Company Type
Manufacturer
Location
Brentwood, New York
Job Description
- Procures and expedites materials and/or services required, when needed, at the least total cost, which meet or exceed our expected quality requirements.
- Investigate sources to satisfy our requirements for materials and/or services, which will assure dependable and economical supply, within their assigned commodities.
- Place orders with appropriate sources, giving complete instructions as to specifications and delivery requirements for materials and or services as required by the requisitioning department.
- Establish effective channels of communication between company and our suppliers that will insure least total cost and delivery dates consistent with our requirements.
- Conducts cost reduction programs for material and/or services by obtaining competitive quotations from established prospective suppliers.
- Actively pursues cost reductions, such as better payment terms, discounts, negotiating lower prices.
- Effectively expedites material and/or services required.
- Correct and approve price and quantity discrepancies between our supplier’s invoice and our purchase order.
- Maintains records pertaining to the materials, services, costs, lead-times, suppliers, etc. pertaining to assigned commodities.
- Perform daily clerical duties as required, such as but not limited to, entering RMA’s and Sales Orders into the computer system and then processing them into production. Creating shipping documents and printing labels.
- Maintains document retention and helps maintain export compliance records.
- Perform accounts payable invoice entry and check run.
- Keep a separate Excel spreadsheet on R&D related costs per project for tax and budget purposes.
Job Skills
- High School diploma or general education degree (GED); or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability in English, to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, suppliers, and the associates of the organization.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.
- Must be able to use a CRT and telephone.
- Must be accurate, orderly, creative and attentive to detail.
- Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Job ID: 15459
