Buyer

About Camco Manufacturing:

Camco Manufacturing, founded in 1966, has evolved from a humble beginning with one employee and a single product to become a powerhouse in the outdoor recreation market. With a rich history spanning over 50 years, Camco has grown exponentially, boasting a workforce of over 1,000 employees, 140+ patents, and an extensive product line exceeding 5,600 offerings. The company's commitment to innovation is evident through its best-in-class, in-house development team, specializing in creating cutting-edge products for the RV, marine, ATV, and other outdoor recreation industries.

Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, Camco operates eight separate manufacturing and warehousing facilities encompassing one million square feet. This extensive infrastructure allows Camco to efficiently meet the diverse needs of its customers, solidifying its position as a leading aftermarket parts and accessories manufacturer in the fast-growing outdoor recreation market. Focused on the RV, Marine, and Camping sectors, Camco's influence in these industries is significant, as it continues to lead the charge with a relentless pursuit of excellence and a commitment to delivering top-notch products and services.

Job Title: Buyer

Location: Greensboro, NC

Position Type: Exempt

Overview:

Our Buyers support day-to-day purchasing to help ensure goods and services are available when needed, meet quality requirements, and deliver value. This role coordinates supplier quotes, purchase orders, delivery follow-up, and purchasing records while working closely with internal teams to resolve issues and support business needs.

Responsibilities:

- Review demand and inventory information with relevant teams to help balance availability, excess inventory, and changing requirements.

- Prepare accurate purchase orders, obtain approvals, confirm supplier acceptance, and communicate changes to internal stakeholders.

- Work directly with Camco APAC facilities to issue purchase orders that drive production scheduling

- Monitor open orders, expedite urgent requirements, and communicate delays, shortages, and recovery options to affected teams.

- Track supplier delivery, quality, and responsiveness; review recurring issues with suppliers and internal teams; and follow up on agreed corrective actions.

- Coordinate with suppliers, receiving, quality, and accounts payable to address discrepancies, returns, credits, and invoice mismatches.

- Build and own vendor relationships by keeping supplier contacts, pricing, lead times, and purchasing records current. Communicate with vendors regarding price changes, quality issues, and performance expectations.

- Calculate and compare total landed costs, including purchase price, freight, insurance, duties, tariffs, taxes, brokerage, and handling fees, as applicable.

- Identify opportunities to consolidate purchases, reduce total cost, improve order accuracy, and simplify purchasing workflows.

- Coordinate direct shipments from Camco APAC facilities to customers

- Support negotiations on pricing, payment terms, minimum order quantities, and delivery commitments within delegated authority, and escalate proposed exceptions for approval.

- Follow purchasing policies and approval limits, protect confidential supplier and pricing information, disclose potential conflicts of interest, and route nonstandard supplier terms for appropriate review before committing the company.

Qualifications:

- Experience in purchasing, order management, inventory support, customer service, or a related administrative role.

- Strong attention to detail and the ability to maintain accurate orders, records, and follow-up actions.

- ‪Excellent communication, problem solving, and time management skills.

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, and Teams)

- Comfortable learning purchasing or enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and working collaboratively across teams.

- Ability to interpret demand, inventory balances, open purchase orders, lead times, and minimum order quantities to support replenishment decisions; familiarity with material requirements planning (MRP) concepts is preferred.

- Prior experience working with international suppliers a plus, not required

Compensations and Benefits:

We offer a wide range of career opportunities with excellent benefits. Above all, we are looking for passionate, talented, hard-working, nice people with great taste to help us build this brand we love.

- Competitive salary

- 401k with company match

- Participation in company health (medical, dental) insurance plans. Supplemental insurance offered

- Promote work/life balance including paid time off and paid holidays

Camco is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law and are committed to maintaining a workplace free from discrimination and harassment.