Purchasing Coordinator (Bilingual English / Spanish)

Company: GCP PAPER USA, Inc.

Location: New Caney, TX (ZIP 77357)

Job Type: Full-Time

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Shift: Monday – Friday

GCP PAPER USA, Inc. is seeking an analytical and organized Purchasing Coordinator (Bilingual English / Spanish) to oversee, control, and optimize the procurement, inventory, and distribution of critical machinery components and spare parts within the organization. In this role, you will manage strategic supplier negotiations, execute technical purchasing processes, and oversee warehouse inventory control. Your primary objective will be to sustain operational continuity, mitigate machinery downtime, and optimize manufacturing procurement costs across the facility.

• Strategic Procurement & Bidding: Formulate and implement sourcing processes and purchase consolidation strategies based on technical maintenance demand; optimize supply chain logistics, reduce lead times, and issue Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA).
• Vendor Negotiation: Negotiate commercial supply contracts, reviewing market pricing, delivery timelines, and credit terms to maximize corporate savings and guarantee component specifications.
• Supplier Performance Evaluation: Appraise current suppliers periodically through structural reviews focused on delivery lead times, product quality, and after-sales support to enforce strict contractual compliance.
• Warehouse & Inventory Optimization: Direct and monitor daily activities of the spare parts warehouse by controlling material receipts, issues, storage optimization, and physical security to guarantee inventory accuracy and swift parts retrieval.
• Technical Quality Control: Reject incoming materials or components that fail to satisfy quality certifications or technical engineering requirements, and suspend purchase orders for vendors demonstrating recurring delivery deviations.
• Environmental Sustainability: Champion the plant's recycling initiatives by coordinating the collection and legal disposal of industrial scrap metal, compromised electronics, and dead batteries with authorized end-destination vendors.
• OSHA Warehouse Safety: Supervise the safe vertical stacking and storage of heavy motors, cylinders, mechanical elements, lubricants, and chemical compounds in strict compliance with OSHA standards to mitigate falling hazard risks and chemical spills.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree (Universidad) in Industrial Engineering (Ingeniería Industrial), Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a closely related technical field preferred.
• Language: Intermediate to Advanced proficiency in both English and Spanish required.
• Experience: 2 years of professional background in technical purchasing and inventory management, including MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operations) control frameworks, safety stock rotation, component criticality classification, and cycle counting methodologies.
• Technical Skills: Advanced mastery of procurement bidding procedures, vendor development, industrial cost structures, Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA), and KPI alignment with ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems.
• Systems Proficiency: Advanced command of Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and Oracle ERP platforms.
• Core Competencies: Advanced capability in negotiation, strategic persuasion, mathematical and analytical problem-solving, meticulous attention to technical details, structural organization, and timely result delivery under deadline pressures.
• Work Authorization: Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

• Postures: Physical capacity to stand and walk continuously throughout the warehouse and production areas for prolonged periods. Frequent bending, twisting, stooping, ascending platform ladders, and maneuvering around tight industrial machinery spaces.
• Lifting: Occasional requirement to lift, carry, push, or pull inventory items, components, or tools weighing up to 50 lbs, representing a moderate physical effort on the floor.
• Environment: Primary work performed in an active manufacturing facility with continuous exposure to automated high-speed industrial noise, greased/lubricated mechanical machinery corridors, fine paper dust, moderate heights, confined quarters, and facility temperature fluctuations.
• Required PPE: Mandatory use of steel-toe safety boots, safety glasses, hearing protection, hard hat, hairnet/cofia, and cut-resistant gloves as necessitated by industrial safety zones.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

• 100% Employer-Paid Healthcare: Fully covered individual Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance.
• 100% Employer-Paid Disability: Fully covered Short-Term Disability (STD) and Long-Term Disability (LTD).
• Retirement: 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with corporate matching options.
• Time Off: Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) package and paid annual holidays.

• Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.
• Employment At-Will: This job description does not constitute an employment contract. Employment with GCP PAPER USA, Inc. is "At-Will," meaning that either the employee or the company can terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or prior notice.
• Equal Opportunity Employer: GCP PAPER USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors.
• Regulatory Compliance: The individual in this position is responsible for adhering to all OSHA safety protocols, ISO 9001:2015 standards, FSC certification requirements, the corporate Code of Ethics, Employee Manual, and active corporate operational policies.