PB Buyer

Provides essential administrative and operational support to the Purchasing team to ensure the timely delivery of parts and supplies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Follow safety procedures for a continuous safety improvement process and zero recordable safety environment. Work with vendors to ensure safety processes are followed.
• Schedule delivery of materials and supplies as necessary, maintaining proper inventory levels and on time delivery.
• Review material planner work benches and order with inventory levels and requirements met.
• Utilize established processes and tools (exception reports, past dues, etc.) to ensure on time delivery.

• Accurately maintain appropriate fields in Syteline with up-to-date information, pricing, vendor contacts, etc. and resolve any issues as required.
• Acquire and maintain an understanding of how to set up material planner workbenches, appropriate inventory levels, safety stocks, point of use warehouses, etc.
• Maintain Purchasing inbox
• Verify acknowledgements, dates and pricing
• Assist with pricing updates
• Participate in inventory and cycle counts

• Resolve issues related to accounts payable and inventory discrepancies within established timelines
• Maintain an open line of communication with all departments providing pertinent information to all areas dependent on the Materials Department.
• Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships. Maintain a helpful attitude, and provide any assistance required and agreed upon by other departments.
• Work with Damaged Defective where needed to resolve any issues with parts, vendors, credits.
• Assist in developing procedures and processes to reduce inventory levels while still providing on time delivery.
• Acquire and maintain extensive knowledge of Pursuit products and assigned commodities.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Education and/or Experience:  Associate's degree or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. 

Language Skills:  Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills:  Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability:  Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.  Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Other Qualifications: Proficiently use spreadsheet, email and word processing software; Ability to learn and master pertinent modules in an ERP system