Job Details
About the Company:
Glen-Gery Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brickworks Limited. Brickworks Limited ("The Group") is a large Australian-listed group of companies. The Group has been in operation since the early 1900s, has a market capitalization exceeding $2.5 billion, and operates across 3 core business segments: Building Products, Land & Development, and Investments. The Group employs more than 2,000 FTE employees and operates nationally across Australia, recently acquiring Glen-Gery Corporation to add operations in the USA.
Founded in 1890, Glen-Gery Corporation is one of the nation's largest brick manufacturers and operates eight brick manufacturing facilities. Glen-Gery products are sold nationally through a network of over 500 distributors as well as in Canada. Since entering the USA in 2018, Brickworks have acquired Sioux City Brick, Redland Brick and the distribution business of Southfield Corporation in Illinois and Indiana (Illinois Brick, Indiana Brick). The combined North American business now has more than 900 employees, operates across 40 locations, including 8 brick plants, 26 masonry supply/retail locations and 3 design studios.
Job Function:
The purpose of this position is to purchase quality material and/or transportation at the negotiated pricing.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Create & process PO's for A) Stock/Inventory B) Sales Orders C) Estimate/Quotes.
- Process Brick Shipping Release Form. Verifying accuracy, for SO, Manufacturer, Fill in PO and Manufacturers pick-up #.
- Follow-up on orders already placed prior for ETA, etc. as requested by location managers, sales and Customer Service teams.
- Review all manufacturers order acknowledgements for accuracy. I.E., Correct PO#, shipping address, pricing, qty, product number and description, correct BSC location or job address.
- Responsible to re-adjust PO's and SO for correct location. Create delivery tickets for all direct loads. Coordinate weights of all loads to make sure trucks are full be legal. Also tenders load sheets to trucking companies and manufacturers.
- Update Truck Log throughout the day.
- Provide special order quotes as requested on a daily basis by sales team & customer service. Provide information to pricing team to create new JDE Items on a daily basis for new & special-order items, etc.
- Review purchasing reports from the day before for accuracy, etc. Review Reorder Point reports every day and make sure each yard follows up with what is needed if it is not already on order.
- Field calls for material questions from customer service, sales team, location managers and customers on product info (data sheets, application, SDS sheets, etc.).
- Assist sales team and the tracking of job issues with our manufacturing partners to make sure the proper credits are resolved and issued.
- Other duties, as assigned.
Requirements and Skills:- High school diploma, general education degree or equivalent
- Professional certifications and associated training programs, a plus.
- A minimum of 3-5 years preferred in the hardscape/natural stone, masonry and/or building material industry.
- A minimum of 3-5 years of buying or material & transportation purchasing experience.
- Experience with larger ERP such as JD Edwards
- Ability to analyze material sales and movement history
- Ability to meet deadlines, strong organizational skills.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Excellent knowledge of various masonry materials.
- Strong computer skills - Word, Excel, etc.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage relationships both internally and externally.
- Strong problem solving.
This job description is not intended to be all inclusive, and as such the employee will also be required to perform other reasonably related business duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or other management personnel as required.
Glen-Gery offers a competitive salary and benefits including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance and 401(k) plan.
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