Salisbury Construction and Industrial Supply - Purchasing Manager

Company: Salisbury Construction and Industrial Supply
Job Title: Purchasing Manager
Job Classification: Full-time
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00am – 5:00pm
Reporting Relationship: VP of Operations
Location: On-Site at Salisbury office in Topeka, KS
Salary: $55,000/yr - based on experience

Primary Accountability (Job Purpose):

The Purchasing Manager oversees the purchasing and procurement process, ensuring the timely and cost-effective acquisition of goods and services necessary for the Salisbury's daily operations.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Assumes responsibility for purchasing key product lines; administers the inventory control and rebuying of these product lines for all locations
• Follows the company's general purchasing policies and maintains a good relationship with suppliers and vendor representatives
• Negotiates prices and makes purchases of quantity items in relation to the best purchase price, discount, and terms
• Adjusts and solves problems with suppliers and reviews supplier invoices for proper pricing and terms
• Maintains and or improves percentage of gross profit margin and service levels established by management
• Assists in reviewing and returning dead stock
• Stays within the budget limits established by management
• Advises management of any problems with a vendor or customer
• Advises management of vendor programs, specials, and new products
• Manages product lines and ensure products turn at acceptable levels
• Obtains current price sheets or product catalogs and distributes them to the proper personnel
• Disposes of products received damaged from vendors and freight carriers
• Maintains required records, files, and data processing information
• Manages physical inventory counts
• Contacts vendors in regard to returning goods; arranges for pickup and return of merchandise
• Issues credit purchase orders and ascertains that credit or replacements are received
• Monitors and updates transfers from other locations
• Attends department meetings and other company meetings and training as requested.
• Supervises Purchasing Agents/Assistant and Receiving Clerk
• Performs all other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors’ degree or Associates’ degree preferred, High School diploma minimum with strong mathematic aptitude.
• Must have prior experience in purchasing, construction or industrial related experience and an interest in tools and equipment preferred.
• Must be computer literate and able to operate business software, strong aptitude with Microsoft Office, Excel and Outlook.
• Must have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across all levels of the company.
• Must have the ability to work independently and in team settings.
• Must be able to support the goals, plans, and objectives of the company.
• Must have the necessary personal characteristics that make an employee a productive team member including high integrity, good personal habits, and regular attendance at work.
• Must be able to organize, multi-task, plan, and set priorities with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work independently and in team settings.
• Self-motivated and interested in working with other people, as well as maintaining a good team attitude.

Physical Demands:

• Ability to sit for extended periods of time.
• Ability to stand, lift, carry, push, pull, balance, stoop, reach, handle, talk, hear, see, grasp, move head and neck and movement across mid-line.
• Ability to lift up to twenty-five (25) pounds with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to ten (10) pounds.
• Finger dexterity, manual dexterity, alertness, precision, motor coordination, auditory discrimination and tactile discrimination.

Additional Duties:

Additional duties and responsibilities may be added to this job description at any time. The job description does not state or imply that these are the only activities to be performed by the employee holding this position. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related responsibilities as requested by their supervisor.

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