Procurement Associate - MRO & Sourcing (Houston)

Atkore; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 54,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, and dental insurance

Life insurance

Short-term and long-term disability

401k

Paid Time Off

Paid holidays

Leave under federal, state, or local L

Job summary

Atkore is seeking a Buyer I to join our Houston, TX facility. You will drive supply chain processes, manage material replenishment, and support MRP systems to meet customer demand. The role emphasizes cost reduction and supplier qualifications, with Lean experience a plus.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. You’ll collaborate across Quality, Logistics, Finance, and Manufacturing to optimize pricing, service, and delivery while advancing the company’s

Responsibilities

• Support on-time customer delivery and meet inventory turn objectives.
• Solicits competitive proposals, evaluates RFQs, prepares sourcing recommendations, creates purchase orders, facilitates changes and expedites POs.
• Reconciles pending invoices and updates master file records as needed.
• Takes ownership and actively maintains proper order processing, inclusive of DoA, GL accuracy, and data entry.
• Participates in strategic sourcing decisions to achieve corporate goals and objectives.
• Outlines MRO purchasing activities for execution by the team.
• Resolve issues by performing a root cause analysis and implement a solution/preventative action plan.
• Collaborates and maintains open communication channels with plant personnel/departments including Quality, Logistics, Finance, and Manufacturing to obtain the best pricings, quality, service and delivery.
• Develop and monitor standard costs for raw materials.
• Streamlines processes, improves raw material cycle times, and oversees supplier managed inventories.
• Manages Ad hoc projects and reports to support the development and implementation of MRP systems; manage the databases associated with the procurement modules.
• Embrace and foster and environment that supports our core values of Accountability, Teamwork, Integrity, Respect, and Excellence.
• All other duties as assigned.

Job description

Atkore is seeking a Buyer I to join our Houston, TX facility. You will drive supply chain processes, manage material replenishment, and support MRP systems to meet customer demand. The role emphasizes cost reduction and supplier qualifications, with Lean experience a plus.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. You’ll collaborate across Quality, Logistics, Finance, and Manufacturing to optimize pricing, service, and delivery while advancing the company’s