Maintenance & Construction, Purchasing Specialist; Year-Round

Silver Dollar City - Maintenance & Construction, Purchasing Specialist (Year-Round)

Job Category: Maintenance & Construction

Requisition Number: MCPUR
010884

• Posted :
  September 10, 2026
• Full-Time

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Branson, MO 65616, USA

This is a Full-Time Year-Round Position. Please submit a resume.

Job Summary:

The Purchasing Agent is responsible for procuring goods and services needed to support Maintenance & Construction and facility operations while ensuring purchases meet company requirements for cost, quality, availability, and delivery.

This position works with internal departments and suppliers to obtain materials, equipment, parts, and services; prepare and process purchase orders; monitor outstanding orders; resolve purchasing issues; and maintain accurate procurement records.

The Purchasing Agent is expected to develop productive vendor relationships, identify appropriate sources of supply, obtain competitive pricing when required, and help ensure materials and services are available when needed to support safe and efficient operations.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, 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 accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Purchase materials, parts, equipment, supplies, and services in accordance with company policies and established purchasing procedures.
• Review purchase requests to ensure information, specifications, quantities, account information, approvals, and other required documentation are complete.
• Identify and research potential suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and service providers.
• Obtain pricing, quotations, availability, lead times, and other information necessary to fulfill purchasing requirements.
• Obtain competitive bids or quotations when required by company policy or when beneficial to the company.
• Compare supplier quotations based on price, availability, delivery, quality, specifications, service, and other applicable requirements.
• Work with requestors to clarify specifications, quantities, delivery requirements, substitutions, and other purchasing needs.
• Prepare, review, issue, and maintain purchase orders.
• Confirm supplier receipt and acknowledgement of purchase orders and verify pricing, quantities, delivery dates, freight terms, and other order information.
• Monitor open purchase orders and follow up with suppliers regarding order status and expected delivery dates.
• Expedite critical, emergency, delayed, or high-priority orders when necessary.
• Communicate potential shortages, delays, substitutions, or other purchasing issues to affected departments.
• Coordinate with Shipping, Receiving, Inventory, Maintenance & Construction, Finance, and other departments to resolve purchasing and delivery issues.
• Review discrepancies involving pricing, quantities, damaged materials, incorrect shipments, backorders, and other supplier-related issues.
• Assist with returns, credits, replacements, warranty claims, and other vendor resolutions.
• Build and maintain professional relationships with suppliers, manufacturers, contractors, and internal customers.
• Evaluate supplier performance and communicate significant concerns regarding quality, pricing, service, reliability, or delivery.
• Identify opportunities for improved pricing, alternative suppliers, product substitutions, and other purchasing efficiencies.
• Negotiate routine pricing, delivery schedules, freight terms, discounts, and other purchasing conditions within assigned authority.
• Maintain awareness of market conditions, material availability, product changes, and supplier lead times that may affect operations.
• Receive, verify, and process invoices as required.
• Research and resolve purchase order and involve discrepancies.
• Maintain accurate purchase order, vendor, quotation, and purchasing records utilizing company systems and established procedures.
• Ensure purchasing documentation complies with company policies, approval requirements, and record-retention procedures.
• Maintain appropriate confidentiality regarding pricing, supplier information, contracts, financial information, and other proprietary business information.
• Provide purchasing status updates and information to internal customers and leadership as requested.
• Assist other Purchasing Agents and Procurement personnel during periods of increased workload or…