Position Purpose:Contractors' Warehouse Purchasing Coordinator is responsible for maintaining accurate and timely purchase order processing. Monitor stock levels and reorder merchandise to ensure proper levels. Support sales staff to process special orders and research products for customers. Serve as primary contact for associates with product and order status questions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Creates accurate purchase orders by verifying specifications and pricing on project and regular stock products; Submits all purchase orders created to vendors and follows up to ensure receipt
• Researches purchase order discrepancies to identify root cause and develop action items to resolves
• Verifies all requisitions have been converted to purchase orders to fulfill orders and install dates
• Enters backorders and communicates backorder status regularly with teams; Coordinates substitute items to meet customer needs and timelines
• Ensures all products are purchased within correct price guidelines and with any and all applicable discounts; Escalates pricing discrepancies found between vendor order acknowledgements
• Enters order acknowledgements and expected delivery dates from vendors on submitted orders; Handles vendor returns, aged inventory, and cancelled orders; Coordinates resolution on issues with suppliers such as over or under orders
• Assists with training new and existing associates; May work on more complex or challenging accounts
• May work with customers on claims processing to recover material and/or labor cost on defective items

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• This position typically reports to MANAGER LOGISTICS
• This position has 0 Direct Reports

Travel Requirements:

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

• SAP experience preferred.
• Familiarity with vendor systems and ordering processes

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a high school diploma and/or GED.

Preferred Education:

• No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 2

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• None

Certifications:

• None

Competencies:

• Typical Training/ Experience - HS Diploma or GED strongly preferred; Specialized skills training/certification may be required; Generally, 2-5 years of experience in area of responsibility
• Problem Complexity - Refers complex, unusual problems to supervisor
• Autonomy - Under general supervision, exercises some judgment in accordance with well-defined policies, procedures, and techniques; Work typically involves regular review of output by a senior coworker or supervisor