The Drop Ship Specialist is responsible for working closely with our vendor partners and our customers in ensuring that all purchase orders are processed in a timely manner and billed correctly to CDW. The Drop Ship Specialist is a buyer on the Drop Ship team and is responsible for negotiating pricing with our vendor partners, buying products for specific lines, providing product requirement guidance to Sales, and following through on fulfillment of each purchase. The Drop Ship Specialist is also responsible for providing guidance and sharing best business practices with the Drop Ship Associates.

　　Key Areas of Responsibility

　　Maintain a strong knowledge of CDW product lines as well as the drop ship process

　　Establish and maintain vendor partner relationships

　　Review and analyze purchase orders for the assigned product lines

　　Negotiate pricing with vendors to achieve the best pricing discount

　　Qualify or reject all purchase orders with detailed directions

　　Work with vendor partners as well as Sales to make necessary changes to purchase orders to fulfill timely requests to our customers

　　Responsibilities

　　Understanding the department's goals and being able to effectively communicate these to our partners and drive change to achieve these goals

　　Continually update the status of aging purchase orders and follow up with partners for information on scheduled shipments

　　Maintain part # information within CDW database, updating pricing and any additional product line instructions that need to be provided to Sales

　　Provide guidance to fellow coworkers and share best business practices

　　Explain important internal processes to our vendor partners and Account Managers

　　Collaborate with vendor partners to improve the current drop ship process

　　Minimum Qualifications

　　At least 1 year experience as Drop Ship Associate or equivalent

　　Other Required Qualifications

　　Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with all stakeholders

　　Proficient in Microsoft Office applications

　　Strong attention to detail and organizational skills

　　Demonstrated creative problem solving skills

　　History of balancing competing priorities with the ability to adapt to the changing needs of the business while meeting deadlines

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　College degree preferred