Essential Duties
- Work closely with Production and Engineering departments and follow up by expediting materials as needed to meet department requirements.
- Follow processes to evaluate suppliers’ quotations using appropriate negotiation and purchasing techniques to ensure quality, price, delivery, and service.
- Research, select, and maintain suppliers who provide high quality products and services at a better price while maintaining the highest code of ethics and conduct for efficient and cost-effective operation of organization.
- Assist with the preparation and review of contracts, bids, proposals, and supplier agreements for legal correctness, price, and acceptability of items to specifications.
- Prepare and issues purchase orders and review requisitions. Review purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.
- Collaborate with management team, production team and suppliers to discuss defective or unacceptable material and determine corrective action.
- Create and maintain supplier records. Establish and maintain supplier relationships.
- Review all sales orders and process purchase orders for OEM parts.
- Process and release PO or Job orders for suppliers in a timely fashion
- Verify inventory availability.
- Prepare, maintain, and present reports, including progress reports on purchase orders for daily production meeting. Track, organize, file, and maintain purchasing documentation.
- Track and update suppliers’ delivery schedules compared to production requirements.
- Communicate with employees, managers, and suppliers to ensure expectations are managed
- Monitor, review and assess suppliers’ production flow to determine bottlenecks and weak points in scheduling.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant or related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- 1-3 Years of hardware, consumables, and MRO purchasing experience.
- Experience with manufacturing ERP desired.
- Excellent communication skills, which includes verbal, written and presentation skills
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to establish effective internal and external relationships to achieve successful results
- Effective critical thinking skills using analytical techniques to ensure the successful implementation of corrective actions
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software tools including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project