Essential Duties and Responsibilities- Negotiates with vendors for goods and services, negotiating the best possible price and service guarantee
- Strategically aligning with the right vendors and keeping management team informed of new products, market conditions and current prices through customer contact
- Evaluate vendor performance
- Establishes purchasing policies and ensures compliance
- Develops new supply sources where vendors are inadequate
- Examines bids and makes awards
- Establishes account/credit terms
- Negotiates blanket purchase orders when appropriate and monitors cost during the time period
- Checks requisitions for appropriate approval and account numbers
- Works closely with Receiving Department to ensure proper supplies arrived
- Traces delinquent arrivals from Purchase Orders
- Follows environmental and safety regulations and acts in compliance with Federal laws
- Complies with safety and corporate guidelines on business ethics
- Perform other related duties as required
Education and/or Experience- Bachelor's Degree, in a business-related area
- Seven years of prior experience
- Annually purchasing $5 Million in raw materials
TravelThis position requires minimal to no travel
Computer Skills- Demonstrated proficiency with MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Access
- Demonstrated proficiency using EPICOR ERP or similar systems
Other Requirements- Negotiating skills
- Organizational skills for efficient office control
- Ability to communicate professionally with people at all levels of the organization and external contacts
- Strong decision-making skills
- Knowledge of purchasing steel, OSB and foam
Other Skills- To develop a purchasing system that smooths out the flow of material through production by receipt
- Develop purchasing strategy by commodities for each division
- Reduce lead times through creative purchasing methods
- Provide cost reductions and rebate program in purchased material and freight
- Develop a plan to reduce inventory and methods to better track inventory of raw material and finished goods in conjunction with the Operations Managers for Weld and Lamination
- Fulfill requests for quotes in a timely manner for all aspects of Porter Corp.
- Keep management team informed of financial trends and new product development
