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Are you ready to be part of a diverse team that values hard work, exceptional customer service, and continuous innovation? At Dfab, you’ll have the opportunity to thrive in a fast-paced environment with high standards, where we work and learn together to create forward-thinking solutions for our customers. We cultivate a welcoming, fulfilling, and growth-oriented work environment, ensuring safety and personal development for all our team members. If you’re driven by curiosity and excited about making an impact, we’d love to have you on board.
Our Success and Industry Recognition
Our success and industry recognition is the result of our team’s amazing work ethic, outstanding customer service, and relentless curiosity that drives innovation. We maintain high standards, always striving to exceed expectations. Together, we maintain a culture that inspires excellence and fosters collaboration, ensuring we remain at the forefront of our industry.
Our mission
To use creativity, craftsmanship, and extraordinary service in every partnership to promote success for our customers, our people, and our community.
Our Open Positions
Explore our open positions, below, to discover the perfect opportunity for you. If you are looking for your next career move, we want to hear from you! Become part of our dynamic team that’s shaping the future of our industry!
Purchasing Coordinator
Essential Functions of The Job
- Conduct research to identify the best suppliers, services, goods, vendors, and manufacturers to purchase from
- Use research to find and maintain suppliers who are reliable, cost-efficient and produce quality products
- Critically assess suppliers, products and services and negotiate the best possible deals
- Performing vendor research and selection to enhance profitability, reducing operating costs and boosting efficiency
- Regularly monitor inventory levels to help understand purchasing needs and schedule orders
- Work closely with suppliers and vendors to review cost proposals and negotiate prices and contracts
- Once products are ordered, responsible for keeping and filing records of these purchase orders, contracts, receipts, and transactions
- Work with warehouse staff to compare deliveries with purchase orders to identify discrepancies
- Conduct ongoing market research to identify beneficial purchase agreements and potential vendors
- Managing purchase orders, overseeing shipping schedules and maintaining purchase records
- Using quarterly and annual data to determine purchasing needs and performing inventory management
- Signing and reviewing purchasing agreements with vendors, monitoring their performance and renegotiating contracts
- Maintaining cordial working relationships with vendors and supervising vendor activities
- Other duties as assigned by a manager or supervisor.
- Responsible for following all company policies as stated in the Dfab employee handbook.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Negotiation skills
- Analytical skills
- Vendor Management
- Knowledge of signage industry and materials strongly preferred (woods, metals, vinyl, pvc, gator foam, styrene, Sintra, acrylics, etc.)
- Judgement and decision – making skills
- Interpersonal skills; ability to effectively communicate with cross-functional team members
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Facilitate communication between internal departments and teams in order to resolve any issues related to purchased items
Working conditions
- Office / desk environment with occasional visits on the shop floor of the warehouse.
- Extensive reading of papers or electronic documents on a computer monitor.
- Sitting for extended hours.
- Possible local travel to meet with vendors.
Direct Reports
None