Procurement Manager - Retail Fixtures

Miller Zell; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Miller Zell in Atlanta, GA, is seeking a Procurement Manager to estimate, purchase, and coordinate manufacturing with Miller Zell partners. The role requires 3–10 years in purchasing and negotiations, with experience in POP/store fixture or custom fabrication environments.

Travel to suppliers may be required; office-based work in Atlanta is expected. You will partner with Procurement, Creative, Design Development, and Project Management to optimize costs and ensure timely delivery for client

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business or related field.
• 3–10 years in purchasing, negotiating, and estimating in POP/store fixture/display environments preferred.
• Experience managing custom fabrication suppliers and understanding drawings/architectural plans.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate quotes from domestic and international vendors, issue purchase orders, and communicate with stakeholders.
• Develop sourcing strategies and vendor analyses for domestic and international suppliers.
• Coordinate manufacturing and cost roll-ups with Miller Zell partners using approved practices.
• Ensure quality control and on-time delivery; monitor costs for profit growth.
• Assist in logistics coordination, packaging, and shipping for products/projects.

Skills

Reading & interpreting drawings

Vendor relationship management

Negotiation & cost estimation

Effective communication

Travel flexibility

Sourcing & procurement process

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business

Job description

This role will work in our Atlanta office 5 days per week.

Are you a seasoned professional with 3 to 10 years of experience in purchasing, negotiating, and estimating? If so, we want to hear from you! We're on the lookout for someone who has honed their skills in POP, Store Fixture, Display, or custom fabrication environments. Your expertise in managing custom fabrication suppliers will be crucial to our success. Join us and bring your unique talents to a dynamic team where your contributions will truly make a difference!

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Procurement Manager will work closely with the Procurement Team, Creative, Design Development and Project Management Strategic Business Units to estimate, purchase and coordinate manufacturing of project related items with Miller Zell manufacturing partners. The position will also be responsible for rolling up costs to share with internal business partners, using approved Miller Zell practices and standards to ensure cost effective production of items required for each client/project.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Negotiate and obtain quotes from domestic and international vendors, prepare cost estimates, issue purchase orders, and communicate effectively with all stakeholders.
• Work with others in procurement on best practices for sourcing, process, reviewing details, and managing organizing information.
• Purchasing can include North America and internationally.
• Demonstrates principled leadership and sound business ethics; shows consistency among principles, values, and behavior; builds trust with others through own authenticity and follows-through on commitments; driving results and success; conveying a sense of urgency.
• Understanding of, and experience in the use of the procurement process and best practices including developing vendor analysis, sourcing strategy and vendor strategy development (domestic and international).
• Work directly with suppliers to build strategic partnerships and assist managing negotiations when necessary. Work with procurement team and cross functionally on strategic partner negotiations and relations.
• Work with designers/design development/installation services and vendors to solve design, installation, and production problems and make suggestions for design development and value engineering.
• Search for new vendors and qualify them for production capabilities, cost effectiveness and quality control.
• Monitor costs and continually strives for cost reduction and increased profit margins
• Prepare and issue purchase orders, bill of materials, work orders and change orders
• Ensure quality control and on-time delivery.
• Assist in the coordination of logistics issues, packaging and shipping of products/projects at vendors and MZ warehouses.
• Punctuality and regular attendance are required on the job.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Bachelor's Degree from a 4-year college or University in Business or equivalent experience.

Experience: Minimum 3-10 years in purchasing, negotiating, and estimating. Previous experience working for POP, Store Fixture, Display or custom fabrication environments preferred. You will need to have experience managing custom fabrication suppliers.

Special Skills/Qualifications: Ability to read and interpret store layouts, and engineering/architectural drawings is required, Basic inventory control knowledge is required, project coordination Skills, Strong Communication skills. Must be able to travel as needed to include foreign countries thus a passport is required.