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🥝 Associate Purchasing Agent

Southland Industries | Houston, United States | Posted June 05, 2026

Job Description

**Position Summary**

This role is responsible for assisting the purchasing team with material orders, take offs, will call orders, data entry, expediting, invoicing errors and other duties that the purchasing manage determines needs support.

**Position Details**

+ Assists Purchasing team with placing orders.​
+ Partners with suppliers to follow-up on delivery dates and back orders. Tracks the status of all back orders and informs appropriate team members and departments of any issues.
+ ​​Maintains current and accurate files of suppliers pricing within the ERP system and purchasing spreadsheets.​
+ Assists with processing material receivers. ​Coordinates bulk deliveries of rough products, to meet deadlines.
+ Assists with processing material returns and credits.
+ ​​Supports the RFQ, RFP processes to obtain product information such as pricing, availability, and delivery schedule.

**Qualifications**

+ High school degree or G.E....

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