Job Title: Purchasing Coordinator

Job Description

As a Supply Chain Specialist I, you will apply fundamental judgment and evaluation to support our procurement processes while you build and maintain internal customer and vendor relationships to meet business needs. Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.

Responsibilities

• Perform multifaceted tasks and projects of less complexity requiring the application of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria.
• Support procurement processes.
• Handle requisition traffic and procure quality materials/equipment in accordance with established purchasing policies and procedures.
• Ensure communication between internal customers and vendors.
• Facilitate the resolution of disputes and claims.
• Coordinate required inspections, expediting, and logistics support.
• Analyze and report on market conditions and identify competitive opportunities to initiate competitive bid processes.
• Coordinate and facilitate pre-competitive meetings and provide input to bid awards.
• Other duties as assigned.

Essential Skills

• Inventory management
• Inventory control
• Purchasing
• Supply chain management
• Procurement processes
• Requisition handling
• Vendor and internal customer communication
• Dispute and claim resolution
• Market analysis and competitive bidding
• Purchase order management
• Order entry
• Vendor management
• Buyer purchasing

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Ability to perform multifaceted tasks and projects of less complexity requiring standard techniques, procedures, and criteria.

Work Environment

The role involves supporting procurement processes and handling requisition traffic. You will be responsible for ensuring communication between internal customers and vendors, facilitating dispute resolutions, and coordinating inspections, expediting, and logistics support. The position may also require analyzing market conditions and identifying competitive opportunities. The dress code is business casual, and you will be working in a collaborative and dynamic environment.