What are the responsibilities and job description for the Kitchen & Bath Asistant Buyer position at LMC?
LMC is a leading buying group for a network of independent 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 Kitchen and Bath Assistant Buyer provides administrative support for the Kitchen & Bath Senior Manager and Buyers. The incumbent is responsible for the quoting and ordering of K&B products for our dealer base. This will include follow up, order placement with suppliers, processing RGAs and handling issues as they arise. In addition, this role is responsible for communication and marketing to our designer base. This position has the responsibility of becoming completely familiar with the terms and conditions of sale for each product grouping and be familiar with all aspects of the complete transaction. The assistant will interact with the dealer base and assist the buyers through managing a product category and a limited number of dealers designated by the senior manager. This position requires work in our office Monday through Thursday, with the option to work remotely on Fridays, as well as the first Monday of each month.
Primary Responsibilities :
Administrative Support :
- Provide administrative support to the department.
- Maintain pricing updates.
- Assist in organizing training events, webinars and shows.
- Maintain the database for all K&B dealers, designers, and vendors.
- Assist in supporting projects for our private label, ModernView.
- Handle incoming telephone calls and email management.
- Coordinate preparation of reports generated within organizational unit to ensure appropriate personnel / customers receive information in a timely manner.
- Relay messages and decisions to management, and other internal personnel and external personnel, to keep them informed of project or program status and performance.
- Assist with the distribution of the monthly newsletter.
- Post vendor and industry updates.
Buyer Support :
Customer Service Support :
Qualifications :
Why join LMC?
LMC supplies products and services to the home building industry, which is seeing considerable growth with exciting new products, advanced building technologies, and home improvement innovations. The LMC team uses its knowledge and expertise in an entrepreneurial atmosphere to further the growth of our independent member companies. The average tenure of LMC staff is fifteen years or more, and there is a strong sense of camaraderie and pride in our customer-focused culture. Being a part of an established forest products and building materials buying group that helps locally owned, independent businesses succeed is truly a rewarding experience.
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