Job description
Gibson Plumbing Company, established in 1954, focusing on single family homes and multifamily communities serving San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Houston, and surrounding areas providing quality plumbing services.
Gibson Plumbing Company, one of the largest growing new construction plumbing company is searching for a Purchasing Agent to be a part of our plumbing construction family in our San Antonio location. A candidate that is passionate about growing and having pride in their work.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Prepare and process purchase orders by verifying specifications and price. This includes plumbing materials, rental equipment, fill/bedding material, and miscellaneous items.
- Maintain a sense of urgency to ensure material is delivered within the time frame required by scheduling department, Superintendents, and/or customer.
- Manage backorders and expedite material as needed to satisfy the production schedule.
- Maintain system information related to MRP system such as lead times, open orders, primary supplier, pricing, safety stock, etc.
- Develop and maintain relationships with suppliers to understand and stay abreast of industry changes that might impact key critical programs relative to pricing, risk and innovations.
- Input material requisition orders with forecasted delivery dates to create demand for multi-family jobs.
- Conduct total cost modeling and cost benefit analysis for new products and lines, as necessary.
- Measure and track procurement metrics for reporting to management.
- Assist in approved cost reduction projects from initiation to implementation by communicating with all dependent parties both internally and externally.
- Review and audit supplier order confirmations for accuracy and react quickly to issues between the invoice, receipt, and purchase order.
- Create and manage product/project submittals, as necessary. Follow-up to ensure submittal approval.
- Maintain SAGE 100 part numbers, descriptions, and product categories.
- Assist in yearly physical inventory.
- Assist with major pricing uploads (by manufacturer, distributor)
Physical Demands
- Work is performed while standing, sitting, and/or walking.
- Requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision, and hearing.
- Requires the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations.
- Requires bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, reaching.
- Requires the ability to lift, carry, push, or pull medium weights, up to 75 pounds.
- Requires activities involving being around moving machinery, exposure to marked changes in temperature and humidity, and exposure to dust, fumes, and gases.
Licenses
- Valid Texas Driver’s License must be obtained within 60 days of employment; must pass driving record check annually.
Performance Goals
- Move to ordering recurring stock two or three times a week.
- Follow-up on purchase orders and know material ETA. Maintain vendor backorder report.
- Maintain pricing uploads. Be familiar with and maintain a file of current quoted pricing.
- Investigate and analyze new products (financial impact and quality).
- Walk pre-pulled packages daily to remedy any anticipated backorders proactively.
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