Purchasing Coordinator

Job Type

Full-time

Description

What Will You Do?

The Purchasing Coordinator is responsible for providing a high level of service to meet customer expectations, maintaining inventory levels and driving the business.

To grow and build a successful career with Wesco Turf, you will be responsible for:

Purchasing

• Toro purchasing back up to the principal buyer to purchase all stock, direct shipments, and shop service orders.
• Allied vendors purchasing backup to the principal buyer.
• Support with allied purchasing for over fifty different product lines placing orders daily.
• Maintain solid relationships and establish good communications with vendors.
• Responsible for reconciling daily receiving issues, working with the receiving, accounting, and customer service departments.
• Maintain expected level of customer service tracking fill rate and inventory levels for all parts lines monthly.
• Backup in communicating advanced shipping notice information in a timely manner weekly.
• Review product status for all lines and manage inventory requirement levels daily.
• Responsible for maintaining supplies inventories i.e. boxes, labels, bags, etc.
• Responsible for inventory review and movement between main warehouses.
• Maintain buyer queue inventory daily.
• Maintain and update Allied purchasing contact and general info spreadsheet.
• Maintain and update SOPs as needed.
• Transition into managing stock order receiving processes to include reconciliation and vendor claims.
• Intermediate Excel skills required.
  
  

ETAs/Order Status Changes

• Notifications to team regarding backorders and ETAs, updating Prelude with status changes.
• Verify and communicate price and part number changes to accounting.
• Communicate price and part maintenance to Inventory Analyst in accounting and assist with vendor price updates.
• Maintain Toro backorder discrepancy report daily.
  
  

Vendor Claims/1RGA/Defective

• Backup on managing and submitting all vendor claims for parts purchasing.
• Responsible for helping to maintain an organized area for the 1RGA and Defective bin locations.
  
  

Outsourcing

• Capability to outsource products from other avenues as needed.
  
  

Returns & Open PO Review

• Review allied/Toro open PO report bi-weekly.
• Run allied obsolescence returns annually.
• Coordinate Annual Returns for all vendors.
  
  

Email Maintenance/Other Functions

• Helps support email maintenance for the parts purchasing queue.
• Assist Purchasing Team with any other related projects as needed.
  
  

What Can We Give You?

Wesco’s foundation is built on the strength and quality of our people. We are committed to providing all of the resources and tools necessary to help our people be successful. Recognizing that our employees are our greatest resource, our competitive rewards package is designed to attract and retain our talented associates.

Health Insurance – Medical, dental, and vision insurance is available to full-time employees, eligible dependents, and spouses.

Wellness – We offer full-time associates a variety of mental health, financial health, and other types of resources.

Growth Opportunities – Nearly half of our employees have worked in our organization for over ten years. We are committed to the advancement of our employees by providing challenging work assignments, formal and informal training, professional associations, and networking opportunities.

Competitive Salary – In addition to their base pay, employees are eligible for our company-wide bonus that is dependent on Wesco meeting our sales goals. We have met these goals every year for the past 10 years, the bonus is equivalent to 0-3 weeks of additional pay and is prorated for your first year. Employees in our Service and Operations departments are eligible for a monthly incentive program based on performance.

Requirements

What Do You Need?

To be considered for this role, a candidate should meet the following minimal requirements:

• Minimum High School Diploma G.E.D. or equivalent.
• Previous experience in a fast paced and detail-oriented position
• Previous warehouse, inventory management and/or purchasing experience
• Computer literate: Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, Power Point
• Intermediate Excel skills required.
• Prelude or other inventory management systems
  
  

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for training, compensation, transfer, promotion, and other aspects of employment for all qualified employees without regard to sex (including pregnancy and childbirth), race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or veteran status. M/F/D/V

Wesco Turf, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. M/F/D/V

Salary Description

$22.00 - 24.00 per hour