Regional Purchasing Agent

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Working at Reece & Fortiline means being part of a growing global company that brings our purpose and values to life every day. We celebrate our team members living our values and provide opportunities to build a long and remarkable career. We’re proud to support essential industries helping bring clean air and water to everyone. To learn more about our purpose and values, visit our career site at

A successful Purchasing Agent must have excellent communication skills and interact with and work well with others in our fast paced and ever changing industry. This person must have excellent customer service skills.

• Purchasing inventory
• Overseeing annual turnover of inventory
• Maintaining sufficient inventory levels to support sales requirements
• Negotiating prices and terms with vendors
• Communicating prices and market conditions to Manager and sales personnel
• Selecting which vendors to utilize
• Other duties as assigned

• High school education or equivalent is required
• Must have two years of branch experience in industry or equivalent knowledge of the industry
• Must have 10-key and computer experience with Microsoft Office
• Good organizational and interpersonal skills required
• Attention to detail and mental concentration are necessary for accurately performing tasks and handling frequent interruptions

• Attendance – Ability to maintain the scheduled days and hours, including onsite presence at the assigned location as specified.
• Physical Capacities – Lift up to 25 pounds on occasion, sitting and standing for extended periods.
• Operation of Office Equipment – Job requires operation of equipment common to office settings, including computers, copiers, and other office equipment, including Near Vision, Manual Dexterity, and working in proximity to equipment.
• Oral Communication Skills – Speaking, Speech Clarity, and Speech Recognition.
• Written Communication Skills – Writing, Reading and Written Comprehension, and Written Expression.
• Mental Capacities – Achievement/Effort, Active Listening, Adaptability/Flexibility, Analytical Thinking, Attention to Detail, Category Flexibility, Concern for Others, Cooperation and Coordination, Critical Thinking, Deductive Reasoning, Dependability, Independence, Inductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Initiative, Innovation, Maintenance of Relationships, Integrity, Oral Comprehension and Expression, Problem Sensitivity, Selective Attention, Self‑Control, Service Orientation, Social Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, Stress Tolerance, Support, and Time Management.

• Medical and Dental Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid Time Off (PTO) - plus paid holidays
• Parental Leave

• Vision
• Long-term Disability
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Additional Voluntary Benefits through Corestream

We're an equal opportunity employer and we welcome diversity and inclusion! Reece USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer— Employer Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, and any other status protected by law.

• Associate

• Full-time

• Purchasing and Supply Chain

• Wholesale

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