What are the responsibilities and job description for the Purchasing Specialist position at Rios Inc?
Description
RIOS is an international design collective. We are actively in pursuit of wonder within the design of the built environment. We believe design is an act of optimism through which invention and ideas change the world. We practice interconnected design across architecture, placemaking, and landscape architecture to define design as a continuum.
We follow a process that begins with attunement, where program and context shape strong conceptual thinking to establish a holistically informed big idea through which we develop form, confirm function, and define experience as the basis on which to explore ecology, material, and tectonic expression. We are known for our bold solutions that are inclusive of the wider context and are ever mindful that an interdisciplinary approach to design brings about inclusive, resilient, and original solutions that ensure diversity and resilience.
We have an immediate opening for a detailed- oriented and highly organized purchasing professional to help support our growing office. The Purchasing Specialist will serve as the main point of contact for purchasing requests and assist our design and accounting teams with FF&E procurement. The Purchasing Specialist will report to the Senior Procurement Manager.
Primary responsibilities include:
- Purchasing interior furnishing packages
- Serving as a liaison between vendors, sub- contractors and internal teams to obtain approval for estimated costs within budget and establish payment, delivery and installation schedules and other logistics
- Sourcing vendors, issuing RFPs and negotiating pricing for multiple project. Creating, managing and tracking all purchase orders, invoices and client payments
- Reconciling and preparing invoices, purchase receipts and payments for general ledger entry and record keeping
All positions at RIOS are hybrid with three days in office.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
- 4 years of related experience in an accounting role, with at least 2 years of demonstrated experience focused on purchasing. Experience in an interior design, hospitality or manufacturing firm preferred
- Working knowledge of accounting principles, sales tax ordinances and general ledger reconciliations
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organization skills to coordinate and track purchase requests, received orders, deliveries
- Expert level knowledge of Microsoft office, specifically Microsoft Excel; experience with Deltek or similar ERP systems preferred
