Summary:
Purchases goods, materials, and services to ensure company operations needs are met, considering price, quality, and delivery to ensure continuity of supply. Role may take ownership for a specific project or commodity.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Purchases goods, materials, components, or services in line with specified cost, quality, and delivery targets
- Ensures continuous supply of required goods and materials; communicates any supply problems that may pose a risk of impact on business operations
- Monitors market trends and suppliers and amends procurement strategies based on economic conditions
- Researches and evaluates areas of opportunity to reduce cost where possible
- Develops and implements innovative procurement processes
- Develops ideas and strategies to improve efficiency, add value, and work towards a strategy of continuous improvement
- Assesses and evaluates suppliers and carries out performance reviews to ensure compliance and mange performance improvement activities
- Ensures that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships
- Explores alternate sources for goods and materials
- Refers to production schedules and prepares purchase orders in line with selected suppliers and organizational requirements
- Communicates with suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery, and invoice issues
- Maintains purchasing department records including purchase orders, packing slips, and requisitions
- Assists in the coordination of vendor returns due to defective parts and materials,
- as well as debit memos required by such action
- Works collaboratively with stakeholders and suppliers to resolve supply issues and advise of impact on production requirements, when necessary
- Attends production planning meetings, as required
- Practices good work habits including productivity and efficiency, dependability, seeing work, maintaining a clean and organized work area etc.
- Is a productive member of his/her department, is responsible in matters of confidentiality and adheres to all Rosenboom policies, including safety requirements/procedures and maintaining a clean and organized work area in order to ensure a safe working environment for all Rosenboom employees.
Rosenboom is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) - Veterans and Disabilities.