Purchasing Specialist

Palm Harbor Homes; Glendale (AZ); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Palm Harbor Homes is seeking a Purchasing Specialist to manage procurement of raw materials, equipment, and supplies to meet production needs. You will review requisitions, negotiate with vendors, prepare purchase orders, and track inventory to ensure on-time delivery.

You will also verify specifications, approve invoices for payment, and support periodic plant inventory with an emphasis on cost control and accuracy. On-site role in Glendale, AZ.

Qualifications

• At least five years of work experience in purchasing and/or costing.
• Strong time management skills and ability to multi-task.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Attention to detail with analytical thinking.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment with integrity.
• Experience with Microsoft Office is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Reviews requisitions and discusses specifications with users.
• Confers with vendors to obtain price, availability and delivery schedules.
• Prepares purchase orders and evaluates bid proposals.
• Maintains procurement records and inventory levels.
• Expedites deliveries and approves invoices for payment.
• Assists with plant inventory and cost controls.

Skills

Purchasing experience

Time management

Detail oriented

Communication skills

Multi-tasking

Integrity

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About The Role

The Purchasing Specialist manages activities involved with procuring goods and services such as raw materials, equipment, tools, parts and supplies, and purchases all inventory to meet production requirements.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Reviews requisitions.
• Confers with vendors to obtain product or service information such as price, availability, and delivery schedule.
• Selects products for purchase by testing, observing, or examining items.
• Estimates values according to knowledge of market price.
• Determines method of procurement such as direct purchase or bid.
• Prepares purchase orders or bid requests.
• Reviews bid proposals and negotiates contracts within budgetary limitations and scope of authority.
• Maintains procurement records such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance, and inventories.
• Discusses defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality assurance personnel, users, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.
• Approves invoices for payment.
• Verifies 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 five years of work experience in purchasing and/or costing
• Effective time management Skills
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and multi-task
• Demonstrate a good work ethic based on principles of honesty and integrity
• Experience with Microsoft Office