Purchasing Manager (Live Plant Materials)

Job Description

Job Description

For 30 years, Diamond Landscaping has been the leader in luxury residential landscaping for high-net-worth clients, including A-list celebrities and media/entertainment executives, in the Los Angeles area. With a focus on custom installation, meticulous craftsmanship, and long-term maintenance, we create dream landscapes and build lifelong relationships.

We are currently searching for a Purchasing Manager (live plants/trees/specimens) to join our team. In this role, you will be a vital member of our high-performing organization, working collaboratively to provide irrigation expertise and knowledge, and you will be responsible for servicing and maintaining high-end residential irrigation systems for our customers’ luxury properties.

You will be responsible for performing day-to-day purchasing of the highest quality live plants and trees for our prestigious clients' projects throughout Southern California. This is a high-touch role, requiring visits to our various trusted suppliers and nurseries to identify the finest materials.

Qualifications

• Experience in plant purchasing, greenhouse growing, nursery production, propagation, or horticulture
• Deep horticultural knowledge
• Experience negotiating prices, drawing up contracts, and building relationships
• Strong knowledge of plant production, irrigation, and environmental controls
• Understanding of plant health management
• Strong organizational and problem‑solving skills
• Ability to work independently and make sound decisions
• Willingness to participate in on-site plant tagging and nursery tours and able to respond after‑hours, when required

Qualifications

• Research, identify, tag, and schedule delivery for all plant materials needed for landscape installation and landscape maintenance projects throughout Los Angeles and surrounding areas from high quality vendors and nurseries
• Assess quality and reliability of suppliers
• Track all purchases and shipments
• Approve purchase orders, ensure timely payments to vendors
• Solicit bids from potential suppliers and forecast needs based upon estimates, bids, and signed proposals
• Administer vendor contracts, draft and follow up on renewals
• Horticultural knowledge of shrubs and perennials, trees, cactus and succulents and blooming plants
• Coordinate material needs and delivery schedules with Project Managers, Account Managers, Superintendents, and Foremen
• Will proactively scout plants for insects, disease, and cultural issues at a variety of local nurseries, greenhouses, and suppliers
• Ensure and maintain high-quality standards across all projects
• Work closely with horticulturists and plant health care professionals to ensure consistency and standardization
• Develop pipeline of backup suppliers in case of emergency
• Schedule deliveries to optimize production and minimize loss of products
• Promote safe work practices
• Foster a positive, productive work environment
• Monitor infrastructure and equipment
• Ensure areas remain organized, effective, and clean

Benefits

• Supportive leadership team committed to continuous improvement
• Competitive compensation based on experience
• Benefits package available
• Long‑term career growth opportunities
• Dental care
• Life insurance

Compensation will depend on experience.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.