Production Procurement Operator
Position Objective
Responsible for acquiring materials and documents to fulfill requests for purchases, including preparing purchase orders and handling inquiries about orders. Following through with purchase from order placement to fulfillment and ensuring order arrives undamaged and on time. Ordering of all Emblems.
Specific Responsibilities
- Examining departmental purchase requisitions for completeness and accuracy necessary to support the buying process
- Seeing that POs are issued, shipped, and received on a timely basis
- Responding to customer and supplier inquiries about order status, changes, or cancellations
- Contacting suppliers in order to schedule or expedite deliveries and to resolve shortages, missed or late deliveries, and other problems
- Maintaining knowledge of all organizational and governmental rules affecting purchases
- Varying ad-hoc requests supporting the Center Led Procurement process
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Acute sense of urgency, excellent customer service skills and demeanor
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Detail oriented
- Strong command of Microsoft Word and Excel; MS Access a plus
- Knowledge of purchasing practices and procedures
Education
Supply Chain Management, Logistics, and Business Administration
Experience
Experienced with supplier management
Benefits
Vestis offers a wide array of comprehensive benefit programs and services, including medical, dental, vision, and pension. Employees are eligible for 80 total vacation hours per year, 5 total floating holiday hours per year, and 5 days of paid sick time every year. Employees will also receive 6 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
Compensation
The hourly rate for this position is $15.53 to $23.32, depending on circumstances, including an applicant’s skills and qualifications, certain degrees and certifications, prior job experience, market data, and other relevant factors.
Headquarters
Headquartered in Roswell, GA, Vestis® is the second largest provider in the industry with over 300,000 customer locations and approximately 20,000 teammates across North America. Vestis® is a leader in the B2B uniform and workplace supplies category. Vestis® provides clean and safe uniform services and workplace supplies to a broad range of North American customers from Fortune 500 companies to locally owned small businesses across a broad set of end markets. The Company’s comprehensive service offering includes a full-service uniform rental program, cleanroom and other specialty garment processing, floor mats, towels, linens, managed restroom services, first aid supplies and more.
Vestis Commitment to Equal Opportunity Employment
Vestis is an equal-opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, relation, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities