Position: Purchasing Agent

Employment Type: Full-Time

Studio Location: Marietta, GA

Red Pen Procurement is a national purchasing agency for FF&E and decorative materials offering a boutique level of service within the commercial interior design industry. We make the procurement process seamless from quoting through installation, providing services that include purchasing, receiving, inspection, warehousing, assembly, and installation of FF&E for commercial interior design projects in the hospitality, multifamily, and senior living markets. Our team of talented agents are located in studios across the country in Marietta, GA, Minneapolis, MN, Naperville, IL, and San Mateo, CA.

Red Pen Procurement is looking for procurement agents for its Marietta, GA office who can help take FF&E projects from start to finish with a sense of ownership, accountability, and enthusiasm!

You’ll love and be successful in this role if you:  

• Are looking for “your people” and want to work in a collaborative, team-building atmosphere at a fast-growing firm
• Value mentorship and mentoring junior staff
• Adore the design industry
• Enjoy service, people, and being an ADVOCATE for the brand and the greater community
• Have ENERGY and ENTHUSIASM for your craft!

Does this sound like you? Read on! And come unfold the best you of your career.

PROCUREMENT AGENT / PROCUREMENT MANAGER / PROJECT MANAGER / FF&E SPECIALIST / SENIOR PURCHASING AGENT

In this role, you will:

• Collaborate directly with the founder and agency directors
• Manage FF&E projects and all logistics involved in project sales and installs
• Combine install quotes with sales quotes; and submitting and tracking
• Organize specs, manage quotes and write estimates, and submit and track product as needed
• Work with interior design studios across BD Studio Collection to spec smart and optimize the sale of materials and FF&E
• Negotiate the best price on FF&E, materials, and decorative lighting
• Cultivate and nurture vendor relationships
• Be highly client facing and help develop the business
• Be encouraged and supported to attend and participate in company events and industry tradeshows
• Have our firm invest in you and your career

Qualifications you’ll need to crush this role:

• 5+ years’ experience in FF&E (furniture, fixtures, & equipment) procurement or interior design industry
• 4-year degree or background in procurement, interior design, accounting, or a related field preferred
• Must be highly proficient in QuickBooks and Microsoft Excel
• Stellar organizational and project management skills
• Proven leadership of junior agents and teammates
• Understanding of entire procurement process: initial quotes through installation
• Collaborative attitude and mentorship leader style
• Proven history in client management and relationship building
• some travel required 

About this Role

We do things differently here! Red Pen Procurement is fast-growing, national procurement agency with a curated group of agents who are INVESTED in the brand, the work, the clients, and each other. You don’t do your work alone in an office, here – this role is highly interactive with the team, our in-house interior design studio, and our clients.

This position reports with the Director of Procurement and the Director of Strategic Accounts. As a Senior Procurement Agent, you will be responsible for cultivating and managing FF&E projects and logistics, mentoring junior team members, and developing the business. Some travel is required for leading installations at project sites.

We are searching for DRIVEN, entrepreneurial-minded team members who enjoy and thrive off a growth-minded firm. We are winners, we are hard workers, we are flexible and resilient. We are also a little wacky, a little goofy, and a group of ever evolving professionals.

Do you have the desire and perspective to work somewhere like no other? We’d love to hear from you.

Please send resumes to Melissa at melissa@bankodesign.com!

The Interview Process

How it works when you apply to join the Red Pen team:

• An introductory 30-minute Microsoft Teams Video Call to see if we’re a right fit.
• An in-person interview with the leadership team.
• A final, in-person interview with the leadership team and founder!

After the interview process, you’ll be notified within 1-2 weeks on the status of your application!

A Note from Your Team Member

“I don’t think I’ve ever experienced a work environment like this. It’s collaborative – we’re not closed off in individual offices – and everyone genuinely cares about each other and wants to help you grow. It’s a fun, relaxed atmosphere (which is very different from previous firms I’ve worked for) and everyone loves to hangout as a group INCLUDING the leadership! It really makes you feel valued as a team member and employee.

The team is friendly and so nice. The office space is beautiful. And Red Pen is growing FAST – you can learn so much and there’s ample opportunity for vertical growth within the firm. I’ve had such a great experience working here!”

• Current Red Pen Procurement Team Member

Ready to join the Red Pen team? Please send your resume to Melissa Banko at melissa@bankodesign.com.