Purchasing Manager

Würth Wood Group – Charlotte, NC

4250 Golf Acres Dr, Charlotte, NC 28208

Full-Time | Monday–Friday, approximately 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET

Direct Hire – No agencies, no third parties, no contracts

Onsite Role – Non-Remote/Non-Hybrid

Würth Wood Group: It all started in 1983 in Charlotte, North Carolina as a clear vision for serving custom cabinet builders, commercial fixture and millwork companies. With well-defined goals, hard work and honest, dependable service, Charlotte Hardwood Center began to grow. Adding 12 more locations in 7 states over the next 25 years, the company, under the umbrella name The Hardwood Group, became the premier lumber and woodworking distributor in the Southeast. In 1999, The Würth Group of Künzelsau, Germany purchased The Hardwood Group, giving their customers access to an even wider variety of services, cost efficiencies and new products such as the Würth line of products that are recognized throughout the world as innovative and of the highest quality. In the summer of 2006, The Hardwood Group formally changed the name of all its branches to Würth Wood Group.

Known by their customers as the distributor who 'works hard for us,' Würth Wood Group is passionate about their customers and focused on making them more successful. From lumber and plywood, to surfacing products, tools, finishes, and specialty hardware, Würth Wood Group continues to lead the way in offering custom cabinet shops, furniture, store fixture, millwork, and casework manufacturers the highest quality materials, brands and product range available.

Excellent Culture: This is a company where you can be yourself with a warm and upbeat culture.

Long-Tenured Employees: Many employees have been with us for 15, 20, and even 30 years.

Room for Growth: Würth Wood Group is part of the Würth Group of Germany, a privately held company netting over $20 billion annually with a long legacy of promoting from within.

Comfortable Interview Process: Conversational and transparent.

Customer Type: Millwork fabricators, architectural and design firms, cabinetmakers, kitchen & bath showrooms, wood shops.

Product Summary: Cabinetry hardware, lumber, PPE, laminate countertops, plywood/laminates, finishes/coatings, fasteners, abrasives, sinks, lighting, machinery, hand tools, and power tools.

Job Summary

Lead and manage a purchasing team in support of company sales, profit and balance sheet objectives. Interface with suppliers, customers, leaders and contributors at all levels of the company. This is finished-goods purchasing, not raw materials.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Leadership of the purchasing function for assigned products continually improving end-to-end supply chain results, customer satisfaction, total cost containment and cross-functional collaboration
• People management of buyers and expeditors including performance appraisals, coaching, counseling, hiring, team development and adherence to expense budgets
• Inventory management of $45 to $65 million, adhering to inventory valuation budgets, optimizing inventory turns and fill rates while minimizing inventory obsolescence and expiration
• Collaborate with customer service, warehousing, accounting, product management and sales teams utilizing supply chain processes to optimize transportation costs, warehousing expense, gross profit and inventory utilization
• Oversee use of ERP modules involving demand, purchasing and inventory ensuring master data integrity, effective material forecasting/planning and sufficient EDI and other forms of purchase order automation
• Work with buyers and sales directors to determine appropriate inventory policies, stocking regions and locations considering order fulfillment options (ship from stock, special order, direct ship)
• Manage, stratify and improve inventory results as products progress throughout each stage of a product life cycle with an eye toward minimizing nonproductive inventory (slow, overstock, obsolete, aged and expired)
• Work with large data sets, mine information and extrapolate manageable exceptions and trends
• Monitor, track, maintain and improve domestic and import purchasing transactions in conjunction with buyers, expeditors, suppliers, freight forwarders, customs brokers and financial teammates
• Interface with supplier representatives, buyers and expeditors to measure and improve supplier supply chain performance
• Other duties as assigned
  
  

Competencies

• Leadership
• Teamwork
• Collaboration
• Communication & cooperation
• Analysis, problem solving & decision making
• Planning and organizing work
• Project management
• Buying (domestic and importing)
• Material requirements planning and reordering calculations
• Demand forecasting
• Inventory management
• Supplier management
• Budgeting & planning
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
  
  

Experience And/or Training

• 5 years leadership and management of a purchasing team in a high-volume distribution environment
• Ability to assume increased responsibilities based on readiness and need
  
  

Technology/Equipment

• Advanced excel skills
• Robust ERP system experience
• EDI experience (purchase order transactions)
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

Experience and/or Training

• 2 years of progression in supply chain roles outside of purchasing
  
  

Technology/Equipment

• DMSI / Agility, SAP a plus
• Business intelligence, reporting, relational database queries and other data mining tools (Eg. MS Access, SQL)
  
  

Physical and Mental Demands

• Multitasking – Continuous
• Fast Paced Environment – Continuous
• Autonomy – Frequent
• Team Environment – Frequent
• Sitting – Continuous
• Use of computers – Continuous
• Use of phone – Continuous
  
  

Compensation & Benefits

• You will have the opportunity to declare your desired salary in the application questionnaire when you apply for this role
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Short- and Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) with company match (eligible Day 1)
• Paid Time Off and holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Employee discount program
• Referral bonuses
• Stable, growth-oriented company culture
  
  

Equal Opportunity Employer

Würth Wood Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.