Purchasing Buyer

A client is looking for a Purchasing Buyer to join their team in Atlanta, GA. This person will be responsible for maintaining the appropriate customer service levels (fill rates), efficiently using the Company’s inventory assets (turns), and communicating with the company’s various branches and/or vendors for which responsibility is assigned. The day-to-day responsibilities include the following:

• Creating purchase orders to facilitate the timely replenishment of the Distribution Centers
• Communicating with both assigned vendors and/or company branches to ensure smooth flow of information and goods
• Maintaining agreed upon service levels (fill rates) to our customers
• Meeting or exceeding inventory turn goals.
• Monitoring vendor performance (fill rate and on-time delivery) and taking corrective action where necessary.
• Coordinating returns to the vendors for damaged and discontinued merchandise.
• Monitoring inventory at all assigned locations and recommends transfers as appropriate to eliminate “overstock”.
• Reviewing missed demand and adjusting inventory to capture future sales
• Other duties as assigned

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree • 2+ years of purchasing/inventory planning experience (some of this experience needs to be with a large company) • Experience fully managing and running their own category of products • SQL experience – ability to run and adjust queries • Strong Excel knowledge – has to have pivot tables, vlookups, xlookups and percent changes (will have to take an Excel test)

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Process improvement experience

Compensation :

$70,000-$80,000 annually.

Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.