Express Employment has partnered with a manufacturing company located in the Racine area, that is seeking an experienced Purchasing Coordinator. This position is 1st shift, Monday to Friday and offers benefits!
In this role, you will be responsible for coordinating purchasing activities, managing vendor relationships, and ensuring timely delivery of goods and services.
Minimum requirements:
- Coordinates purchase requests and prepares purchase orders for catalog parts.
- Compiles and maintains information and records to prepare standard purchases.
- Quick learner – ability to grasp business needs, understand, and respond quickly.
- Understand supply-demand balancing, releasing POs, and rectifying inventory receipts, as necessary.
- Collaborate with the team and internal stakeholders in a team environment essential.
- Understand/comprehend urgency of a situation and ability to communicate/escalate to appropriate resource is critical.
- Maintains records of materials, prices, inventories and deliveries.
Preferred requirements:
- Prior experience in a buyer position preferred.
- Hands-on experience with an ERP system and/or software is preferred.
- Communication skills with external suppliers including quoting parts is preferred
If you are a motivated individual with a passion for purchasing and supply chain management, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity!