Purchasing Agent

🔥 17 minutes ago

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $70.3k - $72.3k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

🛒 Procurement

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Core & Main

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2017

🤝 B2B

🏗️ Construction

📦 Logistics

💰 Post IPO secondary on 2024-02

B2B • Construction • Logistics

Core & Main is a specialty distributor headquartered in St. Louis that provides water, wastewater, storm drainage and fire protection products and related services to municipalities, private water companies and professional contractors across municipal, non‑residential and residential markets in the United States and Canada. With more than 370 locations and about 5,600 associates, Core & Main combines local branch-level expertise with a national supply chain and offers product lines (pipe, valves, fittings, meters, treatment plant supply, HDPE, geosynthetics, etc. ), case-study driven services, and an online ordering platform to support infrastructure projects.

📋 Description

• Maintain proactive communication with management regarding purchasing and inventory decisions • Generate performance reports for underperforming product lines and initiate resolution plans • Evaluate daily purchasing reports and prioritize purchase orders by critical need • Ensure orders meet optimal levels to maximize profit and sales • Obtain vendor confirmations, verify pricing and quantities, resolve vendor issues, attach confirmations to POs, and manage confirmation records • Perform purchase transactions for assigned categories • Manage Back Order and Expedite Queues and keep field ship dates accurate • Work with vendors to obtain updated shipment information • Analyze and correct price discrepancies with accounting business partners • Leverage management input to achieve target freight levels and maximize profit margins • Evaluate and manage dead stock, no-calc, and aged inventory • Manage inventory/fill rates for assigned categories • Negotiate prices with vendors and seek products/vendors for best pricing • Handle some commodity purchasing under the general direction of the Purchasing leader • May provide guidance or training to junior-level support or professional personnel • Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time

🎯 Requirements

• Must be a minimum of 18 years of age or older • Must pass pre-employment assessment(s) if applicable • Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline • Generally 2-5 years of experience in a related field • Certification is required in some areas • Alternatively, MS/MA and generally 2-4 years of experience in a related field • Broad-based procurement and inventory experience • Product experience