Landscape Procurement and Purchasing Manager

About us

Ables Landscapes, an award-winning landscape company in Charleston, SC, is seeking a motivated and talented individual to join our team as a Landscape and Construction Procurement Manager. Based in Hollywood, SC, Ables Landscapes has been creating beautiful outdoor living spaces of high-end residential homes in the Lowcountry for over 45 years by providing high-end Design, Build, and Maintenance services. Our desire is to find someone who is most aligned with our values and helpful fulfill our mission which is to glorify God by connecting people to something beautiful.

Job Description

We are seeking an energetic, goal-oriented and self-starting individual to fulfill the role of Landscape and Construction Procurement Manager to support both our Installation Construction and Maintenance Divisions. The ideal candidate is highly motivated, outgoing, has strong communication, organizational, time-management skills and has an eye for innovation and process improvement.

Here's what you’d do:

• Work with designers, project managers, and directors to understand the jobs within the pipeline (timing, budget, plant choices, etc.)
• Assist with sourcing and supplying plants, irrigation, and building material for jobs.
• Build relationships with suppliers to get the best product available at the best cost.
• Coordinate with vendors to obtain products and service information, verify price, availability, and delivery schedule.
• Track long lead items and verify committed delivery dates.
• Discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services with quality control personnel, project managers, and vendors to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.
• Set up purchasing/billing accounts with viable vendors to streamline purchasing.
• Develop and manage stock materials.

You may be a great fit if you:

• Have a Horticulture degree/Horticultural experience
• Have plant knowledge proficiency
• Have garden nursery experience
• Are a self-starter with excellent organizational and time management skills
• Have excellent written and oral communication
• Have good knowledge of construction methods and processes
• Have familiarity with the design-build process

What a winning Procurement Manager would look like:

• A desire to maintain the landscapes of beautiful spaces by providing maintenance services on high end residential properties in the Charleston area from Edisto Island to Sullivan's Island.
• Desire to represent Ables Landscapes with humility and integrity.

Eagerness to display professionalism in the following ways:

• Respectful treatment of and communication with managers, colleagues and clients.
• Displaying a positive attitude.
• Politeness
• Exercising good and ethical judgement.
• Dressing appropriately with a clean and neat appearance.

And somewhat mandatory, we’d love for you to:

• Have a valid Driver’s License with a clean driving record
• Have At least 2 years of landscape maintenance or horticulture experience.

• Standard paid holiday after 90 days.
• 401K with a 4% match after six months.
• Free MUSC Telemedicine use for employees and discounted use for their families.
• One week paid vacation after six months.
• Two weeks paid vacation after one year.
• One additional day of vacation every year after year one of employment for up to 4 weeks of vacation.
• Health insurance available after 90 days with 80% of employee’s premium paid by Ables Landscapes.
• $25,000 Life insurance policy paid for by Ables Landscapes.
• Separate vision and dental insurance plans available.
• Financial assistance with Mental Health support.
• Opportunity to enroll in separate dental, vision, and life insurance plans.
• Quarterly events for employees from festivals to Christmas parties.
• Consistent dream sessions with our Dream Manager.
• Access to learning new languages through Babbel subscription provided by Ables Landscapes.