Job Description

Job Description

Buyer Assistant

About Our Organization:

With over 38 years of experience providing high purity water solutions, Pureflow is committed to serving clients by designing, building, installing, and maintaining water purification systems in a broad range of commercial and industrial markets. We understand that a successful business needs quality employees. We are seeking highly talented and motivated candidates to join our company where people, integrity, and excellence are essential to our culture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with negotiating components, equipment, supplies from vendors/suppliers
• Accurately enter purchase orders into ERP system with expected ship date upon issuance of order
• Expedite supply and prioritize suppliers to meet emergency, short lead time, demands according to service, project and inventory supply needs
• Work with internal customers to expedite and resolve supply issues
• Provide delivery dates to project managers, service, and operations
• Assist with the performance evaluation of the current supply base, map and identify new suppliers and establish and maintain relationships with the key suppliers
• Daily interaction with engineering and suppliers
• Assist with sourcing activities in project phase and act as an interface towards suppliers and internal projects during the project phase
• Be an active member in the network of Project Buyers
• Measure key supplier performance and drive resolution to issues by understanding supplier capacities and capabilities
• Drive elimination of supplier defects received, and process returned material within 48 hours

Job Requirements:

• 5-8 years of direct purchasing experience in an OEM environment
• Proven experience within materials management situations (inventory control, physical inventory and logistics)
• Strong working knowledge of mechanical items and electrical components
• Preferred Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited school or US Military in Business Administration, Materials Management, Accounting, or Logistics
• Competent computer skills with ERP system, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Ability to organize, evaluate, prioritize tasks, risks, resources, milestones and deliverables
• Self-starter and ability to multi-task in fast paced environment

Perks:

• Competitive base salary
• Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Health Savings Account (with company contributions), and more
• $1 for $1 401k match up to 4%
• 9 Company-paid holidays
• Generous personal time off that increases with tenure
• Education assistance
• Employee referral bonus program
• Ongoing training and development by internal and external industry experts

Post-offer, pre-employment background checks and drug tests are required for all positions.

_Pureflow Inc. is an Equal-Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans. _

Key words: Buying, Procurement, Negotiating, Purchasing, ERP System, Materials Management