Job Details
Job Title: Purchasing Specialist
Location: Mossville, IL 61552
Duration: 24 months Contract, likely to extend
Pay Rate: $25-27/hour
Job Description:
- Evaluate and monitor contract performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and to determine need for changes.
Skills:
- Verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, negotiation skills and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to analyze financial reports, price proposals and other technical data.
- Ability to accurately document and record customer/client information.
- Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations related to purchasing.
- Knowledge of supply chain management.
- Previous experience with computer applications, such as Microsoft Word and Excel.
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in finance or a related business field required.
- 2-4 years finance related experience required.
Position s Contributions to Work Group:
- One of three purchasing specialists gathering purchasing requests, assembling quotes, defining suppliers, placing orders, inventorying items received and communicating status to customers.
- Opportunity to advance into leadership roles
Typical task breakdown:
- Gather purchasing requests
- Assemble quotes
- Define suppliers
- Place orders
- Inventory items received and communicating status to customers
Interaction with team:
- Define processes
- Divide work
- Guide requesting engineers through purchasing process
- Work with suppliers to overcome hurdles
- Escalate supplier issues to Client liaisons
Work environment:
Education & Experience Required:
- Experience using Client Guided Buy and Next Gen systems
- Will consider any form of education (minimum H.S. Diploma or GED)
- 2-4 years finance related experience required.
- 5+ years relevant experience preferred
Technical Skills
- Computer skills (Microsoft Office, Excel Beginner)
- Ability to work with online systems
Soft Skills
(Required)
- High energy and self motivated to process Purchase Orders
- Critical thinking to resolve issues with supplier systems and processes
- Communication skills to work order issues with customers and suppliers
- Attention to detail and process focus
- Tech savvy
*Benefits will also be available and details are available at the following link: Harvey Nash Benefits