Purchasing Specialist

Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Continuously drive the facility’s culture toward a higher level of safety.
• Challenge status quo safety behaviors, engage in Safety initiatives.
• Ensure the job functional activities remain in or exceed the standards and specifications established by Quality Assurance.
• Drive key performance within area of responsibility and participate in making recommendations for necessary changes to enhance the business objectives.
• Initiate and drive continuous improvement activities within the responsibilities of this position, its department, and other areas of the facility as part of the team to ensure plant sustainability.
• Ensure good business communication practices are engaged at all levels to ensure key stakeholders are well informed, have the ability to appropriately respond.
• Purchase supplies and materials.
• Work with vendors daily to obtain parts or materials, part or material numbers, pricing and delivery dates.
• Establish a working relationship with vendors promoting good business practices.
• Research for best pricing, quality and turn-around time.
• Cook up and order parts as assigned, which might include other departments.
• Retain and screen all capital and expense projects for engineering department.
• Maintain, screen and reconcile p-card transactions.
• Update purchase order spreadsheet daily.
• Reconcile the purchase order, receivers, and invoices to ensure proper pricing and charging is in agreement.
• Work with accounting department on managing the Goods Receipts /Invoice Receipts (GR/IR) in SAP.
• Follow purchasing policy guidelines set forth and maintained by Plant Controller.
• Manage the First-in First-out (FIFO) for parts and equipment to ensure their proper usage.
• Establish, manage and maintain a min / max part level for parts and equipment.
• Interact with Operations and Maintenance to coordinate and confirm deliveries.
• Interact and coordinate with DFA traffic and outside carriers to coordinate deliveries.
• Manage the process maintaining the required data in SAP.
• Ensure that lead time and delivery meets Maintenance and Operational expectations.
• Develop and maintain a vendor scorecard.
• Communicate and coordinate with all effected departments to ensure activity meets organizational and financial goals.
• Network with other DFA facilities for supply availability.
• Organize, maintain, cycle count, and audit parts storage area.
• Ensure area maintains 5S compliance.
• Adhere to all DFA Policies and Procedures, reporting any non-conformity.

Minimum Requirements

• Associates degree or High School / equivalent diploma with 3 years of related work experience
• 1-3 years of related or transferrable work experience
• Computer skills- Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment
• Ability to multi-task and adapt to a changing environment quickly
• Ability to develop good working relationships with others
• Valid Driver’s license
• Must be able to read, write and speak English

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field
• Mechanical aptitude
• 2+ years of experience working in ERP system, SAP and other purchasing related systems
• Accounting, 10 key punch or data processing experience
• Extensive purchasing experience for a manufacturing facility