Job Title: Purchasing/Logistics Manager

Department: Operations

Reporting To: VP, Operations

Location: Marietta, GA

Travel Requirements: Less than 25%

Position Type: Full-Time, (9:00am-6:00pm)

Job Summary:

The Purchasing/Logistics Manager will play a major role in overseeing procurement activities for both the Denver and California branch operations, ensuring compliance with the company’s core values and objectives. This role will have a team reporting to them and will be responsible for improving current purchasing processes and evaluating purchase costs to optimize logistics and facilitate freight savings.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Leads the purchasing team, by taking an active role in recruitment, development and performance. This position will have the authority to make employment decisions with the guidance of the department head. 
• Acts as purchasing agent for Denver and California branch operations.
• Manage and coordinate all the purchasing operations for the team.
• Maintain and standardize purchasing processes.
• Evaluate purchase cost and adjust logistics to facilitate freight savings.
• Develop and enact metrics to ensure optimal purchasing performance.
• Establish and maintain branch stock inventory programs.
• Manage relationships with brokers and freight carriers.
• Establish and maintain necessary reporting procedures to maintain workflow.
• Manage supplier rebates, special pricing programs and purchase levels to maximize revenue return on each program.
• Oversee and maintain the company document scan and storage process.
• Oversee the purchase communication between RFCI & RF branches.
• Coordinate with GMs to ensure proper cycle and inventory counts are conducted to meet company requirements.
• Train staff on the inventory process as needed.
• Coordinate year end inventories for all branches.
• Coordinate year end audits in all branches required by the CPA.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

The Purchasing/Logistics Manager role should possess the following qualifications:

• 2 years of a proven track record in inventory control and management, including database usage for tracking and ordering inventory. 
• 2 years of leadership and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to manage and develop a team while working to maintain a portion of the workflow.
• Strong external communications skills including email and phone contacts.
• Ability to create and manage purchasing best practices.
• Proficiency in technology tools such as Outlook, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Office Suite.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or listen. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is required to possess some dexterity in operating office equipment. The employee is occasionally required to sit for long periods of time; stand; walk; sit; bend; stoop; reach with hands and arms; and frequently walk around the office. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Real Floors, Inc. & Real Floors Commercial, Inc. provide equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.

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