Buyer Job at North American Corporation
Envoy Solutions, a diversified distribution company with over $2.5 billion in revenue, is bringing together leading brands from the facility supplies, packaging solutions, and specialty products industries. We’re building a national platform that will enable us to leverage product knowledge, category expertise, and local presence to help make buildings cleaner and more sustainable, people safer, and operations more productive, every day. Our portfolio of companies includes North American, WAXIE, SEPG, Daycon, North Woods, PJP, Johnston, Next-Gen, Swish White River, Valley Janitor Supply, Weiss Bros., General Chemical & Supply, Bio-Shine, ATRA Janitorial Supply, Sigma Supply of North America, American Paper & Supply Company, Hughes Enterprises, and NVISION. Our combined company employs more than 3,000 associates, operates 72 distribution centers, and supports more than 72,000 customers.
At Envoy Solutions, our focus is on creating greater efficiencies and scale with a high-touch, customer-first approach. We’ve combined the expertise of local consultants and sales teams with a wider portfolio of products and deeper category knowledge. We work both nationally and regionally to ensure responsiveness to the industry’s toughest challenges, and we deliver a more efficient and streamlined distribution model on behalf of our customers.
Position Overview
This position is responsible for the profitability and sales growth in their specific product category. This position generates purchase orders for direct shipments to customers. Expedites direct orders as needed, sources new products via request for price process, maintains good vendor relations, and interfaces with other departments on issues of product availability and pricing.
Responsibilities Include:
- Utilize advanced demand planning system to manage the demand forecast including review, adjustments and integration of sales/customer input to set a firm demand plan for purchasing.
- Review daily inventory needs given forecast to finalize purchase order items and quantities including planning date, pallet quantities, PO minimums, etc.
- Manage inventory levels on assigned line to ensure effective management of hybrid capital including service stock and order quantity parameters.
- Lead all communication, expediting and management of purchase orders to ensure timely delivery.
- Lead management of Excess and Obsolete Inventory within the line through sales/customer pushes, supplier returns, etc.
- Participate in scorecarding and supplier business reviews on pain points associated with service and delivery to ensure communication of key NA inventory needs.
- Manage item master in ERP system to ensure planning parameters / inputs are managed effectively and accurately.
- Communicate with sales staff and sales management on a daily one-to-one basis. Field inquiries and questions. Resolve urgent and emergency situations. Suggest source on alternative products for margin enhancement.
- Position can be remote.
The ideal candidate will have:
- 5-10+ years’ experience in a similar environment / industry
- Proven ability in work experience to deliver against objectives and expectations of Sr. Buyer role
- Intended to take on full work load commensurate with sr. buyer as well as lead an additional metric or process within the department within the first 12 months
- Ability to interface with all departments, particularly sales.
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Envoy Solutions (and its subsidiaries) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This means that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, marital status or civil union status, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or any other characteristic protected by law. We also provide reasonable accommodations to our applicants and employees with disabilities in order to assist them in the performance of their essential job functions.
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