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Jamco America Inc

Everett (WA)

On-site

USD 55,000 - 85,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical Coverage

Dental Reimbursement

Vision Reimbursement

401(k) Retirement Savings

Job summary

Jamco America Inc is seeking a procurement professional to proactively communicate with customers, prepare RFQs, and place orders to ensure on-time delivery. You will coordinate with suppliers, review bids, and manage shipping arrangements while supporting the Export team.

The role requires bilingual Japanese capability, strong communication, and proficiency with MS Office. Non-Exempt status and location in Everett, WA are noted.

Qualifications

Ability to communicate effectively, both verbal and written.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office products.
Professional with proven organizational and time management skills.

Responsibilities

Coordinate price, delivery options, specifications, quality and other customer requirements.
Maintain procurement records such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality and on time delivery performance.
Expedite delivery of goods to customers.
Prepare purchase order and send it to supplier.
Coordinate with freight forwarder, supplier, inspectors, and customer for any rejected items.

Skills

Effective communication

Microsoft Office proficiency

Organization & time management

Job description

Job Description

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Summary

Proactively communicate with customers regarding orders, including price, delivery options, specifications, and quality. Work under supervision to prepare RFQ, place orders with supplier, and follow-up to insure on-time delivery to customer.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities __ include the following with other duties as assigned:

Coordinate price, delivery options, specifications, quality and other customer requirements. Provide timely response to customer’s inquiries.
Maintain procurement records such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality and on time delivery performance.
Solve problems on defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality control personnel, users, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.
Determine the best supplier to meet customer’s needs, and provide quotation.
Receive PO from customer and generates purchase orders.
Review / Monitor internal inventory stock if necessary.
Consult catalogue/website and confer with vendors to obtain product or services information such as price, availability, and delivery schedules.
Prepare bid requests and review bid proposals, comparing prices, specifications, and delivery date to select best value for goods required.
Prepare purchase order and send it to supplier.
Expedite delivery of goods to customers.
Obtain technical data or other information from supplier per customer’s request.
Manage suppliers for on time delivery.
Provide delivery information to customers.
Coordinate shipping arrangement and shipping instructions with forwarder, customer and Export team.
Provide commercial invoices to customers.
Work with accounting team, suppliers, and customers for any price discrepancy issues.
Coordinate with freight forwarder, supplier, inspectors, and customer for any rejected items.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Ability to communicate effectively, both verbal and written.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office products.
Professional with proven organizational and time management skills.

All external hiring is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen and a criminal background check.

Requirements

Education and/or Experience:

Ability to meet qualifications, common business sense, sense of teamwork.

Bilingual Japanese Required

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such a safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers of employees of organization.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, and percentages.

Customer Orientation

Must demonstrate concern and take actions to meet requirements and high standards of quality of both internal and external customers. Must display courtesy and sensitivity. Manage difficult situations. Meet commitments. Respond promptly to customer needs. Solicit customer feedback to improve service.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, talk and hear.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Jamco is passionate about providing a competitive and comprehensive benefits package and pleased to offer the following to eligible employees-