Description

In day‑to‑day duties, the Purchasing Manager will manage vendor relationships, place orders, maintain purchase orders, and coordinate pick‑ups and deliveries. They will evaluate material availability, pricing, terms, dimensions, quality, and logistics with the Projects team, purchase for both inventory and individual projects, track orders through delivery, and ensure materials are received, tagged, staged, and delivered to their final shop destination. Additionally, they will supervise a driver and streamline daily driver dispatch to keep materials moving efficiently.

Beyond execution, the manager will shape purchasing processes at Axiom by establishing vendor guidelines, determining when competitive quotes are required, and overseeing purchasing activities for authorized team members. They will maintain material and vendor databases, nurture strong vendor relationships, and collaborate with project management, engineering, accounting, estimating, and leadership teams. The role also contributes to operational strategy by forecasting large expenses, identifying inventory needs, standardizing material evaluation criteria, and informing internal teams about market conditions during weekly production meetings.

• Lead all purchasing and receiving activities as a solo department.
• Manage vendor relationships, place orders, and maintain purchase orders.
• Coordinate pick‑ups, deliveries, and supervise driver dispatch.
• Evaluate material availability, pricing, quality, and logistics with project teams.
• Purchase for inventory and individual projects; track orders to final shop destination.
• Establish vendor guidelines and competitive quote processes.
• Maintain material and vendor databases; forecast large expenses and inventory needs.
• Collaborate across project management, engineering, accounting, estimating, and leadership.
• Ensure on‑time delivery, budget adherence, and organized purchase records.

Requirements

The company is seeking a highly organized, detail‑driven Purchasing Manager who will effectively run a department of one, leading purchasing and receiving functions and supporting projects from concept through installation. This role sits at the center of operations, ensuring the right materials arrive at the right time, in the right condition, and within project constraints.

The ideal candidate brings prior experience in purchasing, procurement, or a related business role within fabrication, project‑based, or manufacturing environments. They possess deep knowledge of fabrication materials such as woods, metals, plastics, finishes, and consumables, and can quickly learn machine capabilities and fabrication constraints. Understanding of rental vehicles and site equipment (e.g., box trucks, trailers, scissor lifts) and experience booking air travel, ground transportation, and lodging for install teams are required. Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills, as well as the ability to manage time, priorities, and spatial details confidently, are essential.

Reporting to the Head of Finance, this position thrives in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment that evolves with client needs and industry conditions. Success is measured by on‑time delivery of purchased items, accuracy of purchases within budget and project constraints, and well‑maintained, organized purchase orders.

• Required: experience in purchasing/procurement within fabrication or manufacturing; knowledge of woods, metals, plastics, finishes; familiarity with rental vehicles and site equipment; ability to book travel and lodging.
• Required: strong negotiation, interpersonal, time‑management, and spatial‑detail skills.

Benefits

Axiom promotes hard work while putting health and family first, offering growth opportunities, a competitive salary, paid holidays, 401k and Roth investment options, and medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependent coverage. After the second year, employees accrue four weeks of PTO, and the office is dog‑friendly.

The salary range for this role is $80,000–$90,000. Interested candidates can learn more about Axiom’s capabilities at www.axiomcustom.com and view project examples on Instagram. If you enjoy owning the purchasing process end‑to‑end, working closely with project teams, and making a tangible impact, we welcome your application; a brief cover letter should explain why we should consider you.

• Benefits: $80‑$90 k salary, paid holidays, 401k & Roth options, medical/dental/vision insurance (dependents covered), PTO accrual (4 weeks after year 2), growth opportunities, dog‑friendly office.

Training + Development

Interview process

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