Estimator Purchasing Manager Ny Architectural Products

Summary
Produce accurate, timely quotes for custom wood flooring and stair treads and manage purchasing of raw materials and production supplies. Support sales team with technical and cost information, optimize inventory and material procurement, and help control production costs to protect overall margins. This can be a REMOTE role for the right candidate.

Responsibilities
-Source and purchase lumber and other production materials.
-Calculate required lumber yield, waste, and other production inputs.

-Prepare detailed estimates for custom wood flooring and stair treads based on job drawings, specifications, samples, and client needs

-Monitor vendor lead times, capacity and quality; coordinate purchase orders to support production schedules and minimize inventory shortages.

Requirements
-3+ years' experience in estimating, procurement or production planning in wood products, millwork, flooring, cabinetry, construction, or related manufacturing environment; wood flooring experience preferred.
-Good verbal and written communication skills; comfortable working directly with sales, production, suppliers and occasionally clients.
-Supplier management experience and ability to manage multiple purchase orders and lead times.
-Attention to detail, strong organization skills, and ability to work under deadline pressure.
-Strong understanding of lumber species, grades, milling/yield, and for flooring and stairs.
-Proficiency with estimating methods and math (board feet, yield %, trim/waste factors).
-Comfort with spreadsheets (Excel & Google Sheets) and quoting tools.
-Ability to read job drawings.