Purchasing Agent

**Purchasing Agent**:
**Responsibilities**
- Develop, lead and execute purchasing strategies
- Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
- Craft negotiation strategies and close deals with optimal terms
- Forecast price and market trends to identify changes of balance in buyer-supplier power
- Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking
- Assess, manage and mitigate risks
- Seek and partner with reliable vendors and suppliers
- Determine quantity and timing of deliveries
- Monitor and forecast upcoming levels of demand
- Work with Departments to schedule and meet materials requirements

**Requirements and skills**
- 2-3yrs experience as Purchasing Agent, or Purchasing Manager
- Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management
- Interest in market dynamics along with business sense
- A knack for negotiation and networking
- Ability to gather and analyze data and to work with figures.
- Solid judgement along with decision making skills.
- Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc )
- E.D.I. experience (Electronic Data Interchange)
- ERP System experience a plus (we use PLEX)
- Experience of working at a Metal Stamping Manufacturing Company is a plus

Pay: $23.00 - $26.50 per hour

**Benefits**:

- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance

Schedule:

- Day shift

Ability to Relocate:

- Middleville, MI 49333: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person