Job Description

The purchasing agent administers requisitions and purchase orders to ensure that all requirements are met and that appropriate approvals are obtained. Agent is responsible for procuring common used items for the Calipatria facility. 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

•    Verifies purchase requisitions by checking that items requested have been approved and that request contains correct cost center and purpose code, cost and item or service details and clarifies unclear items; recommending alternatives as necessary. •    Releases approved purchase requisitions to issue purchase order. •    Review purchase price with previous order. •    Prepares purchase orders by verifying specifications and price; obtaining recommendations from suppliers for substitute items; obtaining  approval from requisitioning department. •    Purchasing common items (i.e. supplies, tools, etc.) for all departments. •    Assist in resolving shipments in error with suppliers. •    Match with invoice, PO and receiving documents and submit lo AP for payment. Sometime needs to change PO/Invoice to 'fil with approval of superior. •    Keeps information accessible by sorting and filing documents. Solicits bid proposals and review requisitions for goods and services. •    Assists in research suppliers based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production and distribution capabilities •    Maintains purchasing information (records) for the purpose on ensuring availability of documentation and compliance with established policies. •    Increase job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities and training. •    Other duties as required.

Requirements:

•    Associate's degree in business or equivalent work experience. •    Proficiency in Excel and capable of performing reporting functions. •    Excellent written and oral communications, inter-personal skills and ability to handle multiple projects.

Training Required:  Will require training in the company policies, administrative procedures and any other training required by Quality Management System program  Product Knowledge Training  Acknowledgment for Receipt of Job Description  I have received a copy of the Job Description and have read and understand its contents. 

Company Description

www.earthrise.com Origins & History Our roots go back almost 40 years as the pioneers in Spirulina production. Today we offer a solid base of quality Spirulina and Spirulina-based products, with distribution in over 20 countries around the globe. In 1976 a group of U.S. visionary pioneers, founded the progenitor of Earthrise, Proteus Corporation, to develop Spirulina blue-green algae as a world food resource. Proteus was funded by a group of private California investors committed to the vision and hope Spirulina represented. This team began cultivation in the hot desert area in Southeastern part of California in the late 1970s. In 1981, Earthrise® developed a partnership with a Japanese company, Dainippon Ink and Chemicals (DIC), a diversified product company with a commitment to developing microalgae for food, biochemicals and pharmaceuticals that had just begun growing Spirulina in Thailand. This unique partnership between California entrepreneurs and Japanese corporate intrapreneurs flourished to a dynamic growth of Spirulina production as well as its market worldwide. In 2005, Earthrise® Nutritionals was wholly owned by Dainippon Ink and Chemicals. (the present DIC corporation) Today, our farm is the world’s largest Spirulina farm, and together with our sister company’s farm in China, DIC group is the largest Spirulina producer in the world.