Purchasing Expeditor (6 Month Contract)

About the Role

The Purchasing Expeditor is responsible for expediting equipment, commodities, parts, and services from MRP and MRO Requisitions within a growing company that provides engineered modular solutions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain frequent communication with suppliers from order placement to receipt to ensure quality and schedule are met.
• Develop and monitor supplier recovery plans as necessary for quality issues or schedule delays.
• Communicate risks and changes of supplier orders to appropriate personnel.
• Solicit and review supplier quotations, as necessary.
• Reconcile Bill of Materials (BOMs) to planned orders and issued Purchase Orders (PO) and work with Configuration Management and Purchasing to resolve discrepancies.
• Review and maintain vendor PO promise dates and receipt of materials in the ERP system.
• Advise senior management of non-standard contractual issues which can create legal and business risk.
• Maintain good relations with supplier personnel.
• Resolve receiving discrepancies by comparing purchase order to delivery documentation.
• Assure an uninterrupted flow of materials, supplies, and services required to operate the organization.
• Follow up purchases as necessary through correspondence or telephone to expedite order, change amounts, material, specifications, etc.
• Perform any other responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• 2-5 years of experience in purchasing/expediting in a custom engineered manufacturing organization (make-to-order/engineer-to-order ERP/MRP driven manufacturing environment).
• Understanding of general manufacturing practices, policies, and processes.
• Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing.
• Highly organized self-starter requiring minimal supervision.
• Ability to follow standard work processes.
• Good organizational, interpersonal, and teamwork skills.
• Knowledge of materials management, purchasing methods, and expediting procedures.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Foundation-level knowledge of standard ERP/MRP principles and practices.
• Microsoft Office Suite experience; intermediate Excel skills required.

Preferred Qualifications

• APICS CPIM certification.
• Infor/LN experience/purchasing module knowledge.

Education and Training

Bachelor’s degree preferred; high school diploma acceptable with appropriate industry experience.

Physical Requirements

• Position is at least 80% to 95% at a desk working with a computer.
• Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Performs other physical activities including use of fingers, sitting, stooping, bending, crouching, talking, hearing, and performing repetitive motions.
• Visual acuity requirements include color, depth perception, and field of vision necessary to prepare and analyze data and figures, operate a computer terminal, and conduct extensive reading.
• The incumbent will be subject to inside environmental conditions.

About the Company

Join a team driven to excel in all that we do! TAS is a Houston-headquartered company that is part of Comfort Systems USA, a publicly traded company with a solid reputation built on outstanding value, integrity, and customer focus. We offer customers and employees the best of both worlds: a small company feel with the resources, talent, process, and international reach of a large company.

TAS delivers innovative packaged modular systems engineered and manufactured in one of our Houston, TX facilities, utilized in data centers, power, and commercial/industrial utility system applications. TAS has successfully delivered and commissioned over 520 packages to over 33 countries. The company operates five ISO 9001 certified manufacturing facilities in Houston, encompassing 1.2 million square feet with proximity to major shipping ports and interstate highways. TAS manages all logistics and transportation, facilitating accelerated construction at customer facilities.

TAS’ fastest-growing business is the data center market. By applying deep expertise in cooling, thermodynamics, and power, TAS has developed an entire product line that revolutionizes data center delivery. With tremendous market potential, advanced technological systems, an entrepreneurial culture, and a talented workforce, we continue to set and exceed aggressive market penetration and financial goals.

www.tas.com

Workplace Policy

TAS has a tobacco-free workplace policy. Individuals are not allowed to smoke or use tobacco or nicotine products on TAS premises, while conducting TAS business off premises, or take "smoking" breaks during working hours. Prohibited products include, but are not limited to: cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, pipes, vaping devices, all forms of smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco, snuff, dip), and clove cigarettes.