Purchasing Agent

Come join our team as a Purchasing Agent!

The Purchasing Agent is critical to ensure the achievement of department objectives, goals by maintaining inventory levels and accurate vendor information in compliance with department requirements.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Costing

• Systematically analyze project scopes prior to each build to develop accurate cost projections to aid in budgeting, planning, and staffing considerations
• Accurately track all costs of individual materials in each project to determine the final project costs against project projections
• Jointly work with project managers on pricing and costs for materials on all change orders

Ordering

• Diligently manage all multifamily department purchase orders from each phase of the project and ensure appropriate equipment rentals are coordinated when required
• Carefully process all will call orders and tool orders and manage all expense tracking for the multifamily plumbing department and assist with plumbing residential and single-family departments when applicable

Administrative

• Expertly assist field engineers with material gaps and work with vendors and suppliers to get specifications sheets and submittal forms in a timely manner
• Conscientiously manage multifamily department inventory and resolve all inventory issues including billing and receiving issues
• Accurately process returns and credits, track defective material, and consistently communicate with the area project manager about missing parts; approve returns and credits for the plumbing multifamily department
• Autonomously process labor recovery funds for the service department when defective material is discovered
• Precisely process model home product reimbursements and free purchase order receipt tracking for the model home and service reimbursement
• Accommodate the back-up needs of the single family purchasing department

Vendor Management

• Assertively source and vet new vendors when needed by ensuring all aspects of the potential partnership are in alignment with project cost, schedule, and quality

Special Projects

• Thoroughly track and support the recovery of stolen items from the residential plumbing department

QUALIFICATIONS

• Clear, effective communications skills – both written and verbal
• Aptitude for prioritizing
• Preference for accuracy, attention to detail, and organization
• Mastery of entire Microsoft Suite plus Internet and email
• Experience with, or ability to learn, Great Plains software
• Basic mathematical ability including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
• Critical thinking skills and ability to problem solve independently
• A high school diploma or GED is required,
• Associate or Bachelor degree preferred
• 2 years of experience in purchasing or equivalent work
• Well-lighted, heated and/or air-conditioned indoor office setting
• Moderately noisy environment with light traffic, office equipment, and guest entrance
• Sedentary physical activity performing non-strenuous daily 
activities of an administrative nature
• No travel required

SCHEDULE: Monday to Friday

LOCATION: On-site

SALARY: Salary Exempt

BENEFITS

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Short- & long-term disability
• Accrued PTO
• Paid holidays
• 401(K)
• Profit sharing
• Indoor office setting
• Moderately noisy environment with light traffic, office equipment, and guest entrance
• No Travel

It’s time to join the team at R.T. Moore, a mid-size mechanical contractor company where you are more than a number. Here everyone is treated with respect, and leadership cares about you as a person and listens to your input. Plus enjoy a steady Monday-Friday schedule, with no nights or weekends! Ready to get Moore? Check us out at www.rtmoore.com to join one of the largest mechanical contractors in the nation!
R.T. Moore is an Equal Opportunity Employer