Regional Buyer

Crescent Electric Supply Company

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About The Position

As a Regional Buyer at Crescent Electric, you will be responsible for the inventory planning, maintenance, and procurement activities within assigned locations. You will need a balanced emphasis on increasing service levels to customers while achieving targets related to the turnover of inventory in multiple locations. You will be expected to maintain and enhance relationships with customers, employees and suppliers.

Requirements

• Valid driver's license and ability to travel.
• Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university; or three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Eclipse ERP is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain effective knowledge of supplier markets and build collaborative relationships with various disposition channels available to CESCO.
• Work closely and effectively with the Category Managers to improve the relationship with all core suppliers as defined by the approved supplier list.
• Deploy the strategic plans with all core suppliers.
• Partner with the local management team to review appropriate inventory targets by category/item.
• Support the day-to-day purchasing operations for assigned locations, including the processing of user requisitions, research, and selection of potential suppliers, negotiation of pricing and terms, and issuance of purchase orders.
• Achieve established on-time service goals through effective management of inventory policies, practices, and supplier management.
• Continuously measure key performance metrics to achieve scorecard objectives aimed at the return on invested capital, service, and balancing inventory investments and service goals.
• Place, track, delegate, and expedite purchase orders.
• Negotiate price, quality, service, payment terms, and returns of inactive material.

Benefits

• Eligibility for health, and dental, vision coverage, 401(k) plan, and flexible spending accounts, subject to plan terms.
• Eligibility for company-paid benefits such as life insurance, short-term disability, long-term care, and Employee Assistance Program, subject to applicable waiting periods.
• Excused Absence time off and Paid Time Off (PTO).
• Company-paid holidays.
• Other benefits for which you may be eligible includes supplemental life insurance, hospital indemnity, and accident and critical illness benefits with cancer coverage.
• Employees are eligible for health, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits on the first of the month following 30 days of employment.
• Employees who are 21 years of age or older will be automatically enrolled in the company’s 401(k) plan once they achieve 90 days of employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level