Purchasing Specialist

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop & maintain gateway documents to ensure timely and successful launch.
• Select suppliers & develop trial schedule & TPR’s to meet required timing.
• Initiate, review and track PCR’s until implemented.
• Resolve supplier issues for SQA.
• Identify parts for localization & potential suppliers.
• Maintain awareness and understand environmental policies, management system, and objectives and targets.
• Perform tasks in accordance with EMS procedures and practices to minimize environmental impact.
• New Vendor Setup/Enter Requisitions.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication & organization skills.
• Prioritize workload & assignments.
• Detail oriented.
• Knowledge of TPS.
• Previous Supplier experience a plus.
• Experience in JIT automotive manufacturing environment.
• Logistics background desired.

Education and Experience

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Associate Degree preferred.

Skills

• Computer proficiency with MS Office products, particularly Excel/Outlook.
• JDE Edwards experience a plus.
• Basic math skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
• Ability to express numbers as a decimal, convert numbers into percentages and from percentages to whole numbers, express numbers as a fraction, perform basic math operations using positive and negative numbers and as ratios or averages.

Reasoning Abilities

• Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables.
• Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands

• Regularly talk or hear.
• Frequently sit; stand; walk; use hands to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
• Close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Office setting.
• Moderate noise level.

Position Type/Expected Work Hours

• This is a full-time position, and hours of work and days are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.