Inventory Purchasing Specialist III

About the role

This position is responsible for purchasing inventory and services supporting a heavy duty truck/construction equipment shop. This lead position procures specialized services and non-stock items, provides cost analysis, and recommends strategies for finding alternative supply sources, ensuring customer needs are met while controlling costs.

This position will also work with contracts department to monitor, research, gather information, and support the facilitation of renewing, and/or initiating purchasing agreements.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and monitor inventory bid specifications.
• Lead and train personnel to ensure efficient operations.
• Aid with the facilitation of fleet maintenance, repair processes, shop work orders and preventive maintenance schedules.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve issues.
• Utilize Oracle Procurement module for a variety of inventory purchasing tasks.
• Support contract development, review, negotiations, administration, and the management of contracts for purchasing goods and services.
• Utilize computer and MS Office Applications (i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.).
• Work with accounts payable personnel to reconcile invoices, resolve price discrepancies, freight and tax issues.
• Communicate with a diverse range of staff and customers in a pleasant, non-judgmental, respectful, and culturally sensitive manner.
• Work independently and demonstrate strong written and oral communication skills; organizational skills.

Qualifications

• Experience (3 years preferred) leading personnel and/or possess supervisory skills.
• Experience (3 years preferred) in heavy duty and industrial parts purchasing, fleet maintenance repair process, and preventative maintenance schedules.
• Working Knowledge of contract development, review, negotiations, administration and management.
• Skilled with using desktop and web-based accounting and inventory management systems.
• Knowledge using computer and MS Office Applications (i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.).
• Aptitude to work closely with others.

Skills

• Knowledge of class 6 box trucks and class 8 tractor trucks.
• Knowledge ordering parts for heavy-duty construction equipment such as Case, Caterpillar, Volvo, John Deere or similar product lines.
• Ordering and supplying parts for passenger vehicles as well as light-duty trucks e.g. F 150, F250, F350 and F550.
• Requisitioning knowledge of small residential and large commercial and industrial mowers, industrial power plant generators, etc.

Experience

• Valid WA State Driver’s License.