Procurement Coordinator
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- Job Title: Landscape Design Procurement Coordinator
- Location: Corporate Support Center, Glendora CA
- Status: Full Time / Hourly
- Reporting Relationships: Landscape Design Operations Manager
"Gardening without Guesswork"
Become an employee-owner
at the #1 Independent Garden Center in the U.S. Armstrong Garden Centers, an
Employee-Owned Company serving Southern California gardeners for over 135 years!
The Procurement Coordinator's
primary responsibility is to consolidate orders for the buying team and/or
transfer all material needed for landscape installations to ensure timely
delivery. The Procurement Coordinator
will work directly with the buying team, designers, LD Yard Foreperson, and
retail stores, to assure that the fulfillment of install material is being
completed within the scheduled time of installation delivery.
Responsibilities
1. Primary job function of consolidating orders of plant material for the
buying team to complete landscape installation projects generated by the
landscape sales team.
2. Work with designers to find suitable alternatives or substitutions for
plant material that is not available prior to orders being placed with the
buying team.
3. Adjust Install Orders as needed to provide accurate plant material and
SKU information.
4. Work directly with the buyers to complete orders and delivery of
materials to the holding yards or stores for installations.
5. Work with the appropriate buyer for any special orders for projects.
6. Work directly with the vendors to arrange delivery of larger bulk
material directly to the jobsite.
7. Communicate with buyers, LD Yard Foreperson, designers and stores on
the status of fulfillment on pending LD jobs.
8. Work with LD Yard Foreperson to manage the inventory at the holding
yards.
9. Reviews assigned projects weekly to ensure all material is available
at the time of the project's delivery.
10. Creates estimates from the plant list and design for projects and
completes within 48 hours.
Accepts other responsibilities as assigned
Education/Experience
Education, Prior Work Experience and Specialized Skills and Knowledge:
- Two-year degree in Horticultural or three (3) years in a garden center role.
- CCNPro certification is beneficial.
- Has a high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations with poise, tact and diplomacy.
- Intermediate level of skill in Outlook and Excel.
- Point of Sale proficiency.
- Ability to organize and prioritize work to meet deadlines.
- Strong communication ability to interface with multiple store personnel.
- Requires standing and/or sitting for long periods of time.
- Ability to multi-task.
Compensation
We have great benefits! (Benefits available to full-time associates)
- Major medical, dental, vision and other group benefits.
- Paid holidays and paid vacation.
- Participate in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
- Participate in Company 401k
- 30% Employee Discount.
Safety First!
Physical Environment/Working Conditions
- Lifting, carrying, and/or pushing of supplies and materials up to 50 pounds
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
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