Scrap Buyer

Commercial Metals Company
Houston, TX

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it's what's inside that counts

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There's more to CMC than our steel products and the buildings, structures, and roads they go into. At CMC, it's the people inside our recycling centers, fabrication plants, steel mills and offices that make us who we are as a company. Our success comes from finding, retaining, and supporting the highest quality talent by offering:

  • Day 1 benefits coverage with low cost medical, vision, dental
  • Paid-time off and vacation starting Day 1
  • Competitive compensation and bonuses
  • Company-paid Lifestyle fund, life and disability insurance
  • Company matching 401(k) plan
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Training and advancement opportunities

Why This Job

CMC provides an excellent opportunity to learn the steel industry and grow in your career. Whether you will spend your day in an office cubicle, operating a crane or running the melt shop at one of our mills, at CMC, you'll get the training and support from your team that you need to excel in your role and reach your full potential.

What You'll Do

  • Responsible for purchases of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal from industrial accounts
  • Develops the growth of business activities and profit with assigned accounts and in assigned territories
  • Investigates new potential sources of consumers of scrap metal. Buys from retail, dealer, light industrial customers, repair shops, demolition projects, clean-ups, etc
  • Purchases scrap metal materials in accordance with current market conditions based on pricing standards/models established by Company policy
  • Owns internal and external customer service relating to ferrous or non-ferrous business
  • Visits customers on a regular basis and maintain systemic data to record account history
  • Maintains accurate records of all buying/sourcing and prospecting activities including closed sales and follow-up activities

What You'll Need

  • Three to five years of Industrial Ferrous/Non-Ferrous buying experience preferred
  • Contract negotiation experience required
  • Strong interpersonal skills required
  • Sense of teamwork as well as independent initiative required
  • Proficient in MS Office programs - Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills required

Your Education

  • High School Diploma or GED required
  • Bachelor's degree preferred

We are Commercial Metals Company, a Fortune 500 company with a family feel that's already part of your life. Our steel products have been supporting structures in more than 20 countries for over 100 years. And the secret to our success? We've built our legacy by assembling a team of innovators and doers to tackle some of the most challenging problems facing our world over the last 100 years — but we're just getting started.

If you're ready to reimagine ways to make the steel industry more sustainable, reinforce the bridges and roadways connecting our communities, and do meaningful work, you're ready to join CMC. Apply today and start moving your career — and our world — forward.

CMC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, physical or mental disability, national origin, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, or other status protected by federal, state or local law.

Posted 2026-02-15

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