Purchasing Manager/Buyer (Retail Flooring, & Building Supplies)

Title: Purchasing Manager/Buyer (Retail Flooring & Building Supplies)

Direct Hire Opportunity

No Sponsorship

Remote, but must reside in DFW, Texas or South/Central Mississippi areas

Our client, a building supply company with multiple locations in the southeast, is looking for a buyer who is well-versed in the procurement of flooring and millwork and has a strong sense of field economics. This role will lead sourcing and procurement for 5 Building Supply locations and will be the primary driver/relationship manager with end-to-end responsibility for developing and managing partner accounts.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of buying/merchandise planning experience with flooring or building supplies.
• Demonstrated experience with vendor sourcing and management in flooring and/or building supplies
• Experience defining and detailing merchandising strategy (Pricing, Merchandising, Allocation, Marketing, Processing) for all assigned accounts.
• Demonstrated field economics experience for authoring deal evaluations for selling strategy.
• Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, supply chain management highly preferred
• Available to travel 20%
• Soft Skills – Driver personality, sense of urgency, and ability to communicate effectively within all levels of an organization and be comfortable authoring financial and merchandising vision and presenting to VP-level partners quarterly.

Responsibilities:

• Lead in providing updates, extracting lessons, and scaling engagement.
• Grow revenue-sharing partnerships with both new and existing partners.
• Coordinate with planning teams for weekly buying and purchasing plans.
• Work closely with allocation, merchandise & planning for seamless transitions before deals are finalized.
• Spearhead strategy and make recommendations on weekly promotional discussions for specific accounts.
• Enhance market presence and credibility through trade shows, pitches, and conferences alongside business development.
• Serve as the go-to expert for your categories, ensuring merchandising aligns with customer values.
• Align with Finance on financial matters through collaboration with your assistant buyer.
• Work with Business Development to identify and convert new account opportunities for recurring partner flow.

Reporting & Process Improvement Responsibilities:

• Lead Quarterly Business Review (QBR) Meetings with SLT & VP for assigned partners.
• Collaborate with allocation/pricing/ supply chain to measure productivity of partner accounts.
• Document and implement best practices to continuously improve partner management process.