PURCHASING AGENT EXPEDITOR Job at PRAB, Inc.
The Purchasing Agent Expeditor position is responsible for the review and management of all last minute, late, or delinquent purchased supplies, equipment, or inventory as scheduled or required by the Purchasing and Manufacturing teams. While this role may assist to establish and maintain standard unit costs for raw materials, parts, and fabrications, the primary focus is to achieve delivery of promised goods as quickly as possible. Monitoring and controlling the flow of documents between engineering, manufacturing, and accounting is done to ensure proper accuracy for production, posting, costing, inventory control, and approval of invoices. This role reports to the Purchasing and Material Control Manager.
Qualifications
- Dedication to excellence and a quality output
- Minimum two-years’ experience in the purchasing Industrial Supplies and Manufactured Components such as electric motors, gearboxes, bearings and electrical control components.
- Working knowledge of computerized purchasing and inventory control techniques
- Basic understanding of steel fabrication, manufacturing processes, indented bills of materials and blueprint reading
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Ability to hold effective conversations amid serious business conflicts
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
- General understanding of basic accounting procedures
- General filing, typing and office organization skills
Responsibilities:
- Promote excellence throughout the department
- Obtaining the delivery of promised goods as quickly as possible
- Managing and determining goods to be expedited
- Negotiating with vendors to obtain competitive pricing and to meet promised deliveries
- Assisting in vendor selection and performance evaluation based on costs, quality, and timeliness of deliveries
- Assisting to maintain inventory levels as required to meet production requirements
- Typing and posting purchase orders
- Issuing and managing RFQ’s and vendor correspondences
- Updating inventory records from cost sheets, engineering bills of material, and purchase requisitions as required
- Providing general vendor management (telephone contacts, invoicing, follow-ups, tracking shortages and, specifically, expediting orders)
- Any other tasks or responsibilities as assigned
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