Purchasing Assistant

Express Employment International (US); Cedar City (UT); On-site; USD 20,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Job summary

Express Employment Professionals in Cedar City, UT seeks an organized Purchasing professional to manage BOM-based PO creation and supplier communication. You will verify orders, track deliveries, and document everything while supporting ISO9001 processes. The role requires a high school diploma, 1 year in purchasing, and proficiency with QuickBooks/Excel/Outlook. Monday–Friday, on-site.

Qualifications

• High school or equivalent required.
• Minimum 1 year of purchasing experience.
• Experience with ERP systems such as Acumatica is a plus.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare purchase orders from Bill of Materials and Material Requisitions daily.
• Verify purchases by comparing items requested with entries.
• Follow up with suppliers, monitor, and expedite orders; record receiving docs.
• Report changes and shipment dates to Project Managers and Operation Manager.
• Resolve discrepancies, shortages, and errors with suppliers; handle RMAs due to scope changes.
• Communicate shipment directions to shipping and suppliers for drop shipments and other deliveries.
• Attend weekly production meetings.
• Create O&M manuals from BOL using Adobe and upload to the website.

Skills

Purchasing

Self-starter

Detail-oriented

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

QuickBooks

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Purchasing Department working with Project Management and Inventory Control.

• Experience withAcumatica or ERP, (Enterprise Resource Planning) is a plus!
• Electrical components and switchgear structures, switches, medium & high voltage.
• Prepare purchase orders from Bill of Materials and Material Requisitions, daily.
• Verify purchase by comparing items requested and entered.
• Manage purchases by following up with suppliers and monitoring and expediting orders. Record receiving documentation and information to Purchase Orders.
• Report any changes and shipment dates to Project Managers and Operation Manager.
• Verify and Resolve discrepancies, shipment shortages, and errors with suppliers. Handling RMA's due to changes in the scope.
• Communicate shipment directions proficiently to shipping department and suppliers for drop shipments and other shipments to customers.
• Communicate by email and document everything. Respond to all forms of communication in a timely manner.
• Knowledge of ISO9001, non-conformance reporting and follow through.
• Maintaining list of External Providers and reporting through ISO9001, their performances.
• Attend weekly production meetings.
• Technical Publicist - Create O&M Manuals from BOL, using Adobe, able to upload to website.
• Proficient with QuickBooks (or other inventory managing software), Excel spreadsheets, Outlook emails.
• Knowledge of general accounting, helpful.
• Self-starter, prioritize on your own, able to be keep concentration and willing to be interrupted. Critical thinking ability.
• Very organized, very accurate and great attention to details.
• Multitask and memory for past actions/transactions.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: From $18.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Cedar City, UT 84721: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Purchasing: 1 year (Required)

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