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What Matters at _**_Magid_**_? YOU do_
- "The _number one_ key to growth is having good people and that’s what has driven us at every stage of the game."_ - Greg Cohen, CEO

At Magid we are _passionate_ about keeping workers _safe_ and proud of the innovative and collaborative environment we’ve created where diversity is celebrated, and growth never stops.

**Essential Responsibilities**:

- Place and expedite purchase orders to meet all customer demands.
- Set up and maintain optimal inventory levels. Manage excess and obsolete inventory through disposition.
- Interface directly with internal customers to execute delivery commitments through purchase orders and work orders.
- Identify problem areas that impact supplier delivery and quality performance and initiate corrective action.
- Analyze customer and sample RFQ’s, evaluates supplier proposals, performs price analysis.
- Initiates new supplier search and performs supplier evaluation.
- Support Strategic Sourcing team to reduce cost, consolidate the supply base, reduce inventory and implement new suppliers capable of meeting current and future organizational needs.
- Support new product development from the concept stage through successful product launch.
- Maintain mutually beneficial long-term partnership style relationships with our suppliers to foster continuous improvement and feedback.
- Understand, track and forecast the key cost drivers for assigned suppliers and takes appropriate actions to control purchased material and product costs.
- Display a good working knowledge of Personal Protective Euipment (PPE) products and their functionality. #IND1

**_ Reports To: _**Director of Purchasing

**Required Skills**:

- Proven experience effectively managing supplier relationships, reducing costs, and maintaining optimal inventory levels.
- Strong negotiation skills.
- Effective decision-making abilities.
- AS400 or similar systems experience.
- S2K - huge plus.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to solve problems and multi-task in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Stong knowledge and experience with Excel.

**Experience/Education Required/Sought**:

- Three years of purchasing/supply chain experience in a distribution environment.
- Bachelor’s degree preferred (supply chain management, business or related field)

**Work Environment/Physical Requirements/PPE**:
Office

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the Team Member(s) incumbent in this position. Team Members(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

An Equal Opportunity Employer, we are committed to a diverse workforce.

Magid Glove & Safety is a leading manufacturer, distributor, and importer of hand protection and safety products, e.g,.work gloves, fall protection, reusable and disposable respirators. We are an innovative, growing, and privately held business, that has been delivering safety solutions to thousands of companies since 1946.
- Magid is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law._