Buyer, Business

LMC is a leading buying group for a network of independent family-owned building material companies across the US. As their buying group, LMC negotiates and facilitates procurement opportunities for the most desired brands in the lumber and building materials industry. We also work to provide operational support with focus on logistics, capital equipment, technology, and marketing. By leveraging the billion dollar buying power of our members, LMC ensures our members have a competitive edge to capture more of their local market share.

The Buyer interacts with LMC’s members regarding their program requirements. The incumbent identifies the best source to obtain the products and/or services, negotiating an optimal price while providing high quality customer service to our members. The Buyer is responsible for ensuring the purchase is made to the specifications of the member. This position supports members with purchasing needs and is authorized to negotiate price and program enhancements with approved vendor sources.

The Buyer is responsible for increasing share of the dealer’s business in regard to their vendor program responsibility.

Typically, the Buyer is assigned a specific product line or category specialty. The incumbent negotiates purchases for the Stockholders and manages the vendor programs for the applicable category.

• Proactively contacts members through both phone and electronic communication channels to build relationships, learn about business needs, promote programs and special offers designed to provide the best combination of price, quality and product availability.
• Maintains good relationships with the supplier base, striving for high level vendor connections on key vendor lines.
• Develops and maintains knowledge of all product lines within area of responsibility.
• Provides the highest level of support and customer service to LMC members and ensures dealer problems are solved in a timely manner.
• With assistance from management, develops a strategic plan to optimize sales for assigned product groups. Executes the agreed upon strategic plan.
• Improves market penetration with LMC members for assigned product lines by professionally driving sales and servicing assigned accounts, meeting assigned volume targets.
• Identifies opportunities for competitive programs for new suppliers or product categories that meet LMC’s members’ needs. With assistant from management conducts analysis and negotiates programs.
• Implements, promotes and maintains purchasing programs designed to provide the best possible combination of price, quality and product availability at the best price.
• Solves and identifies solutions for routine problems. Addresses issues and handles conversations with members and suppliers. Elevates more complex problems and conversations to management.
• Analyzes purchase data for assigned dealers and possesses a solid understanding of dealer’s businesses.
• Visits dealer and vendor locations with a manager or senior team member. With assistance develops targeted plans for visits and follows-up with an overview of meeting results.
• Maintains frequent contact with members to ensure orders are accurately expedited and timely delivery is made.
• Examines bids and negotiates prices with dealers, ensuring the best procurement prices while meeting the delivery specifications.
• Maintains current market knowledge of new products and developments in the field and ensures members are informed.
• Interacts with Regional Managers to provide consistent communication regarding Stockholder issues, including sales updates.
• Serves as a liaison with suppliers regarding quality issues, cost reduction efforts and overall performance of the business interaction.
• Participates in LMC…