Position Title: Purchasing Coordinator Contractor

Location: Marietta, GA

Company Overview:

Design Environments is a leading national interior design and purchasing company that provides interior design, FF+E procurement, project management, warehousing, and installation services to its clients.

Headquartered in Marietta, GA, the company has design studios and offices in Chicago Downtown, Chicago Greater Area, Boston, San Francisco, and Greensboro. The company is the culmination of 5 acquired companies by Blackford Capital based in Grand Rapids, MI over the past five years. Recently in September 2022 the companies were consolidated and rebranded as Design Environments. The company services the hospitality, senior living, multi-family housing, single family housing, and student housing market verticals.

Visit our website to learn more about Design Environments: http://www.designenvironments.com

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Position Description:

The Purchasing Coordinator supports purchasing and supplier management. Providing clear communication to suppliers, designers, project managers, warehouse and installation teams are pertinent to deliver successful projects. Ensuring supplier performance and on-time delivery are extremely important. This is vital to the organization and supports our delivery of legendary service to our clients.

Position Responsibilities:

• Manage FF+E purchasing activities for assigned projects in partnership with the Procurement Manager or Purchasing Manager
• Prepare supplier lead time schedule and matrices per project
• Participate in biweekly project review meetings with key stakeholders
• Correspond and coordinate with design team, as required
• Liaison between project manager and designer for construction schedule, coordinating purchasing schedule according to project and supplier lead times
• Communicate with manufacturer representatives on product availability, costs, and specification information, as required
• Review PO’s, RFI/RFPs, and order acknowledgments in support of the Procurement Manager or Purchasing Manager
• Build and maintain supplier relationships vital for sourcing and effective, efficient deliveries, tracking against established KPIs
• Models a highly organized approach to the purchasing and project process resulting in on time delivery
• Track supplier PO’s and update system accordingly
• Establish project delivery schedules that align with project deliverables
• Provide weekly status reports outlining projected shipping and delivery dates
• Ensure invoice accuracy in collaboration with accounting
• Manage inventory levels required with suppliers

Start Date: Within 30 days

Work Hours: Typically, 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM

Qualifications + Skills:

• Entry-level position
• Administrate or customer service experience, preferred
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite [Excel, Word, Outlook]
• Strong communicator, verbal and written
• Outstanding attention to detail
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills
• Demonstrates self-confidence and composure
• Analytical
• Naturally shows initiative and is solutions focused
• A team player with leadership abilities