Overview

The Purchasing and Inventory Manager will oversee and administer purchasing procedures, orders, requisitions, and invoicing while maintaining records, payments, and inventory levels. This position also manages merchant relationships and works with vendors to resolve quality, shipping, or invoicing issues.

Responsibilities

• Supports the organization's supply chain strategy through the accurate execution of purchasing activities and maintenance of appropriate inventory levels. Supports financial cost containment by minimizing inventory loss, root-cause analyses, turnover rates, and space requirements.
• Partners with Distribution leader to align local procurement strategies with organizational strategy and procedures, Adheres to authorization limits for purchasing equipment, supplies, and ancillary items and appropriately escalates purchases that fall outside of prescribed limits.
• Maintains knowledge of trends, prices, buyers, and delivery conditions to anticipate future viability of supplies and ancillary items.
• Processes and enters all purchase orders and vendor invoices into the accounting system for processing.
• Develops, records, and updates databases on inventory and purchases with the status of equipment stages. May perform physical count of inventory and reconcile actual stock count to the accounting system, such as sales orders versus purchasing invoices, to obtain current inventory levels.
• Resolves all purchasing and inventory related supply issues. Reviews opportunities to improve inventory operations with Distribution leader.
• Collaborates with sales, customer service, and logistics departments to maximize efficiency in the purchasing and inventory control department.
• Customer support expert, serving as the escalation point of contact, managing incoming calls or correspondence, and communicating with internal and external partners or suppliers. Handles customer inquiries and addresses any discrepancies regarding delivery, quality, price, or conditions of sale.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• High School diploma or equivalent required. Associate or Bachelor’s degree in business administration or related field preferred. An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience will be considered
• 3 years of professional experience in a purchasing role, representing an organization on inventory needs, with proven knowledge of the field's procedures and practices is required.
• Proficiency with computer systems, including word processing software, spreadsheets, email, and database management.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems; SageX3 experience required.

Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of procurement strategies; Ability to grasp and understand business models regarding acquisition of goods and services.
• Strong organizational skills; Ability to self-manage workload and multiple projects simultaneously while managing and meeting tight deadlines; Ability to collaborate with different departments and vendors while maintaining organizational control of daily operations.
• Strong analytical skills: able to gather and analyze large amounts of data, identify goals, explore, and select solutions, evaluate results, implement change, and report activities to upper management.
• Strong diplomacy skills; Ability to manage conflict and business negotiation processes; Ability to partner and form strong working relationships, fostering a problem-solving approach.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills; Communicate effectively and professionally across all levels of the organization and with external stakeholders; Confidence in creating and delivering presentations to internal and external customers.
• Strong work ethic; Self-starter, demonstrating a proactive approach, self-initiative, and tenacity. Resilient; Able to confidently navigate ambiguity and change.

Standard and Physical Requirements:

• Position involves sitting long periods, standing, manual dexterity, stooping, bending.
• Position requires the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull up to 50 lbs. frequently. For greater weight items assistive devices will be provided.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting; close vision and ability to adjust focus.

This position offers:

• Medical, vision, and dental benefits.
• 401k match up to 6 percent.
• 3 weeks or 120 hours of vacation plus 11 paid holidays.
• Alliance Laundry Cares Scholarships: Six scholarships are available for the children of US-based Alliance Laundry Systems employees who are graduating high school seniors or currently enrolled at a college or university, or trade or technical school.
• Educational Assistance Program: All full-time employees are invited to take job-related classes or earn degrees, following approval from your supervisor and the Director of Human Resources.
• Employee Purchase Program: All team members can purchase one washer/dryer pair each calendar year at a discount. Invite Friends and Family to receive 25% off.

For California the base compensation range for this role is $50,000.00 to $60,000.00 . Actual compensation is influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to skills, experience, qualifications, and geographic location.

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