Procurement Assistant Jobs

This position reports to the Materials Supervisor. This position will work with the procurement team related to packaging, plastics, and bio-chemicals commodities and will the support the team as follows. The incumbent will be expected to follow standard practices and procedures.

Essential Responsibilities:

• The person selected will also work directly with select vendors ensuring their items are available for production and customers.
• This person will request documentation or order status updates from suppliers in accordance with our supplier approval process including, new supplier forms, business continuity plans, and other information as needed.
• Placing new or expediting existing orders. This role will resolve invoicing and accounting issues as they arise, working directly with Buyers and Accounts Payable.
• Will also ensure approved supplier part database is maintain in Oracle.
• Notifies suppliers of change in order revisions, forecast or any deviations to ensure they are producing to the most up to date drawings, demand and certificates.
• This person will also ensure that the supplier documentation collected is saved in the proper locations per outlined work instructions.

Must Have Skillsets:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent job experience.
• Oracle/SAP experience
• This candidate will also require "Tactical Procurement" experience such as purchase order placement, following up on POS, expediting with suppliers, mitigation of supply shortages.
• Procurement/ Purchasing experience.

Preferred Skillsets:

• Ability to handle multiple tasks with little supervision
• Manufacturing environment experience (Medical manufacturing is a plus)
• Six Sigma Knowledge or excel.