors, goods, and services
• Provide recommendations for most suitable suppliers in terms of reliability, product, quality of service, and cost-efficiency
• Coordinating inventory control to determine and manage inventory needs
• Strategically evaluate and implement ways that improve the purchasing system and processes

Benefits

• 401K Plan
• Competitive Medical Plans (medical, dental, and vision)
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Sick
• Paid Personal
• Paid Holidays
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health and Dependent Care)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Discounts
• Long-term and Short-term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Definitive Career Path

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed