Remote, but prefer someone who resides in the SouthEast Region (Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida)
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:
3+ 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.