Be part of a growing, successful company in an exciting and challenging field. Border States is 100% employee-owned, which means you’re empowered to make decisions, find solutions and receive rewards for your hard work.
This position will be located in: Fargo, ND
Job Summary Supports the day-to-day operations of the cost coordination department. Leads the acquisition, analysis, implementation, and management of material costs within the SAP ERP system. Provides support to BSE branch locations for pricing and cost management functions and exemplifies core service standards of being responsive, accurate, responsive and engaged. Leads the master data functions for material creation in SAP. Ensures cost confidence by validating cost accuracy and ensuring costs exist on all active materials. Reviews vendor price changes and works to ensure justification and market relevance and acceptance of all changes. Responsibilities Essential Functions
System Price Management and Maintenance
Leads the acquisition, analysis, implementation, and management of material costs within the SAP ERP system.
Responsible for the recovery and reconciliation of vendor rebate receivables.
Monitors purchase cost accuracy and vendor invoices and resolves discrepancies in procurement costs and supplier rebates when they occur.
Executes and analyzes various reports in SAP to support cost confidence and price validation.
Creates new material records in SAP and manage pricing master data fields.
Customer Service and Cost Confidence
Provides support to branch staff in adherence to BSE service standards of courteous, accurate, responsive and engaged.
Meets/exceeds identified service expectations to Border States branches.
Maintains collaborative relationships with Border States branch and corporate staff as well as assigned vendor contacts.
Monitors adherence to Border States cost confidence initiatives, ensuring no old cost conditions exist, and all active materials have a valid cost available for sale in SAP.
Cost Management and Cost Change Diligence
Reviews price changes from vendors for assigned lines (lists, nets, contracts, rebates) to understand impacts.
Works with vendors to ensure appropriate justification provided for all price changes and works to mitigate price changes not market relevant.
Identifies cost negotiation opportunities and evaluates impacts of newly negotiated costs on sell price strategy.
Non-essential Functions
Supports vendor pricing audits on assigned lines.
Completes branch, customer and manufacturer visits to gain industry and field experience.
Complete required training as needed.
Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor or other designate.
Qualifications
Minimum of a four-year business, technical, engineering or marketing degree preferred or the equivalent in work experience.
Prior customer service, sales or office administration experience with knowledge of operating variety of office equipment and ability to perform various data entry projects preferred.
Prefer strong working knowledge of PC for Windows, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Access, and PowerPoint), Internet, Email, and SAP software.
Ability to read, write and speak in English required.
Skills and Abilities
Strong customer service skills including core service standards of being competent, accurate, responsive and engaged.
Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication, presentation reading and analytical skills.
Basic understand and knowledge of pricing systems, process, procedures and methods.
Organizational and time management skills
Physical Requirements Frequency at which you would carry/lift in a typical day:
Occasionally 0 – 33% Frequently 34 – 66% Continuously: 67 – 100%
Lift from Waist:
< than 10 lbs. - Not at all
10 to 25 lbs. - Not at all
26 to 50 lbs. - Not at all
51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all
75 to 100 lbs. - Not at all
100+ lbs. - Not at all
Lift from Floor:
< than 10 lbs. - Frequently
10 to 25 lbs. - Frequently
26 to 50 lbs. - Occasionally
51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all
75 to 100 lbs. - Not at all
100+ lbs. - Not at all
Carried for Distance:
< than 10 lbs. - Not at all
10 to 25 lbs. - Not at all
26 to 50 lbs. - Not at all
51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all
75 to 100 lbs. - Not at all
100+ lbs. - Not at all
Physical Activity Frequency at which you would do the following in a typical day:
Sitting (a continuous period of being seated) - Continuously
Standing (for sustained periods of time) - Frequently
Walking (moving about on foot to accomplish tasks) - Frequently
Bending/stooping (downward and forward) - Occasionally
Crawling (moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet) - Not at all
Climbing/Walking Stairs (ascending or descending) - Frequently
Reaching (extending arms in any direction) - Frequently
Crouching/squatting (bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine) - Occasionally
Kneeling (bending legs at knee to come to rest on knee(s)) - Occasionally
Balancing (maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling) - Occasionally
Repetitive motion (substantial movement (motions) or the wrists, hands, and/or fingers) - Continuously
Pivoting (movement in any direction with one foot, keeping the other in contact with the floor) - Occasionally
Pushing/Pulling (using upper extremities to press against or draw or tug) - Occasionally
Grasping (Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm) - Continuously
Fingering (picking, pinching, typing; working with primarily fingers and not whole hand) - Continuously
Talking (expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word) - Frequently
Driving (the control and operation of a motor vehicle) - Occasionally
Desk work (work usually performed at a desk) - Continuously
Use of a computer - Continuously
Use of a telephone - Frequently
Hearing (Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels) - Continuously
Exposure to adverse weather & temperature conditions - Not at all
Travel ( travel needed to perform job duties) - Frequently
These physical requirements must be met with or without accommodation.Additional Information This job description is a summary of the job duties and responsibilities and is not intended to cover all possible job duties and is subject to change at the employer’s discretion. Employees must be able to perform the essential job duties and satisfy job requirements either with or without a reasonable accommodation.
Our History
Border States is a leader in the electrical supply distribution industry with over 100 locations in 22 states. Our employee-owners are second to none in delivering top-notch customer service and in demonstrating extra-ordinary people skills. We are one of the largest independent electrical distributors in the United States providing products and services to the construction, industrial and utility industries. Border States has a competitive benefit package and is a 100 percent employee-owned company. Employee-ownership is a significant part of our culture and our success stems from the dedication of our employee-owners. We practice open-book management and our employee-owners are empowered with clearly defined levels of authority to be innovative and decisive, allowing us to respond quickly to the needs of customers. Employee-owners understand their roles in the success of the company and care about customers’ needs, which drives our focus on adding value to everything we do. We recognize that not all customers are the same and each has specific requirements. Our employee-owners understand these diverse needs and have the commitment, resourcefulness and flexibility to outperform all others.
Values
As a Border States employee-owner, you’re responsible for living our mission, service philosophy and service standards.
Mission
Border States provides value to our customers by delivering innovative product and supply chain solutions.
Service Philosophy
We earn customer loyalty and confidence by caring about their needs and adding value to everything we do.
Service Standards
Border States employee-owners are competent, accurate, responsive, and engaged .
Your career
Join an experienced team at one of the largest electrical distributors in the United States. What are you waiting for?
Border States has a competitive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
Health, Dental and Vision Benefits
Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity
FSA & HSA
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Disability Benefits
401(k) Retirement Plan
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Paid Holidays
Paid Volunteer Time
Personal Leave time and more!
Border States provides bonuses to their employee-owners upon the achievement of branch and company goals.
Equal Opportunity For All
It’s not just the law. It’s something we’ve believed in since our founding. We value the diversity of all of our employee-owners and will always be an equal opportunity employer.
Drug Free/Smoke Free workplace
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