Famous Supply is growing and has an exciting opportunity for you to join our Purchasing Team! The Buyer purchases products from suppliers and ensures inventory levels are maintained at all our locations. You will negotiate with suppliers to procure high-quality products, delivered on-time, at the lowest total cost. To thrive in this role, you need to have a positive attitude, strong communication skills and the ability to efficiently manage your time. You will work directly with your peers on our Purchasing Team, branch managers, sales team, and our supplier partners.
This position is based out of our corporate office in Akron, OH .
Primary Job Responsibilities
· Review requisitions and release purchase orders in a timely manner to meet customer requirements.
· Maintain sufficient levels of inventory at our branches and distribution centers to meet customer demand while achieving company inventory turnover objectives.
· Establish and maintain purchasing data such as price, landed cost, lead-time, order quantity, and product description.
· Assists with product line and SKU inventory strategy (stock vs. non-stock status).
· Expedites delivery of products and maintains credible delivery information for purchase orders. Drives suppliers for excellent delivery performance.
· Negotiate costs with suppliers.
· Evaluates potential suppliers and recommends sources of supply based on alignment with company expectations.
· Stay up to date on industry and product knowledge and market trends
· Measure and monitor purchasing and inventory metrics and strive for high performance.
Experience and Skills
· 3 Years purchasing experience
· Distribution industry experience and requisite product knowledge
· Experience using Epicor’s Eclipse ERP system
· International freight and import compliance knowledge
· Microsoft Office 360, Proficient in Excel
· Ability to prioritize and multi-task
· Thorough with keen attention to detail
What Makes Us Famous!
Famous Supply is a wholesale distributor committed to serving contractors, builders and remodelers in the HVAC, Plumbing, Building Products, Lighting, and Industrial/PVF segments.
Since 1933, Famous has been a family-owned business that treats its associates like family. Our 5 Core Values are Family, Trust, Communication, Teamwork, and Continuous Improvement. We bring those Core Values to life every day by practicing our 40 Fundamentals for Living the Famous Way (https://famous-supply.com/famous-40-fundamentals/)!
To learn more about what makes us Famous, visit Famous-Supply.com!
We continually strive to create a diverse work culture and seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we hire the best, most creative talent on our team. Famous Supply provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, military service, or veteran status, or other legally protected characteristic under federal, state and local law, and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Applicants must be lawfully authorized to work in the United States.
Famous Supply is a fourth generation family-owned wholesale distribution company of HVAC, Plumbing, Industrial/PVF, and Building Products.
Since 1933, Famous has grown into a large regional distributor that operates through its 35 locations: 1 Central Distribution Center, 2 Regional Distribution Centers, 12 Kitchen and Bath Showrooms and 18 classrooms primarily throughout Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Famous Supply supports the residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional markets for new construction, replacement, repair, remodeling, parts, and service. In addition, Famous Supply offers an associate and customer training program called Famous University.
Our purpose is to build meaningful relationships for life! We strive for continuous improvement to service our customers more effectively and work hard to reach new customers in this ever-changing market. Over the years we have stuck with the philosophy of wholesale only. We feel it is important to continue to show our loyalty to our customer base.
Famous’ greatest asset is our people. Our management, sales, operations and support teams have extensive experience in the industry. We take pride in a job well done, and we encourage a culture of teamwork among all of our Famous associates, our customers, our manufacturers and other industry professionals. Our teamwork philosophy works because we treat everyone with respect. Our innovative approach to customer service, coupled with the knowledge and expertise of our factory-trained, professional Famous Supply associates means unbeatable service.
