Purchasing Assistant

Cavco Homes; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Cavco Homes is seeking a Purchasing Assistant to coordinate procurement of goods and services, including raw materials, equipment, tools, parts and supplies, and to purchase all inventory to meet production requirements.

The role involves reviewing requisitions, negotiating with vendors, preparing purchase orders, maintaining records, and supporting exhibits of inventory control. Three years' purchasing experience and strong MS Office skills are expected.

Qualifications

• Three years of purchasing and/or costing experience.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Honesty and integrity in work.
• Experience with Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Reviews requisitions.
• Confers with vendors to obtain price, availability and delivery schedules.
• Estimates values based on market knowledge.
• Prepares purchase orders or bid requests.
• Maintains procurement records (purchased items, costs, delivery, quality, inventories).
• Prepares invoices for payment.
• Verifies nomenclature and specifications of purchase requests.
• Counts inventory to ensure sufficient material on hand.
• Sends purchase orders to supplier and originating department.
• Calculates total cost of items purchased.
• Discusses late deliveries with suppliers.
• Verifies supplier bills against bids and purchase orders; approves for payment.
• Expedites delivery of goods to users.
• Meets daily production requirements while controlling inventory with lead times.
• Assists with periodic plant inventory.

Skills

Attention to detail

Fast-paced environment

Strong work ethic

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Purchasing Assistant coordinates activities involved with procuring goods and services such as raw materials, equipment, tools, parts and supplies, and purchases all inventory to meet production requirements by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Reviews requisitions.
• Confers with vendors to obtain product or service information such as price, availability, and delivery schedule.
• Estimates values according to knowledge of market price.
• Prepares purchase orders or bid requests.
• Maintains procurement records such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance, and inventories.
• Prepares invoices for payment.
• Verifies nomenclature and specifications of purchase requests.
• Counts inventory items to determine if material on hand is in sufficient quantity.
• Prepares purchase orders and sends to supplier and department originating request.
• Computes total cost of items purchased.
• Confers with suppliers concerning late deliveries.
• Verifies bills from suppliers with bids and purchase orders and approves bills for payment.
• Expedites delivery of goods to users.
• Meets production requirements on a daily basis while controlling inventory levels with various lead times.
• Assists heavily with periodic plant inventory.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• At least three years of work experience in purchasing and/or costing
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment.
• Demonstrate a good work ethic based on principles of honesty and integrity.
• Experience with Microsoft Office.

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