Purchasing Assistant at Pye-Barker Fire & Safety in Annapolis, MD
- Company: Pye-Barker Fire & Safety
- Location: Annapolis, MD
- Posted: Sep 24, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Salary: 60-75k. DOE
- Experience: 2+ years
Overview
Make a difference, protect lives, and achieve your dreams. Build your career with the industry-leading fire, life safety and security company. This position is responsible for maintaining relationships with suppliers, vendors or wholesalers, places orders for products based on current inventory need…
Job description
- Make a difference, protect lives, and achieve your dreams. Build your career with the industry-leading fire, life safety and security company.
- This position is responsible for maintaining relationships with suppliers, vendors or wholesalers, places orders for products based on current inventory needs and tracks shipments. The position requires good client service skills to collaborate with different departments, support managers and work with vendors.
Responsibilities
- Working with the purchasing manager to run the purchasing department
- Performing vendor research and selection to enhance profitability, reducing operating costs and boosting efficiency
- Maintaining cordial working relationships with vendors and supervising vendor activities
- Signing and reviewing purchasing agreements with vendors, monitoring their performance and renegotiating contracts
- Using quarterly and annual data to determine purchasing needs and performing inventory management
- Managing purchase orders, overseeing shipping schedules and maintaining purchase records
- Working with warehouse staff to compare deliveries with purchase orders to identify discrepancies
- Conducting ongoing market research to identify beneficial purchase agreements and potential vendors
- Perform other duties assigned by management.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent (Associate Degree or B.Sc. in Logistics, Purchase and Supply, Business Administration or related fields is preferred)
- At least two years of experience in a purchasing position
- In-depth knowledge of purchasing functions, inventory, and supply management systems
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Strong organizational skills, a good understanding of sourcing and the ability to maintain vendor relationships
- Direct experience with spreadsheet computer applications
- Ability to use purchasing software
Skills
Required
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Strong organizational skills
- Good understanding of sourcing
- Ability to maintain vendor relationships
- Ability to use purchasing software
Benefits
- Excellent pay
- Medical, dental, vision
- Company paid life insurance
- Company paid short-term disability
- 401K with employer match
- Paid vacation and company holidays
- Training and Career Development
- Company vehicle (if job applicable)
- Immediate qualification for the ALL In Ownership Plan for all eligible full-time employees
- 60-75k. DOE
- Weekly Pay
- Full Time 6am-2:30pm
About Pye-Barker Fire & Safety
Pye-Barker is built on four core values – customer-bias, trust, respect, and commitment – that serve as the north star for how we conduct business within our community and across our branches. As a group, we promise to do what’s right by our customers, community, and one another, each and every day. Click here Get Started We are hiring across the nation! Many of our roles provide on-the-job training to help you get licensed and working. View Our Locations Since 1946, we have been an industry leader with a reputation for putting our customers and our people first. More About Us We strive to serve our communities by keeping businesses, families, and neighbors safe from fire, life safety, and security risks. Our values serve as the foundation for our culture -they're how we treat our customers and each other. See Our Offerings Read More We promise to make recommendations that are always in the best interest of our customers and provide service that's responsive and dependable, every time. You can count on us to care for you - our customer - as we care for each other. We have the utmost appreciation for this industry and each other, and are proud to be working together to help our customers and neighbors protect what they've built. We're committed to quality craftsmanship, quick response and taking care of our team members and our customers like family.