Commodity Procurement Specialist

Job Summary

Justrite Safety Group is seeking a skilled Commodity Buyer I to join our team. As a key member of our procurement team, you will be responsible for compiling information and records to draw up purchase orders for procurement of inventory materials, non-inventory materials, and commodity planning and services.

About the Role

In this role, you will report directly to the Procurement Manager and be responsible for reviewing requisition orders to verify accuracy, terminology, and specifications. You will also prepare, maintain, and review purchasing files, reports, and price lists, and compare supplier's bills with bids and purchase orders to verify accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Monitor in-house non-inventory supplies and handle Kanban releases and perform buying duties when necessary.
• Determine if inventory quantities are sufficient for needs and manage commodities as assigned by Purchasing Manager.
• Find opportunities to improve PPV by finding better suppliers in terms of cost, quality control, delivery, inventory turns, and reliability.
• Track commodities price trend and maintain records.
• Resolve purchasing problems between departments and vendors, and manage expediting on needed product and past due parts to meet production/operational needs.
• Work closely with other departments, i.e., production, purchasing, engineering, quality, customer service to ensure the completion of common goals.
• Confers and assists department to coordinate all purchasing and shipping activities, and to resolve complaints or eliminate delays.
• Negotiate Ekanban MOQ and lead times, calculate targeted Inventory levels, and update item balance, Item Master files, and Kanban MRP files accordingly.
• Analyze data using MS Excel to make effective reports, do pricing analysis for commodities, identify trends, and prepare data on commodity impact on Finished goods.
• Purchased Finished Goods Planning: Planned Purchased Finished goods as assigned by Purchasing Manager.
• Effectively executing transactional and administrative tasks, especially processing information, capably administering, readily responding to meet the needs of others, either inside or outside the organization, satisfying customers, dependably completing work within organizational protocol and within expectations, completing work within Standard Operating Procedures, correctly defining complex problems and developing viable work processes as solutions, fixing work processes, reacting to pressure while sustaining expected performance levels, handling stress, executing work processes to meet volume and quality requirements, meeting routine work demands.

Requirements

• Problem Identification & Resolution
• Efficient written and verbal communication
• Microsoft Office Suite
• MAPICS/AS400
• Basic accounting Math
• Reasoning
• Frequent movement through office, plant, and warehouse areas, ability to step upon and down from platforms as needed
• Consistently introduces new ideas and demonstrates original thinking
• Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
• Works well as a member of a group
• Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
• Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks
• Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility
• Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals
• Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Benefits & Compensation

Justrite Safety Group offers a competitive salary and benefits package, career growth and development opportunities, medical, dental, and vision benefits, paid time off, 401K with company match, company-paid short and long-term disability, and employee wellness program.