What are the responsibilities and job description for the Purchasing Assistant position at Healthy Food Ingredients, LLC?
POSITION DESCRIPTION:
The Purchasing Assistant works under the supervision of the Procurement Manager. Primary job duties include working with the purchasing team on day-to-day activities and acting as a secondary point of contact for new and current vendors.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
- Ensure required paperwork for commodities contracts and suppliers is in place (i.e., purchase orders, certifications, vendor documents etc.)
- Work with sales, purchasing and partner facilities to keep current product specifications on file.
- Research new vendors.
- Identify and procure customer samples for the team, when necessary.
- Review contract balances weekly and monthly and communicate instances of risk.
- Provide written reports/presentations to Supervisor and other HFI personnel as requested.
- Work with Logistics, HFI Facilities, Accounting, Sales, and Quality Personnel to ensure internal process flows are running smoothly.
- Provide support to other purchasing and crop production team members.
- Coordinate efforts of assigned special projects.
- Support the Procurement Team with documentation as requested.\
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Ag background preferred.
- Proficient with Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Well organized with attention to detail.
- Able to multi-task.
- Good decision-making skills.
- Excellent written and verbal skills.
- Team player with the ability to work well with others.