What are the responsibilities and job description for the Purchasing Manager position at Express Wash Concepts?
Description
Interested in continuing your career with one of the region’s fastest growing companies? Express Wash Concepts is the parent company of 65 award winning, express car wash locations throughout Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Virginia and North Carolina under the following brands: Moo Moo Express Car Wash, Flying Ace Express Car Wash, Clean Express Auto Wash, Meyers Auto Wash, Green Clean Express Auto Wash, Snazzy’s Express Car Wash and Bee Clean Express Car Wash.
We are seeking an experienced purchasing manager to handle our company's procurement activities. The purchasing manager's responsibilities include developing purchasing strategies, maintaining positive relationships with suppliers, coordinating with internal teams regarding their supply needs, and overseeing all purchasing habits of the company.
To be successful as a purchasing manager you should be able to manage and optimize purchasing activities and processes. An outstanding purchasing manager should have excellent leadership abilities and be able to negotiate the best possible deals with suppliers.
Purchasing Manager Job Responsibilities:
- Developing and implementing purchasing strategies.
- Managing daily purchasing activities, creating purchase orders, placing orders with vendors.
- Manage approval process of incoming orders and invoices.
- Managing supplier relations and negotiating contracts, prices, timelines, etc.
- Build and maintain relationships with vendors and sales representatives.
- Maintaining the supplier database, purchase records, and related documentation.
- Coordinating with inventory control to determine and manage inventory needs.
- Ensuring that all procured items meet the required quality standards and specifications.
- Preparing cost estimates.
- Working to improve purchasing systems and processes.
- Training new employees in the purchasing process and how to use the purchasing system.
Requirements
- Previous experience in a purchasing role with proven results.
- Experience with multi-location purchasing.
- Deep knowledge of inventory and supply chain management.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and various purchasing software.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Strong critical thinking and negotiation skills.
- Strong planning and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently.
