Purchasing Associate

Requirements

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

-Order placement for raw/sub materials & manage shipping, storage and expected time arrival

-Compare the cost & negotiate price with vendors and other charges

-Confer and correspond with establishment representatives to rectify problems, such as damages, shortages, and nonconformance specification

-Contact carrier representative to make arrangements and to issue instructions for shipping and delivery of materials

-Determine shipping method for materials, using knowledge of shipping procedures, routes, and rates

-Examine contents and compare with records, such as manifests, invoices, or orders, to verify accuracy of incoming or outgoing shipment

-Prepare documents, such as work orders, bill of lading, international documents and shipping orders to route materials

-Record shipment data, such as weight, charges, space availability, and damages and discrepancies, for reporting, accounting, and recordkeeping purposes

-Requisition stocks, materials, supplies or equipments & manage inventories and supplies

-Contact point for product certification institutes including NSF, GEI, etc.

-Manage outsourced warehouse (NOTS) including inventory management, schedule deliveries

-Participate in monthly closing activities including physical inventory check, data entry, administrative tasks, analytic reports reflecting manufacturing cost, inventory amount, sales record, etc.

-Effectively communicate both written and verbal language skills in Korean and English. Must be able to negotiate, report and purchase from US and foreign vendors

Requirements

Qualifications: Listed below are the minimum and/or desired qualifications of the position including education, work experience and knowledge & skills that are required to perform satisfactorily in the position:

Education and Work Experience:

-At least 1 Years of experience in related field

-Undergraduate degree in business or related field preferred but not required.

-Experience with ERP/SAP is preferred

-Other relevant experience will be considered. (Chemical / Raw Material Purchasing Background)

Knowledge and Skills:

-Computer and MS Office skills

-Excel skills (Pivot table, V-Lookup,..)

-Basic knowledge of economics and accounting Mathematics

-Complex problem solving & Critical thinking

-Judgment and decision making

-Management of Financial resources

-Time management

-Intermediate Communication

Physical Demands:

-Position requires sitting at a desk working on a computer for at least 2/3 of time.

-Position requires minimal lifting up to 25 lbs.

-Position requires regular and reliable attendance.

-Position requires domestic/international travel up to 10% of time.