CINCINNATI, OH
Purchasing & Planning Team Member
Direct opportunity
Rate: $60-75K (depending on experience)
Hours: 8am-5pm
Lebanon, OH
Responsibilities:
- Negotiate best vendor terms, pricing and delivery based on specific budget and schedule requirements.
- Maintain and track pricing in the system. Review invoices, investigate and resolve any errors/discrepancies.
- Personally conduct or direct negotiations with vendors on rejections, disposition, and adjustment of purchased materials not meeting specifications.
- Ability to identify multiple projects and prioritize them to meet required deadlines. Can take existing project information and align others effectively within the department to achieve desired results.
- Follow environmental and safety regulations and acts in compliance with US laws and complies with corporate guidelines on business ethics.
- Assesses vendor capabilities, develops sources and evaluates vendor performance.
- Work closely with receiving department to ensure proper supplies arrived.
- Work closely with quality control and supplier to reduce quality issues. Find solutions to quality problems found on items.
- Ability to build customer relationships and create solutions to critical business needs.
- Backup for planning (scheduling)
- Responsible for spreadsheet management of glass and other products.
- Ensure SPCLMAT and WSP numbers have standard cost entered.
- Outstanding purchase order status
- SDS and TDS (Quality)
- Work company defined hours and extra hours if needed (regular and predictable attendance).
Requirements:
- Minimum college degree in business field or equivalent training and experience
- 2 to 5 years of experience ideal – need ERP experience
- Computer literate, Microsoft Office (with proficiency in Excel)
- Great project management skills, are very organized, flexible, and adaptable to a quickly growing business
- Capable of managing several projects and meeting deadlines and key objectives
- Excellent attention to detail and high level of accuracy
- Ability to communicate effectively with all teams and departments
- Team based focus (jumps in to help team to ensure customer needs are being met)
If you possess the skills we are looking for and ready to make a positive impact, apply NOW! We look forward to connecting soon!
Qualifications
- College
- Purchasing