Procurement Specialist: Margin-Smart Bid & Sourcing

American Carpet South; Passaic (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Vacation (Planned Time Off)

Sick/Personal Time Off

Flexible Spending Accounts

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Commuter Accounts

401k with Employer match

Voluntary Short Term Disability

Company Paid Life Insurance and AD&D

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

ACS — Commercial & Residential Flooring Specialists is seeking a Procurement Specialist to own material purchasing, bid estimating, and pricing accuracy across our Commercial division. You will partner with the Project Coordinator to ensure timely material delivery, build competitive quotes, and maintain pricing accuracy that protects margins.

You will manage the product library, turnkey pricing, and quote templates to enable the sales team to quote quickly and accurately.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in flooring, construction, or building-materials estimating, pricing, or purchasing.
• Ability to read plans and measures and produce accurate takeoffs.
• Advanced Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables, and maintaining clean price files.
• Experience with CRM or database systems such as QuickBase, vendor portals, and Outlook.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage many open orders, bids, and price changes at once and catch errors in quantities, SKUs, pricing, and freight before they cost money.
• Demonstrated ability to build and follow processes, including checklists, trackers, file structures, and standard steps that make work repeatable.
• Clear communicator with vendors, sales, and finance.
• Flooring product knowledge (LVP, hardwood, carpet, underlayment, transitions, prep) preferred.
• Experience with multifamily, property management, or commercial bids preferred.
• Experience with Home Depot Pro or a retail-installed program preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own material ordering and tracking for ACS Commercial orders, ensuring PO accuracy against quotes.
• Build large and complex bid quotes and source product and vendor pricing for commercial projects.
• Audit vendor invoices, material cost, and freight against quotes and POs to protect margin.
• Lead the product library, turnkey pricing, catalog, and quote templates development.
• Report monthly on cost, freight, and margin trends to leadership and National Accounts.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Plan reading & takeoffs

Vendor negotiation

CRM / QuickBase

Data tracking & organization

Attention to detail

Process documentation

Communication

Pricing & bidding

Tools

QuickBase

Outlook

Vendor portals

Job description

ACS — Commercial & Residential Flooring Specialists is seeking a Procurement Specialist to own material purchasing, bid estimating, and pricing accuracy across our Commercial division. You will partner with the Project Coordinator to ensure timely material delivery, build competitive quotes, and maintain pricing accuracy that protects margins.

You will manage the product library, turnkey pricing, and quote templates to enable the sales team to quote quickly and accurately.