Accelerate your career at the largest 100% Family-Owned Tire & Automotive Dealer in the U.S. Lead a multi-unit team for one the most innovative and high-growth companies in the US, in one of the most innovative industries, Automotive Service!
Since our founder, Chip Wood, opened the doors to the first Tire Discounters over 45years ago, we have been raising the bar in the tire and automotive service business. As the country’s largest family-owned and operated automotive service provider, we've separated ourselves by treating customers and their cars with care and respect while focusing on transparency in pricing and providing the highest level of service. Now with new products and services needed to maintain modern vehicles, Tire Discounters and its many other brands like Chip’s Auto Glass and Butler Tires and Wheels are growing and expanding like wildfire.
Over 2000 strong, our team members are the best in the business, a true employer of choice. We separate ourselves by providing a variety of career paths, industry-leading training and development programs, clear advancement tracks, comprehensive benefit plans, and more!
Position Overview
The Purchasing Specialist - Indirect Services role will support the purchasing team and category management team in executing tactics in product, pricing, promotions, and inventory placement to support overall strategy objectives of the organization across diverse business categories such as tires, parts, and service.
The primary responsibilities of this role involve conducting comprehensive market research, collaborating with stakeholders to build robust data sets, and executing product assortment objectives. This involves not only identifying the most suitable products for inclusion in the inventory, but also establishing optimal stocking levels to ensure efficient supply chain management and meet customer demand effectively and thus, driving the organization’s success in the competitive marketplace.
What You Will Be Doing
Build and update SKUs with vendor information and supporting stores, ensuring alignment with store requirements.
Conduct thorough research on competitive retail pricing to inform pricing strategies.
Update, upload cost and retail price changes accurately and in a timely manner.
Facilitate smooth product transitions and implementing changes to stocking level plans for stores across various business categories.
Update and manage reports across multiple data sets to track performance to inform decision making processes.
Regularly update and distribute reoccurring reports to strategic vendors to maintain and foster strong relationships.
Monitor inventory levels and implement replenishment measures to maintain adequate stock levels while minimizing excess inventory and associated costs.
Execute purchase orders efficiently to ensure timely procurement of products.
Evaluate and assist in the performance reviews of suppliers and vendors to identify areas for improvement and maintain strong supplier relationships.
Provide support to other members of the purchasing and category management teams as needed.
Undertake ad hoc and special projects as assigned to support departmental objectives and strategic initiatives.
What You’ll Bring With You
Knowledge and understanding of procurement principles, procedures and best practices, including sourcing strategies and vendor management.
Basic understanding of contract management practices, supply chain concepts and logistics processes including inventory management and distribution network.
Ability to conduct market research and analysis to identify trends, competitive landscaping and pricing dynamics.
Basic understanding of financial concepts such as cost analysis, budgeting and profitability metrics to inform procurement decisions.
Ability to assess and prioritize objectives effectively, ensuring alignment with business priorities.
Ability to work effectively in a team environment, fostering collaboration.
Comfort level in navigating ambiguous situations, flexibility in approach, adaptability and agility in responding to business problems and opportunities.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, keen attention to detail, accuracy and critical thinking.
A developed sense of integrity and ability to uphold the highest ethical standards.
Possess a creative, innovative, and disruptive mindset, constantly looking for solutions.
Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, Excel, and Word. Proficiency with procurement software and tools is a plus.
What You’ll Get In Return
At Tire Discounters, you’ll roll with the best team in the business, great people who genuinely care and support each other. Since day one, we’ve been family-owned and operated, and though we’ve grown a lot over the years, we’ve never lost sight of treating everyone as part of the family—We want to see you tHRive!
We know solid compensation and benefits programs are vitally important to you and your family. Whether it be medical coverage for today or retirement planning for the future, align your needs and goals with the comprehensive total rewards program we offer!
We provide outstanding opportunities to build your professional skill set. We invest in all team members with a robust training program (classroom and online) including fully paid ASE training and a generous tool discount program for Tire Technicians and Service Technicians. Accelerate the pace of your growth and development of your team members with Tire Discounters.
As we continue to grow, so will the many career opportunities for our team members. Hustle, hard work, and doing the right thing are recognized and rewarded at Tire Discounters, so you’re in the driver’s seat when it comes to career advancement. Many of our leaders started out as Tire Technicians in our business… even our CEO!
Whether in our stores or our home once, there are a variety of roads to success at Tire Discounters. Reach your desired destination by following one of our well-defined career paths or challenge the status quo and chart your own course!
Key Responsibilities
Conduct thorough research to become the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for your assigned categories.
Manage day-to-day business needs for your categories.
Execute purchase orders efficiently to ensure the timely procurement of services, as applicable.
Manage reporting across multiple vendors, categories, and locations.
Track performance and spending and identify action items for improvement.
Develop, implement, and monitor Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with vendors.
Evaluate and assist in the performance reviews of suppliers and vendors.
Identify areas for improvement and maintain strong supplier relationships.
Provide support to other members of the purchasing and category management teams as needed.