DAVACO is a leading turn-key solution provider with more than 30 years of experience supporting the world's leading brands with the development, transformation, and maintenance of their physical sites throughout North America. In collaboration with a diversified base of clients, DAVACO delivers scale, speed, and high-quality solutions that solve tomorrow’s challenges today.
Job Summary
The Vendor Coordinator is responsible for driving results and operational excellence by creating and developing relationships within our vendor base. This role will be responsible for researching, recruiting, and qualifying new service providers. Negotiate pricing with new and existing vendors while ensuring compliance with DAVACO’s policies and requirements. You will also interact with other internal client support team members on vendor issues to ensure that customer expectations are always met, and the vendor obligation is fulfilled.
Qualifications:
- Ability to negotiate pricing with field partners - Comfort level with having tough conversations regarding pricing and services
- Research, recruit and qualify new providers
- Maintain focus on achieving overall cost savings
- Onboard new suppliers
- Ability to speak to multiple facilities trades
- Analyze provider information to ensure assignments are a good fit
- Ensure standard operating procedures are documented to enable consistency with field partners throughout the US
- Assist with training field partners on internal systems
- Ability to handle conflict resolution with field partners
- Develop and sustain long-standing relationships with approved field partners
- Ability to handle frequent stressful situations and tense deadlines.
- Ability to manage multiple competing priorities
- Partner with both internal and external teams to ensure field partners are a good fit and acting with in the best interest of the company and client
- Self-starter: driven to identify & solve problems before the customer knows they exist
- Assist with other departmental tasks where needed
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Requirements:
- High School Degree or equivalent.
- Minor trade knowledge preferable (plumbing, handyman, electric, etc.)
- 4+ years in multi-site Facilities Maintenance as vendor, vendor aggregator, technician, or client.
- Intermediate to Advanced Microsoft skills including Outlook, Excel and Smartsheet
- Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) knowledge
- Ability to deal with ambiguity
Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
DAVACO LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Supports a Diverse, Inclusive Work Environment
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Drug-Free Workplace
We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment, random, reasonable suspicion, and post-accident substance abuse testing. We also perform pre-employment background checks.
Applicants with Disabilities
If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who is unable to use our online tools to search and apply for jobs, you may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting us at HR@davaco.com and/or (214)-706-4018.
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