Purchaser

Summary

The Purchaser is responsible for material source selection and procurement functions, processing purchase orders and tracking inventory supply while collaborating with associates to ensure customer satisfaction.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Monitor purchase order process
2. Professionally handle incoming requests from sales, engineering and production and ensure that issues are resolved both promptly and thoroughly
3. Provide timely turn-around on all purchase orders to ensure adequate delivery of goods and services
4. Ability to negotiate best vendor terms, pricing and delivery based on specific budget and schedule requirements
5. Determine if inventory quantities are sufficient for needs, purchasing more products when necessary
6. Maintain working knowledge of purchasing polices, processes and procedures (e.g. demonstrate complete understanding of buying and pricing products)
7. Prepare, maintain, and review purchasing files, reports and price lists
8. Compare prices, specifications, and delivery dates in order to determine the best bid among potential suppliers
9. Calculate costs of orders and charge or forward invoices to appropriate accounts
10. Locate suppliers, using sources such as catalogs and the internet, and interview them to gather information about products to be ordered
11. Operate office machines, such as photocopiers and scanners, facsimile machines, voice mail systems and personal computers while following Company Confidentiality requirements
12. Utilize computerized data entry equipment and various word processing, spreadsheet and file maintenance programs to enter, store and/or retrieve information
13. Manage time to determine priorities in order to effectively accomplish a broad range of activities
14. Continuously evaluate and identify opportunities to drive process improvements that positively impact the customer’s experience
15. Continuously evaluate and identify opportunities to drive process improvements that positively impact the customer’s experience
16. Communicates in a professional, respectful, and courteous manner with all employees, customers, and others with whom we may work.
17. Contributes to a successful workgroup and fosters a team-oriented culture through positive interactions, active listening, meaningful collaborations, high employee engagement, and the constructive exchange of ideas designed to meet or exceed the organization’s strategic goals.
18. Follow all Company Policies, Procedures and Protocols
19. Other duties will be assigned during the course of employment

Qualifications

1. Ability to read, write, speak, understand and communicate effectively in the English language
2. Ability to handle complaints and unpleasant customers using decision making and analytical abilities
3. Knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Access)
4. Strong organizational skills, strong attention to detail, strong interpersonal skills and ability to professionally complete administrative tasks
5. Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records and other office procedures and terminology
6. Ability to work independently on assigned tasks as well as to accept direction on given assignments
7. Ability to work collectively with team members
8. Highly developed sense of integrity and commitment to customer satisfaction
9. Professional appearance

Physical Work/Environment Requirements

1. Position is in an office environment and may require the use of various types of office equipment (copier, computer, telephone, calculator, etc.) with occasional duties completed in a warehouse environment
2. May require light lifting
3. Requires continuous sitting, standing and walking

Physical Demand

• Sitting: Constant 67-100% - Sit on adjustable computer chair at desk (may stand)
• Standing: Constant 67-100% - Intermittently stand on tile, carpet or cement floor
• Walking: Constant 67-100% - Walk among workstations on tile, carpet or cement floor
• Heights/Ladders/Stairs: Seldom 0-10% - Use ladder to retrieve product from shelves
• Twisting at waist: Occasional 11-33% - Twist to lift product/documents
• Bending/Stooping: Seldom 0-10% - Alternate bend/stoop
• Squatting/Kneeling: Seldom 0-10% - Alternate squat/kneel
• Crawling: Never
• Reaching Out: Seldom 0-10% - Pick product from shelves and retrieve documents
• Talking/Hearing/Seeing: Constant 67-100% - Talk/hear/see people/English documents/instructions
• Working Above Shoulders: Seldom 0-10%
• Handling/Grasping: Constant 67-100% - Hold/grasp controls, hand tools, documents/products
• Fine Finger Manipulation: Constant 67-100% - Keyboard typing, writing, filing, controls on equipment
• Foot Controls: Never
• Driving: Occasional 11-33%
• Repetitive Motion: Constant 67-100% - Computer mouse use, keyboard typing
• Vibratory Tasks: Never
• Lifting 15 lbs.: Seldom 0-10% - Lift work documents and/or product
• Carrying 15 lbs.: Occasional 11-33% - Carry work documents and/or product
• Pushing/Pulling 15 lbs.: Occasional 11-33% - Push/pull product to load/unload, open/close file cabinet
• Comments: Alternate body movements may be used per employee discretion

Reasonable Accommodation Notice

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform job functions, ask Manager.