Essential Responsibilities:

• Responsible for purchasing and negotiating materials, equipment, and supplies from suppliers.
• Evaluates supplier quotes and services to determine most desirable suppliers.
• Maintain day to day communication with suppliers to ensure on-time delivery, system data integrity, and ordering parameters for individual materials.
• Ensure on-time deliveries, while maximizing turns, and minimizing carrying costs.
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Performs a variety of complicated tasks. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
• Understand the dynamics of effective teamwork in order to attain higher levels of performance.
• Demonstrate a commitment to engage teams in other departments or divisions of the organization.
• Understands and clearly demonstrate fluency in commercial components of supplier agreements.
• Skilled in Make vs. Buy analysis.
• Ability to create and follow Standard Work processes on a daily basis.
• Adapt to system/technology changes as well as use of current systems.
• Financial acumen (i.e. understanding lot size, inventory vs. set-up costs)
• Operate with a sense of urgency, and distribute time sensitive and accurate data
• Strong time management and organizing skills.
• Identify roadblocks in material/information flow; ability to manage exceptions.

Required Experience:

• 4+ years of Purchasing experience.
• Supply Chain experience manufacturing environment.
• Experience with contract reviews and negotiations.
• Required Skills:
• Solid organization and analytical skills.
• Effective verbal and written communications skills.
• Exposure to LEAN methodology and LEAN manufacturing environment.
• Enterprise-sourcing purchasing systems (ERP).

• Exposure to logistics, warehousing systems.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and specifications.
• Advanced computer skills and proficient with MS Office package.

Education Requirements:

• Minimum Bachelors’ Degree, Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, or a combination of education + applicable experience

Job Type: Contract

Pay: From $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Health insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Kimball, TN 37347: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Purchasing: 4 years (Required)

Work Location: One location

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