Purchasing Manager

Full-time

Description

JOB SUMMARY

The Purchasing Manager is a strategic leadership role responsible for overseeing all purchasing, material planning, and inventory management activities to ensure a seamless flow of high-quality materials for GranCo’s stone and solid surface countertop fabrication and installation operations. This role goes beyond tactical order placement, requiring a visionary leader who builds and leverages strategic supplier relationships, both domestic and overseas, to drive profitability, revenue growth, and competitive advantages through innovative procurement strategies and inventory optimization. The ideal candidate will have a documented track record of strategically purchasing materials to enhance profit margins, create new product categories, or establish market advantages, with experience leading procurement and material/inventory management for a $30M or larger company in the stone countertop or related industry.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Safety First

• Enforce safety procedures by practicing safe acts and maintaining safe conditions. Report any unsafe conditions in areas or equipment to the Operations Manager.

Strategic Purchasing

• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with domestic and overseas suppliers to secure high-quality materials at the most competitive prices, ensuring alignment with GranCo’s standards for quality, sustainability, and cost efficiency.
• Strategically source materials to increase profitability, enhance revenue streams, or create new product categories, such as introducing innovative stone or solid surface options to gain competitive market advantages.
• Oversee the purchasing process, including issuing purchase orders (POs) and scheduling deliveries for materials, supplies, and equipment, ensuring adherence to company guidelines and standards.
• Maintain accurate records of supply costs in the GranCo system, applying discounts and negotiating favorable terms to optimize cost savings.
• Conduct quality control checks on approved samples for stock materials (e.g., Level I Granite, Level I Quartz, Level 2, Piedrafina, showroom items, sinks, corbels, metal supports, cabinets) to ensure consistency and accuracy of received materials, maintaining three sample sets with the shop manager, supplier, and lead forklift driver.
• Submit all necessary paperwork to accounting promptly to ensure seamless financial operations.

Material Planning

• Strategically manage inventory levels to balance operational needs with cost efficiency, ensuring stock materials are available without overbuying or wasting resources.
• Allocate materials and supplies to jobs with precision to maximize usage and minimize waste, driving cost savings and operational efficiency.
• Monitor and analyze material flow to identify bottlenecks, characterize usage patterns, and forecast future needs, collaborating with warehouse staff to resolve issues and implement solutions.
• Evaluate suppliers based on quality, timeliness, procedures, and alignment with GranCo’s strategic goals, fostering partnerships that enhance operational performance.

Inventory Control

• Collaborate with the shop manager and showroom manager to develop sales programs that reduce excess remnants or single-slab inventories, optimizing inventory turnover.
• Ensure marked slabs and remnants are properly stored, with pink stickers updated or removed per the “marked slab/remnant” program.
• Maintain accurate inventory levels through GranCo’s software and periodic physical counts, working with the shop manager and lead forklift driver to keep the slab yard organized.
• Assist in performing routine cycle counts to ensure the accuracy of GranCo’s inventory records, investigating and resolving any discrepancies.

Other

• Perform additional tasks as directed by the Operations Manager.
• Provide backup support to warehouse staff and receiving specialists as needed.
• Safeguard company inventories before, during, and after operations. Theft of company property is strictly prohibited and grounds for termination.

Requirements

Qualifications/Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in strategic procurement and materials planning in a manufacturing or fabrication environment, preferably in the stone countertop or related industry. Candidates with 3 years of experience in stone countertop installation, scheduling, or project management may be considered if they demonstrate strategic procurement expertise.
• Proven track record of leading procurement and material/inventory management for a company with $30M or larger in annual revenue within the stone countertop or similar market.
• Established strategic relationships with domestic and overseas suppliers, with documented success in negotiating favorable terms to increase profitability, revenue, or competitive advantages through innovative material sourcing or new product category development.
• Strong knowledge of raw materials, material planning, production processes, quality control, and techniques for optimizing manufacturing and distribution efficiency.
• Proficiency with computerized inventory management systems and experience maintaining accurate inventory records.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail.
• Exceptional problem-solving, communication, and mathematical skills.
• Demonstrated leadership ability with potential for future growth within the organization.
• This job description serves as a guideline and may not encompass all daily activities. It is subject to change based on the evolving needs of GranCo.

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

• Ability to sit at computer monitor for extended periods throughout the day.
• Must possess the ability to stand for extended periods of time; to reach with hands and arms; to move among and between offices; to handle mail and documents; to sit, stoop, kneel and crouch; to lift and move up to 10 pounds; to see well enough to discern differences in quality of documents and files.

WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• General working conditions
• Office environment
• May have to meet tight deadlines

OUR BENEFITS

• Health Insurance (Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision)
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Paid Holidays and Time Off
• 401(k) Plan with company matching

Artisan Design Group is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees. It is the policy of Artisan Design Group to apply recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, and professional development practices without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or certain classifications based on genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.

We are committed to helping individuals with disabilities participate in the workforce and ensuring equal opportunity to apply and compete for jobs. If you need any assistance at any point in the application or hiring process due to a disability and you need accommodation, please email [email protected]. Please do not use this email address for any other questions. Only inquiries regarding accommodations will be addressed.