Duties & Responsibilities:
- Review and action all purchasing requests that come from internal and external customers for accuracy, terminology, and specifications
- Determine if the current inventory quantities are sufficient for the request, ordering more materials when necessary
- Prepare purchase orders and send copies to suppliers and to departments’ originating requests
- Respond to customer and supplier inquiries about order status, changes, or cancellations
- Performing buying duties
- Contact suppliers to schedule or expedite deliveries and to resolve shortages, missed or late deliveries, and other problems
- Prepare, maintain, and review purchasing files, reports, and price lists
- Compare prices, specifications, and delivery dates to determine the best bid among potential suppliers
- Track the status of requisitions, contracts, and orders
- Calculate the cost of orders, and charge or forward invoices to the appropriate accounts
- Manage activities related to strategic or tactical purchasing, material requirement planning
- Meet with suppliers to discuss performance metrics, to provide performance feedback, or to discuss production forecasts or changes
- Confer with supply chain planners to forecast demand or create supply plans that ensure the availability of materials or products
- Monitor forecasts and quotes to identify changes or to determine their effect on supply chain activities
- Negotiate prices and terms with suppliers, vendors, or freight forwarders
- Define performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors, such as sales, marketing, finance, production, or quality assurance
- Implement new or improved supply chain processes
- Design or implement supply chains that support business strategies adapted to changing market conditions, new business opportunities, or cost reduction strategies
