Purchasing Specialist

This Purchasing/Warehouse role is responsible for buying equipment and/or services in response to requests received through company departments. The ideal candidate will prioritize purchases based on customer need and conduct research to ensure best pricing for the company and its customers.

• Maintain a status of current items on order and expedite suppliers as needed to meet customer demand.
• Conduct special projects, negotiate with vendors, and manage orders from beginning to end.
• Place orders for stock and/or customer-specific items accurately with a sense of urgency.
• Ensure best pricing on customer-specific items.
• Assist with receiving of materials and troubleshooting discrepancies.
• Interface with Warehouse personnel and Customer Service to ensure a smooth flow of information, deadlines are met, and back ordered items are received in a timely manner.
• Support the growth of the business by sharing lessons learned and seeking ways to continually improve the procurement and inventory management functions.
• Work with customers, shippers, and freight forwarders to ship materials to customers domestically and internationally.
• Continually build on a knowledge base of procurement, inventory management, and safety product knowledge.
• Wear the proper safety equipment as required.
• Additional duties as assigned.

• Minimum High School degree or equivalent. Associates or Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Three plus years industrial products purchasing/buyer experience.
• Safety industry experience preferred.
• Proven vendor relations and negotiations experience.
• Business Central software experience preferred.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc. The person will constantly operate a computer, speak over the phone, utilize a keyboard and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer. Must be able to converse verbally to exchange accurate information. Must be able to visually scan documents in detail to detect and identify needs.

The employee is frequently required to climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Must be able to regularly push and/or pull 110 pounds (wheeled rack).

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities. We recognize each individual's potential to offer significant contributions to our organization's growth and stability.

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