What are the responsibilities and job description for the Buyer 1 position at 84 Lumber Company?
A commodity buyer provides stores with the material they need in a timely manner and at a price which enables them to have a market advantage, assists stores with long term bids and technical questions, and is responsible for negotiating contracts, purchasing agreements, and other legal documents.
Responsibilities
Buy orders as they arrive. No proactive buying.
Negotiate purchasing agreements with vendors who mostly annualize less than $1 million
Buy for area managers who annualize $60 million or less.
Qualifications
Spreadsheet and Internet Software
Order Processing System
Project Manager Software
Inventory Software
Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business reports, technical procedures and /or government regulations; write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals; effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.