The Purchasing Agent will coordinate the purchasing process of materials and other supplies including: evaluating suppliers, placing orders, tracking orders, recording purchase orders, receiving materials, and return processing.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Research and locate supplies and suppliers
- Evaluate suppliers and review bids; may handle negotiations
- Maintain relationships with suppliers and vendors for price negotiations, timely deliveries, tracking orders, etc.
- Develop purchasing strategies
- Issue, revise existing, and receive Purchase Orders in the ERP software
- Oversee inventory and stock levels, and ordering supplies
- Review quality of supplies and inventory
- Work closely with Accounting team on invoicing; price discrepancies, quantity issues, and other issues
- Produce and manage reports
Required Skills:
- 3 years of related working experiencing in a similar role
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel
- Basic math skills
- Time management: comfortable multitasking, handling and prioritizing multiple requests from different parties, excellent follow through and follow - up
- Ability to work quickly and in a potentially high-stress environment
- Attention to detail is a must
- Strong communication skills and extremely self-motivated when managing communication channels
- Highly organized and capable of creating organizational systems that others easily utilize
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $48,000.00 - $52,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
Application Question(s):
- How many days in the last year have you missed work that were not preplanned at least 48 hours in advance?
Experience:
- Inventory control: 2 years (Required)
- Microsoft Excel: 2 years (Required)
- Negotiation: 1 year (Preferred)
- Purchasing: 2 years (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Marietta, GA 30066 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Marietta, GA 30066: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person