Entry-Level Buyer/Purchasing Coordinator (Finance)
DH Pace Company is seeking to hire an Entry-Level Buyer/Purchasing Coordinator in our Olathe, Kansas office! We are looking for an energetic individual who thrives in a fast-paced sales and service environment. We are seeking to hire someone who has a strong aptitude for technical applications and mechanical systems and who enjoys maintaining and growing relationships with manufacturers and vendors! If you are interested, apply today!
Job Responsibilities:
- Purchasing materials to ensure stock and order requests from contracts are processed and received in a timely manner
- Consolidate requests when possible; check pricing and discounts available with vendors and place accurate orders in a timely fashion
- Ensure inquiries associated with orders are immediately addressed including shipment date, type of freight, material handling, and all other inquires
- Maintain constant communication with vendors and project managers to expedite shipping of materials and maintain shipping receiving expectations
- Process order acknowledgements for product correctness, quantity accuracy, pricing verification, and invoice compliance
- Communicate daily with project management group relative to any issues that might negatively impact customers' satisfaction
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree preferred, but not required
- Prefer 1 plus years of buying experience
- Computer proficiency required including strong background in Microsoft Office Suite, MRP/ERP, and/or bar-code systems
- Must have experience in maintaining and growing relationships with manufacturers and vendors to improve overall purchase costs and efficiency
- Excellent communication skills and be able to interact professionally with contacts, internal and external, at all levels and possess a high sense of urgency with exceptional problem solving skills
- Technical purchasing in the door, hardware, or security industry a plus, but not required
- Ability to multi-task and work efficiently in a fast-paced work environment
- Strong aptitude for technical applications and mechanical systems preferred
- Strong attention to details
Why you should consider DH Pace?
DH Pace Company is a distribution, construction and service organization offering a complete range of door and door related products and commercial security products. The company is privately owned and has been in operation over 95 years! We have 50+ US offices in 24 states with 2023 company-wide sales of $1 billion.
Our mission is to enhance the communities we serve by improving the safety, convenience, and aesthetics of the buildings where we live, work, and play. Our foundation of values represents who we are and what we stand for. Values are never situational or circumstantial, they are always and forever. Our core values are R.I.S.E. Respect, Integrity, Service, and Excellence.
Our benefit offerings include:
- Medical, dental, and vision options: Available on the 1st day of the month following your start date!
- Paid time off plan: 13 days accrued annually during your 1st year; 16 days accrued during your 2nd year!
- Paid Holidays: New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day
- Floating Holidays: Up to 2 floating holidays per year
- Competitive compensation: Including annual performance evaluations!
- 401k retirement plan: Including an employer match!
- Company paid: Life insurance, short-term disability, & long-term disability
- and more!
Successful completion of references, employment verifications, background check, and drug screen required in advance of hire.
DH Pace Company, Inc. does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or agencies. Any resume submitted to any employee of DH Pace Company, Inc. without a prior written search agreement will be considered unsolicited and the property of DH Pace Company, Inc. Please, no phone calls or emails.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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