Procurement Specialist

Accountabilities

• Prepare and place purchase orders for procurement of production material, supplies and services as required to meet demand and turnaround time.
• Prepare, maintain, and review purchasing files, reports, and price lists.
• Respond to customer and supplier inquiries on order status, changes or cancellations.
• Review orders to verify accuracy, terminology and specifications.
• Track the status of requisitions, contracts, orders and material non-conformance issues.
• Accurately utilize Dee Zee's ERP and other data systems as required.
• Conduct analysis and presentation of data for contract negotiation.
• Contact suppliers to schedule or expedite deliveries and to resolve shortages, missed or late deliveries, and other problems.
• Evaluate inventories to demand to determine when new orders or changes to current orders, is required.
• Negotiate commercial terms for the benefit of Dee Zee.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' related experience in procurement required.
• Ability to learn corporate systems on the job.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Analytical abilities and strong attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Support the environmental policy with proactive process implementation, improvement suggestions, reducing waste, and acting on environment performance results and findings.
• Associate’s Degree related to Supply Chain, Accounting, or Business preferred.