Procurement Specialist in Henderson, Nevada

Senior Floral Buyer / Floral Purchasing Manager

Las Vegas Floral & Plant Wholesale is looking for an experienced Senior Floral Buyer / Floral Purchasing Manager to own the sourcing and procurement function for our fresh-cut flowers, greens, foliage, and plant products. This is a role for someone who genuinely knows flowers - varieties, grades, seasonality, growing regions, vase life, and the realities of a perishable supply chain - and who can turn that knowledge into consistent product availability, strong vendor relationships, and healthy margins.

You'll manage relationships with domestic and international growers, farms, importers, and wholesalers; negotiate pricing, freight, and payment terms; and make daily purchasing decisions that balance customer demand against the realities of a perishable, seasonal product. This is not an entry-level purchasing role, and it's not a clerical order-entry position - it's a role with real ownership over what we buy, from whom, and at what cost, working in close coordination with ownership, sales, and warehouse operations.

About the Company Las Vegas Floral & Plant Wholesale is a wholesale floral and plant distributor based in Las Vegas, Nevada, supplying flowers, greens, and plants to florists, event companies, hotels, casinos, designers, and other commercial customers throughout the region. We source from both domestic and international vendors and are investing in stronger systems, purchasing discipline, and vendor development as we grow.

• Product Sourcing and Purchasing
  • Source fresh-cut flowers, greens, foliage, plants, and related products from domestic and international vendors based on customer demand, sales history, seasonality, standing orders, special events, and holiday requirements
  • Maintain the right balance between product availability and overbuying
  • Identify alternate sources when preferred varieties, colors, grades, or vendors are unavailable
  • Develop new grower, farm, importer, and wholesaler relationships to reduce dependence on any
  • Apply working knowledge of varieties, grades, stem lengths, colors, growing regions, seasons, pack sizes, and vase life to every purchasing decision
• Vendor Management and Negotiation
  • Build and maintain professional relationships with growers, farms, importers, wholesalers, and freight providers
  • Negotiate pricing, volume commitments, standing orders, seasonal programs, payment terms, freight terms, and service expectations
  • Evaluate vendors on more than unit price - quality, consistency, fill rate, freight, claims support, and total landed cost
  • Hold vendors accountable for quality problems, shortages, substitutions, and missed deliveries
  • Maintain backup vendors for critical, high-volume products
• Cost and Margin Management
  • Secure the best reasonable quality at the most favorable total landed cost, not just the lowest unit price
  • Track freight, fuel surcharges, handling fees, import charges, and other costs affecting profitability
  • Monitor purchasing against sales pricing and margin expectations
  • Flag significant cost changes to management and sales, and recommend pricing or sourcing adjustments when market conditions shift
• Demand Planning and Inventory
  • Build purchasing plans from sales history, current inventory, standing orders, and upcoming events and holidays
  • Monitor fast- and slow-moving products to minimize spoilage, shrink, and unnecessary aging
  • Maintain FIFO product rotation where appropriate
  • Adjust purchasing quickly in response to shifts in demand, availability, or weather
  • Support purchasing for major floral holidays and events - Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, weddings, conventions, and hotel events
• Market Monitoring
  • Track floral market conditions, growing seasons, crop availability, weather events, and transportation disruptions
  • Monitor pricing, quality, and availability trends
  • Identify emerging varieties, colors, and design trends worth sourcing
  • Communicate market changes before they affect inventory, customers, or margins
• Quality Control and Claims
  • Set and enforce quality expectations with vendors
  • Review quality issues - freshness, hydration, disease, damage, incorrect variety or color, poor…