Purchasing Coordinator

A Purchasing Coordinator supports production with purchased materials to fabricate windows and doors. It is their responsibility to obtain the appropriate quantity of goods in a professional, reliable, and responsive manner at the negotiated price while meeting quality, schedule, and performance requirements specified by the Marvin company.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Place Purchase Orders and Work Orders: Use MRP systems to manage purchase and work orders, ensuring material availability for production.
• Review Open Order Reports: Address past due purchase orders.
• Review Shortage Reports: Monitor and prioritize critical shortages, communicating with suppliers and stakeholders for expedited deliveries.
• Process Material Reject Reports: Follow standardized processes for material rejects, ensuring production materials meet specifications.
• Request Backhauls: Coordinate logistics to optimize deliveries and reduce transportation costs.
• SOL/Skips and Shortage Maintenance: Identify and communicate solutions for material shortages.
• Critical WIP Counts: Validate non-nettable inventory to prevent production disruptions.
• Review Accounts Payable invoicing for accuracy.
• Place PO's for Requisition Requests: Purchase indirect materials using the requisition approval process.
• Update MRP Drivers: Ensure MRP system parameters are current and accurate for optimal inventory management.
• Update historical production data in the forecasting system.

• Computer proficiency (ICIM, Word, Excel)
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to read and understand material prints and specifications
• Understanding of material quality requirements, processes and procedures
• Ability to analyze inventory usage and requirements
• Leadership skills
• Purchasing processes and systems knowledge
• Negotiating skills
• 2 or 4-year business-related degree is preferable
• Prior purchasing experience is a plus
• Knowledge/experience of Marvin product

From people to products, Marvin is committed to creating better ways of living. When you join this family-owned and -led window and door company, you belong to a community full of opportunities.

For more than a century, weve been at the forefront of designing, building, and engineering premium, award-winning products. Today, Marvin is also proud to have been named a Top Large Employer by Forbes Magazine two years in a row, in 2024 and 2025. With operations in 19 cities across North America, we manufacture Marvins quality products, including Infinity Replacement Windows and Doors, and TruStile Doors. Together, we uphold our values and foster a culture where safety and the wellbeing of our people comes first.

We take a better living approach with benefits to support you at work and beyond. From day one, you will enjoy health insurance, paid holidays, paid parental leave, a 401(k) retirement savings match and more!

Some of our unique and most popular benefits include:

• $300 annual wellbeing account to spend on what helps you feel happy + healthy
• Better Living Day! (a paid day off to go have some fun)
• Annual profit sharing recognizing everyones contribution to Marvins success
• Giving at Marvin participate in organized volunteer opportunities
• Brighter Days Fund financial support from your colleagues and the Marvin family during personal hardships

Join the more than 8,000 Marvin team members to experience these benefits and more. Apply today!

This job posting is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities of the employee. Accommodation may be made to enable an individual with a disability to perform the essential functions of the position. Any employment offer depends on completing a background check and drug screen to company standards.