Buyer 1 - Auburn, WA

FALL CREEK FARM & NURSERY; Auburn (WA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

HSA

FSA

401(k) with Company Match

Life Insurance

Job summary

Woodgrain is seeking a procurement professional to optimize asset use and manage sourcing for assigned goods and services. You will execute short- and long-term strategies to ensure quality, continuity, and timely supply while reducing total costs.

The role emphasizes accurate PO creation, vendor negotiations, RFQ handling, Incoterms knowledge, and cross-functional collaboration to align with branch and corporate goals. A bachelor's degree and 1–2 years of related experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university.
• 1–2 years related experience and/or training.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Issuing purchase orders to correct sources and creating internal transfers in the ERP system.
• Submit POs to vendors and confirm accurate acknowledgements of products, pricing, and quantities.
• Act as initial contact for vendor needs, coordinating packaging and labelling specs with vendors and marketing.
• Monitor order progress with vendors; update expected ship and receipt dates.
• Follow up with stakeholders (distribution centers, National Accounts, Credit, Accounts Payable).
• Support sourcing by issuing and receiving RFQs from vendors and uploading pricing into Woodgrain software.
• Know international purchasing basics (Incoterms) and ensure POs mitigate risk.
• Expedite products to meet delivery commitments.
• Reconcile receipts and invoices to payment terms.
• Procure products to support branch, regional, and corporate strategies.
• KPI focus: on-time delivery, fill rates, inventory turns, E&O, invoice accuracy, stockouts, inbound freight, purchase price variance, warehouse lead-time.

Skills

Attention to detail

Vendor coordination

Budget awareness

Cross-functional communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ERP system

Job description

Looking for stability? Join Woodgrain!We’re growing fast and offeringlifetime careersin a supportive work environment.

About Woodgrain:

Woodgrain is one of the top millwork operations in the world, with locations throughout the United States and Chile. With 70 years of quality manufacturing craftsmanship and service, Woodgrain is a top producer of mouldings, doors, and windows, as well as a premier distributor of specialty building products. Woodgrain Inc. is headquartered in Fruitland, Idaho with six divisions and over 45 manufacturing and warehouse facilities in the United States and South America. Since 1954, Woodgrain is proud to be family owned and operated.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Optimizes the use of company assets in the acquisition of assigned goods and services. Execution of short and long-term strategies to ensure quality, continuity, and timeliness of supply while minimizing total product and supply chain cost.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Perform tasks associated with issuing PO's to correct sources:
  • Accurately create purchase orders and associated internal transfers or direct sales orders in ERP system as directed.
  • Submit purchase orders to vendors and confirm accurate acknowledgements of products, pricing, and quantities
  • Act as initial contact for any vendor needs, to include working with vendors and marketing to supply proper packaging and labelling specs.
  • Continually monitor progress of orders with assigned vendors, updating expected ship dates and receipt dates
  • Follow-up as needed with various stakeholders, to include distribution centers, National Accounts, Credit, and Accounts Payable
• Provide support for sourcing team by issuing and receiving RFQs from vendors, including uploading vendor pricing into Woodgrain software.
• Knowledgeable of international purchasing basics (Incoterms, International commercial code). Ensure PO's are correctly issued to mitigate risk to the company.
• Expedite product when necessary to meet required delivery commitments
• Reconcile product receipts and invoices to ensure proper payment within mutually agreed payment terms
• Procure appropriate product needs, upon request, to support select branch, regional and corporate product strategies.
• Key performance metrics include: On-time delivery, fill rates, inventory turns, E&O inventory, invoice errors, product outages, inbound freight costs, purchase price variance, and warehouse lead-time.

QUALIFICATIONS -

To perform this job successfully, candidate must demonstrate excellent attention to detail . An individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions in a professional manner from all stakeholders, both internal and external.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS -

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT -

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Summary of Company Benefits:

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 401(k) with a Company Match
• Group Term Life Insurance and AD&D
• Employer Paid Long-Term & Short-Term Disability
• Voluntary Supplemental Hospital and Accident Plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• 8 Company Paid Holidays & 1 Floating Holiday
• Paid Time Off (PTO)

Woodgrain is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Woodgrain is a drug, alcohol, and tobacco-free workplace. All offers of employment are contingent upon pre-employment background and drug screening, and some positions require a fitness for duty test.