Steel Buyer & Purchasing Specialist
Job Description
Essential Responsibilities:
· Steel Purchasing – Work with sales and finance team to determine steel requirements and issue purchase orders to steel vendors. Work with engineering to maintain current list of customer specifications. Prepare Material Requirements Reports and review with sales team.
· Vendor Management – Monitor supplier performance and work with vendors to determine status of open purchase orders and delivery dates.
· Receive Steel – Confirm pricing and mill certifications are correct and enter receipts in Epicor. Work with Yard Manager to resolve any discrepancies.
· Issue and Return Steel – Work with sales and production teams to determine production priorities and issue steel to jobs. Record transactions to return unused material to inventory.
· Shop Purchasing and Vendor Management – Work with plant manager to place PO’s
· Accounts Payable Processing – Vouch invoices and process payments.
· Estimating – Obtain price and delivery from suppliers and/or outsourcers for customer RFQ’s