Procurement Specialist Level 1

Precision Castparts; South Gate (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Shultz Steel Company is seeking a procurement professional to manage requisitions, vendor communications, and purchase orders. You will ensure proper signatures, track deliveries, and maintain procurement records in CMMS/ERP systems.

The role requires ability to work cross-functionally in a high-volume manufacturing environment and to coordinate with Receiving and users to resolve issues.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules and procedures.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
• Knowledge of CMMS (IMaint) and ERP (Syteline) software.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Reviews requisitions and verifies authorization signatures on forms.
• Confers with vendors to obtain price, availability, and delivery schedules.
• Prepares purchase orders and obtains signatures.
• Follow up on orders and update deliveries in the system.
• Set up and negotiate new vendors and payment terms.
• Receive notices from Receiving departments when goods are delivered.
• Maintain procurement records: items, vendors, costs, delivery.
• Discuss defective or unacceptable goods and services to determine corrective action.
• Expedite delivery of goods to users.

Skills

Documentation literacy

Math proficiency

Communication skills

CMMS knowledge

Microsoft Office

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

One year certificate from college or technical school

Tools

CMMS IMaint

ERP Syteline

Microsoft Office

Job description

• Reviews requisitions. Verifies correct authorization signatures appear on forms.
• Confers with vendors to obtain product or service information such as price, availability, and delivery schedule.
• Prepares purchase orders and obtains signatures.
• Follow up on orders and updates system deliveries
• Set up and negotiate new vendors and payment terms
• Receives notices from Receiving departments when goods are delivered.
• Maintains computerized and manual procurement records such as items or services purchased, vendors, costs, and delivery.
• Discusses defective or unacceptable goods or services with receiving personnel or users, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.
• Expedites delivery of goods to users.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Reviews requisitions. Verifies correct authorization signatures appear on forms.
• Confers with vendors to obtain product or service information such as price, availability, and delivery schedule.
• Prepares purchase orders and obtains signatures.
• Follow up on orders and updates system deliveries
• Set up and negotiate new vendors and payment terms
• Receives notices from Receiving departments when goods are delivered.
• Maintains computerized and manual procurement records such as items or services purchased, vendors, costs, and delivery.
• Discusses defective or unacceptable goods or services with receiving personnel or users, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.
• Expedites delivery of goods to users.

Required Skills

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of Company.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• 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.
• Knowledge of Microsoft and some kind of ERP system CMMS or Syteline
• Ability to learn and use the CMMS (IMaint) software and ERP software (Syteline). Versatile in the use of Pc's including all components of Microsoft Office.
• General understanding of basic Adobe PDF functions
• Basic understanding of GL Codes
• Ability to work in a high volume fast paced manufacturing environment
• Ability to organize and work cross departmentally

Experience & Education

• One year certificate from college or technical school; or three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk; sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to airborne particles and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Shultz Steel Company is an equal opportunity employer. The company's policy and practice is to provide equal employment opportunities and to assure those opportunities, without regard to age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions, gender, race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation including gender identity or gender expression, religion, (including religious dress and religious grooming), mental or physical disability, legally protected medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, reproductive decision making, or any other status protected by applicable local, state or federal anti-discrimination laws.

Note: This position involves access to information subject to U.S. government flow-down dissemination control NOFORN (Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals). As a result, U.S. citizenship is required, and candidates must hold only U.S. citizenship (no dual citizenship or other nationalities permitted). Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.