Purchasing Assistant

·         Prepares and issues purchase orders and change notices.

·         Reviews purchase order claims and contracts for compliance to company policy.

·         Confers with vendors to obtain product service information, price availability, and delivery schedule for related materials.

·         Follow the instituted buying procedure to ensure the best solution for comparing in terms of price, time, and relativity.

·         Ensures proper receipt of all related materials and products.

·         Maintains procurement records such as items or services purchased; costs, delivery, product quality or performance and inventories.

·         Maintain appropriate balance on inventory through minimum inventory levels and optimum order quantities.

·         Discusses defective or unacceptable product and/or service levels with vendor/supplier to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.

·         Expedite delivery of goods to user.

·         Maintain vendor files, including vendor quality surveys.

·         Process Requisition forms/Purchase Orders and forward to supplier, accounts payable and receivable.

·         Continuous evaluation of vendor to maximize cost savings for company.

·         Prepares, plans and schedules for the orderly processing of orders.

·         Develops statistical reports detailing weekly activities by utilizing spreadsheets, word processing, and organizational software provided by the company.

·         Help and assist to improve the purchasing system.

·         High School graduate
·         Attention to detail

·         MS Word, MS Excel, and other programs
·         MAS200 Experience Preferred