Purchasing Job Description:
- Collaborate with the internal team to provide a high degree of customer service and supplier relationships for the best quality, delivery, price and service. Recommend new supply sources of materials to improve the material cost to the business.
- Timely place purchase orders with suppliers for procurement of material and supply requirements
- Monitor status of open purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery of all materials including timely resolution, communication and mitigation of future potential problems
- Expedite purchase orders based on demand requirements and changes
- Proactively communicate all production shortages to production and customer service which impact the weekly master build schedule and customer deliveries
- Coordinate the timely processing of outside services
- Resolve issues regarding PO to invoice discrepancies, returns and qualify problems with suppliers. Coordinate resolution between suppliers and accounting.
- Maintain the accuracy of MSDS Source Library ensuring all purchased items having a Safety Data Sheet are listed
- Work with inventory team on the quarterly physical inventory. May include audit results for accuracy and future process improvements to reduce cycle process
- Purchase fabrics, foams, sheet stock, plastic, laminate, solid surface, raw lumber, tubing and packing material tooling, maintenance, office supplies.
Purchasing Job Requirements:
- Prior purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills
- Knowledge of SAP, inventory and accounting beneficial