Summary: Procures standard goods/services from known suppliers while assisting Senior Buyers with
projects and direct ship orders.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintains supplier relationships
- Maintains regular contact with suppliers and prepares and submits purchase orders
- Arranges shipping of goods/services to appropriate locations
- Tracks orders and maintains appropriate contact with suppliers to meet on
time delivery of goods/services.
- Resolves shipment discrepancies for quality, quantity and on time deliver by
working with suppliers and internal stakeholders as necessary
- Maintains on time delivery of purchasing operations
- Manages inventory turnover by determining maximum and minimum
inventory levels and reorder quantities
- Supports internal and external customer service
- Understands and documents internal and external customer needs and expectations
- Communicates to appropriate team(s) when an expectation will not be met
- Contributes to the continuous improvement effort
- Documents processes and procedures,
eliminates non-value added activities,
and participates in weekly CI team meetings
- Contributes to team effort
- Willing to attempt recent assignments or fill in for others as needed;
accomplishes other duties as assigned
Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform
each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the
knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to
enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Knowledge, skills and/or abilities:
Knowledge-
Software
Advanced
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PPT, Outlook)
Intermediate
- Infor M3 (ERP)
Skills:
Advanced
- Clerical/Secretarial
- Computer/Technical
- Written and Oral Communication
- Organizational
- Interpersonal communication
- Problem-Solving