Vendor Costing Coordinator

Foundation Building Materials • Grand Rapids, MI

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About The Position

The Vendor Costing Coordinator at Foundation Building Materials (FBM) manages and imports reliable pricing data from FBM partner vendors, ensuring supplier data remains accurate, consistent, and successfully imported in a timely manner. The role works with Pricing, Supply Chain, Product Management, Distribution Center Operations, Finance, and Sales to support pricing accuracy and operational efficiency. It also supports strategic purchasing opportunities that improve margins and strengthen FBM’s competitive position.

The position maintains pricing communications and relationships with more than 100 vendors, prepares for vendor price changes, validates pricing and product data, resolves discrepancies, and maintains vendor and product cross-references, multipliers, and adders. It also supports EDI and purchasing operations, monitors data gaps, and recommends automation and process improvements.

This is a full-time position with a base rate of $25.00–$32.00 per hour and a 10% target bonus. The stated total compensation range is $55,000–$77,000. The role is not eligible for equity opportunities, awards, or grants. Work involves frequent computer and ERP use and may require occasional extended hours during major pricing updates or system implementations. The position requires the ability to remain seated for extended periods and communicate in person, by phone, and through virtual meetings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business Administration, Operations, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience managing vendor pricing and purchasing operations.
• Strong analytical and data-management skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency.
• Experience working within ERP systems.
• Strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Strong understanding of costing, pricing, and inventory-management principles.
• Ability to analyze large data sets and identify trends.
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong project-management and organizational abilities.
• Customer-focused mindset and commitment to operational excellence.

Nice To Haves

• Five or more years of purchasing, procurement, supply chain, or inventory-management experience preferred.
• Experience supporting building materials or industrial distribution.

Responsibilities

• Maintain pricing relationships and communications with more than 100 partner vendors.
• Monitor, track, and prepare for future vendor price increases and changes.
• Obtain and import vendor price files.
• Validate pricing, affected regional markets and branches, and product units of measure.
• Work with suppliers to resolve pricing and price-file discrepancies.
• Add and maintain vendor cross-references so costs are applied to corresponding FBM product codes.
• Add and maintain product multipliers and adders to account for supplier unit-of-measure variances.
• Support Pricing Managers and Coordinators by ensuring supplier costs are accurate and prompt.
• Support Purchasing by populating and maintaining EDI cross-references and vendor product codes.
• Communicate regularly with Sales and Operations about pricing, rebate, and market changes.
• Coordinate product-data changes with the Product Management team.
• Work with FBM Distribution Center Operations and partner vendors to maintain costs and add product cross-references.
• Monitor for EDI and costing cross-reference gaps on newly created product codes.
• Identify and suggest opportunities for automation.
• Recommend process improvements that increase operational efficiency.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans with leading national providers.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• Company-provided basic life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance.
• Voluntary life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance.
• Critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident coverage.
• Legal insurance plan.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid company holidays.
• 401(k) plan with company match.

What This Job Offers

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