What are the responsibilities and job description for the Procurement Specialist - Forklift Fleet position at 48forty Solutions, LLC and Careers?
Overview:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.
48forty Solutions is an equal opportunity employer.
Pay Range: USD $83,000.00 - USD $92,000.00 /Yr.
As a Procurement Specialist, you’ll get to source suppliers and products for our core business operations, fulfilling the task of a buyer negotiating terms with vendors, ensuring adherence to outlined terms and conducting on-going cost analysis to confirm relationships are in the company’s best interests. For this role, we're looking for someone to manage our national fleet of Forklifts!
What You'll Do:
- Identify and interview potential suppliers
- Research and negotiate terms with suppliers such as price, quality of products, deadlines, expectations, etc.
- Develop sourcing lists for various commodities to support the development of requests for information
- Must be able to develop tiered vendor KPI’s and hold them accountable to agreements
- Liaise with suppliers and operational procurement managers regarding updates and details of goods or services in the pipeline
- Create purchase orders and tally these with supply requests and orders
- Analyze invoices to ensure accuracy of goods delivered
- Monitor inventory to ensure the flow of goods remains positive
- Attend meetings and provide cost analysis to ensure any contracts are favorable to the company
- Ensure venders are sustainable and fully endorsed via our national vendor selection process
- Work closely with the internal project team to understand the details of procurement requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or a related discipline is required; equivalent experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree
- 2 - 5 years of experience purchasing commodities and /or services is required specific to a national fleet of forklifts
- Must be proficient in basic office software applications (such as Word, Excel, Outlook)
- Must exercise good judgment in safeguarding confidential or sensitive information and adhere to high standards of confidentiality and honesty
- Ability to Identify problems, analyze alternatives, and develop viable recommendations
- Competitive Pay, Holiday Pay, and Daily Pay – Access to your earned wages before payday!
- Referral Bonuses
- Long-Term Career Advancement
- Paid Time Off
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, AD&D, and Short-Term & Long-Term Disability insurance for Eligible Full Time Employees
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Great Team Environment
48forty Solutions is the largest pallet management services company in North America! We provide end-to-end pallet solutions, from supply to retrieval, on-site services, reverse logistics, and packaging materials. We are truly Pallet Management Made Simple, our workforce is the heart and soul of our business, and we’re looking for our next Procurement Specialist to join our team!
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.
- The employee will be working in an office environment and will be required to sit for long periods of time at a desk working on a laptop
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
48forty Solutions is an equal opportunity employer.
Salary : $83,000 - $92,000