Job Description
The Inventory Purchasing Specialist supports the execution of inventory purchasing plans for our apparel division, ensuring accurate, timely flow of goods from purchase through receipt. This role is responsible for maintaining precise delivery and inventory data, communicating status updates to key stakeholders, and supporting operational efficiency to meet sales and customer service requirements. The Specialist coordinates purchase orders, monitors deliveries, manages back-order reporting, and works closely with vendors, logistics, distribution centers, and accounting to ensure accurate, on-time product availability.
Responsibilities: • Monitor delivery timelines and distribution center receipts; update packing slips and purchase orders and communicate status to Sales and Customer Service teams. • Execute the upload and distribution of official purchase orders for apparel and accessories; set up and maintain Purchase Agreements with Product and Sourcing teams. • Manage mid-month back-order reporting, update shipment databases, match invoices to purchase orders, and forward accurate documentation to Accounting. • Coordinate with vendors and Logistics to track delivery schedules and ensure all changes are reflected accurately in the AGS system for Available-to-Promise (ATP). • Support our Distribution Center and Accounts Payable with invoicing issues; ensure footwear and glove purchase orders in M3 are accurate, including freight, dates, quantities, and cancellations. • Submit and track new item setup and change requests through the PLC Database to ensure timely and accurate item creation.
Qualifications: • High school diploma or equivalent. • 3+ years of administrative experience supporting finished goods purchasing. • Strong attention to detail, mathematical ability, and organizational skills. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. • Proficiency in Excel; experience with inventory planning tools (e.g., Demand Solutions) preferred. • Pay range is $27-30/hr
The staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly, never provide banking information during the application process and always double check the email address of the Recruiter to ensure it's from an official Planet domain (@theplanetgroup.com or @launchcg.com) - and not a domain with an alternative extension like .net, .org or .jobs.
The Planet Group and our companies are equal opportunity employers. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.
The Inventory Purchasing Specialist supports the execution of inventory purchasing plans for our apparel division, ensuring accurate, timely flow of goods from purchase through receipt. This role is responsible for maintaining precise delivery and inventory data, communicating status updates to key stakeholders, and supporting operational efficiency to meet sales and customer service requirements. The Specialist coordinates purchase orders, monitors deliveries, manages back-order reporting, and works closely with vendors, logistics, distribution centers, and accounting to ensure accurate, on-time product availability.
Responsibilities: • Monitor delivery timelines and distribution center receipts; update packing slips and purchase orders and communicate status to Sales and Customer Service teams. • Execute the upload and distribution of official purchase orders for apparel and accessories; set up and maintain Purchase Agreements with Product and Sourcing teams. • Manage mid-month back-order reporting, update shipment databases, match invoices to purchase orders, and forward accurate documentation to Accounting. • Coordinate with vendors and Logistics to track delivery schedules and ensure all changes are reflected accurately in the AGS system for Available-to-Promise (ATP). • Support our Distribution Center and Accounts Payable with invoicing issues; ensure footwear and glove purchase orders in M3 are accurate, including freight, dates, quantities, and cancellations. • Submit and track new item setup and change requests through the PLC Database to ensure timely and accurate item creation.
Qualifications: • High school diploma or equivalent. • 3+ years of administrative experience supporting finished goods purchasing. • Strong attention to detail, mathematical ability, and organizational skills. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. • Proficiency in Excel; experience with inventory planning tools (e.g., Demand Solutions) preferred. • Pay range is $27-30/hr
The staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly, never provide banking information during the application process and always double check the email address of the Recruiter to ensure it's from an official Planet domain (@theplanetgroup.com or @launchcg.com) - and not a domain with an alternative extension like .net, .org or .jobs.
The Planet Group and our companies are equal opportunity employers. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.