Purchasing and Procurement Specialist

Job purpose

If you are looking for a career with excellent earnings potential and sales opportunity - then look no further than Global Furniture Group, one of the largest manufacturers of workplace, education, healthcare hospitality furniture in North America.

Global Furniture Group has an immediate career opportunity for a Purchasing and Procurement Specialist in the Marlton NJ Area.  In this role, you will assist with overseeing the integrity of customer purchase orders with suppliers/vendors as well as act as the liaison between our external and internal customer care teams.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Review backorder reports by following up with each vendor for recovery dates for reassignment.
• Review Reassignment reports by cross checking the items that have been scanned into our consolidation facility.
• Process Production Delay Notifications (PDN’s) from our vendors to our end users and internal customer care team members.
• Assist with Evolve load reports and purchase order processing.
• Act as the liaison between internal customer care and the factory on purchase order date movement requests.
• Assist Distribution Centers / Accounting/ Vendors with AS400 maintenance and troubleshooting so the purchase orders are correct and accurate.

Education/Experience

• Associate degree or equivalent from two-year college or technical school.
• 2 to 3 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• AS400 experience preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is typically moderate.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to fingers, handle, or feel. The employee frequently communicates verbally and must be able to hear. Occasional walking is required, as well as reaching with hands and arms, and the ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

Specific vision abilities required for this role include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WHO WE ARE

Global Furniture Group is a leading North American Manufacturer of furniture solutions. Global offers a broad range of furniture products designed for the workplace, education, healthcare hospitality markets, delivering exceptional value and quality to its network of dealers, designers and customers.

Operating for 50 years and employing more than 4,000 people worldwide, Global has locations throughout Canada, the US, Mexico, China and the UK.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS 

Actual base pay offered will be based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, and internal equity. At Global, an individual may not be hired at the high end of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each potion and candidate. (If a bonus or commissions see below for additional sentence).  

Global offers a comprehensive employee benefit program that enables our employees to stay healthy, feel secure and maintain a work/life balance. The following are benefits we offer employees (or may be eligible for): Paid Time Off | Holiday Pay | Medical/Prescription Insurance | Dental Insurance | Vision Insurance | Health Savings Accounts (HSA) | Company-Paid Life and AD D Insurance | Company Sponsored Long-term Disability | Short-term Disability | Voluntary Life Insurance | Employee Assistance Program (EAP) | Critical Illness and Accidental Injury Insurance | FSA | 401(k) & Roth 401(k) 

WHERE WE ARE

Global has distribution centers and showrooms located all across the USA Canada.

Global USA Showrooms:

Atlanta | Boston | Chicago | Irvine | Miami | NYC | Philadelphia | Phoenix | Washington DC

Global USA Showrooms Distribution Centers:

Atlanta | Baltimore |Chicago | Cincinnati | Dallas | Denver | Houston | Kansas City | Los Angeles | Miami | Philadelphia | Seattle | Tampa

You can visit us at www.globalfurnituregroup.com.

Work Authorization: Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. Global does not sponsor work authorization or visas for this role.

Global is a smoke-free, drug-free workplace and equal opportunity employer.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for this position without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.  To request assistance in completing this application, please call 800.220.1900 and ask for Human Resources.

Veterans encouraged to apply.