Strategic Purchasing & Inventory Merchandiser

ExactHire; Washington; On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Paid sick time

Parental leave

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Opportunities for advancement

Employee referral program

Job summary

WCP Solutions is seeking a Purchasing / Merchandiser to support the Inland Region's operational and financial success by purchasing products, managing inventory, sourcing solutions, and maintaining accurate data. The role emphasizes balancing product availability, service levels, and cost while collaborating with Account Managers, Operations, customers, and other divisions.

Ideal candidates will have at least two years in purchasing or supply chain, strong analytical abilities, and proficiency

Qualifications

• Strong analytical, mathematical, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interpret purchasing and inventory data, identify trends and exceptions, and make timely business decisions.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, and working with reports and data for purchasing decisions.

Responsibilities

• Create, issue, monitor, and follow up on purchase orders to support customer demand and appropriate inventory levels.
• Analyze sales history, usage patterns, forecasts, lead times, service levels, inventory turns, and supplier performance to support sound purchasing decisions.
• Source standard, alternate, custom, and shortage-related product solutions; obtain and compare supplier pricing, availability, freight, lead times, and terms.
• Negotiate professionally with suppliers and identify opportunities to improve cost, service, payment terms, freight terms, and overall value.
• Maintain accurate item master data, product descriptions, costs, units of measure, supplier information, lead times, freight factors, and purchasing parameters in company systems.
• Monitor open purchase orders, confirmations, backorders, substitutions, delivery dates, and exceptions; communicate changes promptly to affected teams.
• Use purchasing, inventory, electronic data interchange, and reporting systems accurately; identify data or process issues and support corrective action.
• Monitor stock availability and collaborate with other WCP divisions to balance inventory, reduce duplication, and improve use of company inventory investments.
• Investigate and resolve shortages, receiving discrepancies, supplier claims, returns, damaged or defective merchandise, and invoice or pricing discrepancies.
• Partner with Operations to support efficient receiving, stocking, inventory reconciliation, order fulfillment, and vendor-pickup processes.
• Support inventory reviews, cycle-count investigations, obsolete or slow-moving inventory action plans, and customer stocking or consignment programs.
• Contribute to product promotions, supplier initiatives, preferred-product strategies, and merchandising plans that support profitable sales growth.

Skills

Analytical skills

Negotiation

Problem-solving

Mathematical aptitude

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

WCP Solutions is seeking a Purchasing / Merchandiser to support the Inland Region's operational and financial success by purchasing products, managing inventory, sourcing solutions, and maintaining accurate data. The role emphasizes balancing product availability, service levels, and cost while collaborating with Account Managers, Operations, customers, and other divisions.

Ideal candidates will have at least two years in purchasing or supply chain, strong analytical abilities, and proficiency