Customer Service and Purchasing Representative
Job description
Charles McMurray Co is looking to add experienced Purchasers to our team!
Our Customer Service & Purchasing Representatives are Real Experts, providing exceptional service and product knowledge to our woodworking professional customers. We supply hardware, but we sell the by-product of our values – our service. We like to refer to our service as Genuine Hardware Hospitality, because our customer service team is ready, reliable and provides personalized support to our customers.
All of our success and dedicated focus on our customers begins with the 140 people working at Charles McMurray Co (CMC), divided amongst our Fresno headquarters and our Sacramento satellite branch. We are a motivated, hard-working, enthusiastic, family-oriented group.
In this role you will support all customer activities for order placement, issue resolution and completion of orders for warehouse fulfillment. This position is also responsible for the purchasing and marketing of assigned vendor lines, as the buyer. Includes ongoing communication and interaction with sales, customers, vendors and other departments of company. This is a full time, non-union position.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Customer Service - Receiving sales orders on the telephone; pro-actively cultivating a loyal following among new and existing customers as well as entering fax/email/web orders.
- Buyer –Buyers are responsible for purchasing and marketing buyer lines; vendor negotiations, product promotions and flier participation. Participating in and presenting at our bi-monthly sales meetings is also a requirement.
- Ecommerce Management – Processing ecommerce orders submitted via EDI and email. Managing claims, cancellations and tracking.
- Help Desk - Solving customer problems, processing pick-ups, tracing shipments, filing freight claims, and obtaining PODs.
Qualifications Include:
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in customer service
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in purchasing
- BA/BS preferred
- Excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills.
- Fluency in Spanish or Mandarin Chinese and English preferred.
- Customer focused with an aptitude for working through complex customer issues.
- Outstanding telephone etiquette and customer focused, professional written communication skills.
- Self-disciplined and highly motivated.
- Organization skills and ability to handle multiple tasks.
- Positive, out-going personality.
- Proficient typing (50wpm) and Microsoft Office skills.
Compensation
Competitive starting pay dependent upon candidate's unique set of qualifications.
We have great benefits too! The company offers medical insurance, self-insured dental, 401k with company match and a profit sharing plan. Additionally, all employees are eligible for a quarterly incentive bonus. We have generous holiday, floating holiday, vacation as well as sick leave benefits. We believe in work life balance and also offer many events throughout the year for employees including Christmas breakfast with Santa for employees and families, quarterly luncheons, sales luncheons, baseball games, bowling tournaments and other get-togethers. Our CMCares Volunteer group offers employees a chance to get involved in great causes in our community.
Working conditions
Office work environment. Company headquarters also includes a warehouse setting. Hybrid work schedule (home/office) available once employee reaches full proficiency.
Physical requirements
Able to do the essential functions of office position. This includes bending, stooping, kneeling and repetitive functions related to standard office - desk role.
Hours
Must be available between the hours of 7:00AM – 6:00PM. Regular schedules are between 7:30AM and 5:30PM, with weekly meetings scheduled before the work day. Regular overtime required as needed.
Direct reports
None
Accommodations
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Charles McMurray Co. is an equal employment opportunity employer.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $22.00 - $28.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Profit sharing
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus pay
Education:
- Bachelor's (Preferred)
Experience:
- Customer service: 3 years (Preferred)
- Purchasing: 3 years (Preferred)
Language:
- Mandarin Chinese or Spanish (Preferred)
Work Location: One location
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