What are the responsibilities and job description for the Purchasing Manager position at ConnectUs Corp?
ConnectUs is looking for an experienced Purchasing Manager. The Purchasing Manager will be responsible for managing all purchasing and sourcing requirements for ConnectUs. This will include nurturing relationships with over 100 vendors in both the brand new and secondary market as well as finding and establishing relationships with new vendors. This person will be responsible for continuously refining, streamlining and improving our purchasing processes.
The Purchasing Manager will serve as a liaison between Sales, Back Office and operations teams and also engage directly with customers. The ideal candidate is highly analytical and has the capacity to maintain and quickly recall large amounts of product information. This is a complex and fast moving role at a small company where responsiveness is required. The RIGHT person will be pivotal to the success of ConnectUs.
A typical day as Purchasing Manager at ConnectUs will consist of:
- Sourcing essential services / products for the business's operations and sales teams
- Evaluating and establishing new vendors for mobile devices, accessories, peripherals and other related products
- Developing centralized and standardized inventory controls and implementing central processes to identify demand for new services / products.
- Provide guidance to the company on technical and business-related issues to ensure that we are receiving quality goods and services at competitive prices
- Creating purchase orders
- Negotiate pricing with vendors
- Ensure delivery of shipments to meet tight deadlines
- Maintain a daily open Purchase Order/Sales Order (PO/SO) dashboard with inbound Purchase Order information.
- Serve as liaison between vendors, sales and operations teams to ensure on-time shipments both inbound and outbound.
- Daily engagement with teams; which include monitoring and managing inventory levels, reporting to management as well as participation in projects and process improvement activities.
- Identify inventory discrepancies and PO variances to assure accurate system inventory at all times.
- Conduct ongoing cadence calls with vendors to maintain and elevate relationships
Total Expected Compensation
- $110k - $140k / year
Bonus & Commission Pay Considerations:
- Mapping our supply chain by vendor
- Creating a go-to market roadmap for obtaining more corporate trade-ins/buybacks as a way for us to purchase more devices
- Selling products through our wholesale channel
Follow this link to apply - https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Apply/1350633
Requirements:- At least five (5) years’ experience executing and / or managing purchasing / strategic sourcing and / or procurement functions
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Information Systems, Business and/or equivalent work experience
- Experience utilizing ERP / Order Management / Inventory Management software
- Responsibility and accountability are integral to who you are. You do what you say
- Ability to multi-task, remain highly organized, and thrive in a fast paced and deadline driven environment.
- Experience working on complex problems in systems that require out of the box solutions.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to interact with all levels of management.
- Excellent analytical skills and proven ability of identifying patterns and trends
- Proven experience negotiating pricing and contract agreements
- Can provide examples of how you have taken initiative and gotten things done under pressure
- Has shown ability to work in a fast paced environment where precision and accuracy are required
- Can demonstrate aptitude in Excel during an interview
- This is not a work-from-home position. Only local candidates need apply, others will not be considered.
This job requires candidate to be on-site at our King of Prussia Headquarters - Monday - Friday 8:30AM - 5:30PM