Junior Purchaser

Frequentis

Columbia (MD)

On-site

USD 65,000 - 90,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Health Savings Accounts

Competitive 401(k) Plan with company‑m

Employee Life Insurance & AD&D

Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term

Employee Assistance Program

Generous holidays incl. year-end break

PTO and sick leave

Job summary

Frequentis USA Inc. seeks a Procurement Administrator to manage SAP-based orders, monitor deliveries, and support project procurement.

Responsibilities include supplier negotiation, evaluations, and coordination with project teams to ensure timely material delivery and cost efficiency. A college degree in business or related experience is preferred, with strong communication skills.

Qualifications

College degree in Business Administration or related field, or 2–5 years of related experience.
Familiar with business operations concepts, practices, and procedures.
Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel); SAP is a plus.
Knowledge of current standards and guidelines (RoHS, environment).
Ability to work independently and communicate progress to stakeholders.
Strong communication and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

Administrative management of orders in SAP, including PO creation and approvals.
Monitor timely deliveries and manage deviations.
Assist in project procurement and process orders for projects.
Maintain supplier relations with multiple vendors.
Negotiate prices with suppliers.
Conduct supplier evaluations based on performance.
Compile stock statistics and provide order information.
Coordinate with offer managers and project managers on production materials.
Support invitations for tenders during the offer phase.
Ensure timely delivery to projects to avoid interruptions.
Identify cost-cutting opportunities while maintaining quality and minimizing risk.
Work on optimizing procurement costs (TCO).

Skills

Strong communication

Negotiation skills

Independent work

Business operations concepts

Education

College degree in Business Administration or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Access

SAP

Job description

Job Introduction

Frequentis USA Inc. is dedicated to creating a safer world. With over 75 years of experience, Frequentis understands controllers in safety critical situations encounter new challenges daily. Our mission is to develop and market highly reliable, optimized, custom-tailored, and user centric communication and information systems for mission critical solutions. As an industry leader in voice communication data information systems, we create a safer world through integration, digitalization, and automation while maintaining world class safety standards. We proudly serve many U.S. government agencies including the FAA, DoD, and NASA. Safety as our number one priority pushes us to constantly learn about the ever-changing needs in safety critical environments to deliver innovative solutions.

Key Tasks

Administrative management of orders in SAP in regard to the creation and changes of purchase orders as well as the approval process.
Monitoring of timely deliveries, management of deviations
Assistance in project procurement and support in processing orders for projects
Maintain supplier relations with multiple vendors for like products & services
Negotiating prices with suppliers
Conducting supplier evaluations based on performance
Compiling statistics about stock
Providing information and help in case of questions regarding orders, delivery dates and order management in general
Close cooperation with the offer manager and project managers regarding the provision of production material, goods and services for projects, internal clients and production
Supporting the offer manager regarding invitations for tenders for projects in the offer phase
Timely delivery to the projects or production in order to guarantee an interruption-free process
Guarantee of the best possible cost-cutting measures whilst taking account of quality requirements and risk minimization
Optimizing the procurement costs (TCO)

Key Qualifications

College graduate with Business Administration or similar degree or High school diploma with 2-5 years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Familiar with business operation concepts, practices, and procedures.
Applied experience with Microsoft Office applications including MS Word and MS Excel. MS Access and SAP is a plus
General knowledge of current standards and guidelines (e.g. protection guidelines, environment, RoHS, etc.)
Ability to work independently and communicate progress/problems to appropriate personnel effectively.
Strong communication and negotiation skills

Our Values

Frequentis USA is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Around 2,100 employees are committed to creating a safer world with their innovative strength and technology orientation. Our culture is based on a working environment characterized by fairness and trust, mutual respect and appreciation. As an international company, we value this diversity and recruit regardless of age, gender, origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation or religion. We value fair and good working conditions, an optimum work-life-balance and offer all our employees equal development opportunities. In doing so, we focus on long-term working relationships in order to keep the valuable know-how of our employees stable.

Benefits

Benefits: We are committed to supporting our mission through the following employee benefits: