Senior Buyer - Tucker, GA

Senior Buyer

Tucker, Georgia, United States

Empower your Future at One of the Nation's Leading Independent Electrical Distributors!

At U.S. Electrical Services, Inc. (USESI), we combine over 100 years of expertise, $150M+ in inventory, and the power of 2,000+ dedicated employees across 150 locations to deliver excellence every day. As a family of 14 regional businesses, we thrive on innovation and teamwork, empowering our people to shape the future of the electrical industry.

Lade Electric Supply, an affiliate of USESI, is looking for a Senior Electrical Supply Buyer to join our team. This position will be located in our Tucker, GA location.

The Electrical Supply Buyer is responsible for purchasing electrical materials and equipment while maintaining appropriate inventory levels, competitive costs, product availability, and strong supplier relationships.

• Purchase electrical supplies, including wire, conduit, fittings, breakers, panels, lighting, controls, switch gear, and related products.
• Review inventory, sales demand, open orders, lead times, and forecasts to determine purchasing needs.
• Create and manage purchase orders, including pricing, quantities, delivery dates, and special requirements.
• Negotiate with manufacturers and vendors to obtain competitive pricing, freight, and purchasing terms.
• Monitor and expedite purchase orders to prevent shortages and meet customer and project requirements.
• Maintain appropriate inventory levels while reducing excess, dead, obsolete, slow-moving, and reserved inventory.
• Develop strong relationships with manufacturers, representatives, and suppliers.
• Identify alternative products and suppliers when materials are unavailable, discontinued, or have extended lead times.
• Work with sales, operations, warehouse, and accounting to resolve purchasing, inventory, pricing, and receiving issues.
• Monitor market conditions, manufacturer price changes, product availability, and supply-chain risks.
• Maintain accurate vendor, cost, lead-time, and product information in the ERP system.
• Evaluate supplier performance based on price, availability, delivery, quality, and service.

• Purchasing, inventory, or electrical distribution experience preferred.
• Knowledge of electrical products and manufacturers.
• Strong negotiation, analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Proficiency with ERP systems and Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced distribution environment.

Product availability and fill rate, inventory turns, management of dead and reserved inventory, purchasing cost and margin impact, supplier performance, PO accuracy, on-time delivery, and effective shortage prevention.

At USESI, we believe that our benefits should make a difference-to you, your job, and the life you lead outside of work. We are dedicated to supporting our most valuable asset, our employees!

Full-time employees are eligible for the following comprehensive benefit plan:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx coverage
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tele Medicine
• Matching 401(k)
• Company-paid Life Insurance + (AD&D)
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Choice of Voluntary Benefits including identity theft

It is the policy of USESI and its affiliates to consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

USESI is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need an accommodation to apply for a job, please contact the Human Resources department at

2050 Mtn Indust Blvd, Tucker, Georgia 30084, United States

$90,000 - 95,000 per year