Lead Purchasing Specialist
Location: This is an in office position based in New Cumberland, PA
Provide a product you can believe in – Bath Fitter has been a pioneer in selling cost-effective and LIFETIME guaranteed products that are installed by our own trained team so your customers are happy with the results and refer you to friends. Our acrylic inserts, tubs, showers, walls and more are all Made in America.
We are a $200 Million Dollar organization spanning the Mid-Atlantic to the Midwest with 30 offices in 15 states that helped 15,000 (!) homeowners last year.
Ranked one of the Top Ten home remodeling companies IN THE NATION for over a decade.
The primary purpose of this position is to purchase installation materials, service materials, and supplies according to departmental and organizational policies and procedures, ensuring material and pricing accuracy and delivery dates are met, in support of the Purchasing, Inventory Control, and Production departments.
- Provides guidance to the Purchasing Team, including training and any necessary support, serving as a subject matter expert in the day-to-day work of the department.
- Reviews vendor order confirmations, updating purchase order records for revised pricing, lead times, and backorders, ensuring all price updates are completed within 1 business day or escalated to Purchasing Supervisor, as needed.
- Reviews customer material quotes and order confirmations and updates purchase order and item card estimated pricing and lead times to confirmed pricing and lead times, as necessary, ensuring all price updates are completed within 1 business day or escalated to Purchasing Supervisor, as appropriate.
- Reviews vendor purchase order discrepancy notifications daily, and within 1 business day researches, reconciles, and provides updated purchase orders to suppliers, or escalates to Purchasing Supervisor, as appropriate.
- Monitors vendor backorder and ship confirmation emails, updating Expected Delivery Dates in Navision/WMS and CRM (Job/Service Notes) accordingly, and within 2 business days, provides email response to requester.
- Monitors Purchasing Department’s ‘ETA Request’ inbox daily, researching and updating estimated delivery dates in Navision/WMS and CRM (Job/Service Notes) accordingly, and within 2 business days, provides email response to requester.
- Maintains vendor documents and records, including but not limited to pricing histories and receipts, updating as needed.
- Maintains vendor purchase order forms, updating for changes to item numbers, order multiple, and pricing.
- Maintains Navision Item Cards, updating for changes to pricing, suppliers, order multiple, etc. as necessary.
- Resolves supplier-related issues, including quality concerns, delivery delays, and payment discrepancies.
- High school diploma or GED.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in inventory control and/or purchasing.
- Must be at least 21 years of age.
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