Procurement Coordinator I - Drive Purchasing Excellence

Astound; Washington; On-site; USD 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k retirement plan

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid Time Off

Floating Holiday

Paid Holidays

Paid Sick Leave

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discount

Job summary

Astound is hiring a Purchasing Coordinator I to manage day-to-day procurement, create and maintain purchase orders, and coordinate with vendors and internal teams. You will track orders, resolve routine discrepancies, and support inventory-related data across Finance and Procurement.

The role emphasizes strong attention to detail, Excel and ERP familiarity, and collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure timely, accurate purchasing activity.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of purchasing, procurement operations, inventory support, finance, or related business operations preferred.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel and purchasing, inventory, ERP, or reporting systems is preferred.
• Working knowledge of purchasing, procurement, PO processing, vendor coordination, item setup, data integrity practices, and related documentation requirements.
• Ability to follow policies, approval workflows, and maintain accurate records.

Responsibilities

• Create, update, and maintain purchase orders in accordance with procedures.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to confirm requirements, coding, quantities, delivery needs, and approvals.
• Communicate with suppliers, warehouse teams, Finance, and Accounts Payable to support order processing.
• Monitor open requests, POs, approvals, deliveries, and missing documents; provide status updates.
• Research items, vendor pricing, inventory, and orders to resolve discrepancies.
• Assist with item creation, vendor documentation, and inventory system updates.
• Support purchasing run rates, reorder points, and dashboards.
• Research invoice discrepancies with Accounts Payable and resolve issues.
• Provide process questions support and back-up for peak periods.
• Cross-train to provide backup during vacations and peak workloads.

Skills

Purchasing operations

Vendor coordination

Attention to detail

Communication

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associate degree in Business/Supply Chain/Finance/Accounting

Tools

Excel

ERP systems

Power BI

Smartsheet

SharePoint

ReQlogic

Power Query

Job description

Astound is hiring a Purchasing Coordinator I to manage day-to-day procurement, create and maintain purchase orders, and coordinate with vendors and internal teams. You will track orders, resolve routine discrepancies, and support inventory-related data across Finance and Procurement.

The role emphasizes strong attention to detail, Excel and ERP familiarity, and collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure timely, accurate purchasing activity.