Purchasing Manager

Founded in 2017, REPS & Co. is a future leader in the entertainment industry specializing in ticketing for live events. Our founders and key staff are industry veterans with fresh ideas for the ticketing industry. We provide tickets to many events and shows across the nation including music, sports and theatrical performances. We pride ourselves in offering the best experience for the best price to our customers. Our technology is what allows us to outperform our competitors and deliver an unforgettable experience to fans.

**The Purchasing Manager's main responsibility is the successful acquisition of all ticket purchasing requests. They must ensure that all requests are purchased quickly, accurately, and cost-effectively in accordance with the service level agreement with our customers. The Purchasing Manager will be responsible for suggesting, creating, and deploying improvements to the system and must anticipate and plan for the growing purchasing needs of our customers while building an elite team that can function autonomously.**

**What To Expect**

**Job Characteristics**
- Faster-than-average pace; ability to learn quickly, thoroughly, and in detail. Must recognize and adjust to change. There is considerable variety in the work
- Strategic, big-picture thinking backed by an added focus on the tactical aspects of the work. Setting and achieving specific standards for self and for others; an emphasis on schedule and quality. Primarily task-focused, with some action-oriented collaboration required occasionally
- Seeks and accepts decision authority & responsibility. Will effectively weigh risk against the benefit; while not cautious, a calculated decision maker, an independent decision maker, and will occasionally utilize team consensus or collaboration
- Requires a lively and inclusive communicator, more authoritative than persuasive in style. A stimulating influence on others, while being firm, direct, and self-assured in dealing with them. Some collaboration within own team but a more independent style in general
- Prefers to delegate routine detail work; will follow up closely and critically for standards and schedule
- Capable of delegating some authority, with close follow-up and control
- Maintains control of overall agenda, includes others in a task-focused manner
- Creates a disciplined process
- Overseeing the purchasing team which is currently 120 people but could expand further in the future
- Overseeing the day-to-day operation of purchasing tickets
- Creating and updating standard operating procedures and ensure compliance
- Assuring all requests are bought for on time and accurately
- Assuring your team has all the tools necessary to perform their tasks
- Customer satisfaction with service offerings
- Making sure all processes are documented and understood by the process owners within the department
- Solve growth issues with process and tool improvements
- Use KPIs to track individual performance and system inefficiencies
- Proactively identifying training opportunities
- Developing employees' skills through relevant assignments
- Coach, mentor, train, and conduct performance evaluations for employees
- Interview and retain top talent

**Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- 3+ years management experience
- Excellent time management
- Superior proficiency and experience with G-Suite and ability to pick up and learn technology and systems quickly
- Exceptional attention to detail is a must
- Ability to collaborate with other departments effectively
- Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and dedication to the mission of REPS & Co.

Application Question(s):

- LinkedIn Profile:

- Are you able to work in the Pacific Time Zone (PST)?

**Experience**:

- Managing: 5 years (required)

**Language**:

- English (required)