Strategic Procurement & Inventory Coordinator

Palm Harbor Homes; Emlenton (PA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Palm Harbor Homes is seeking a Purchasing Assistant to coordinate procurement of goods, materials, and services to support production. You will interact with vendors, prepare orders, track costs, and maintain accurate procurement records.

Proactive problem solving and strong communication are essential in this fast-paced environment. Responsibilities include reviewing requisitions, preparing purchase orders, and ensuring timely deliveries while maintaining inventory levels.

Qualifications

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

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.

Skills

Purchasing experience

Attention to detail

Excellent communication

Fast-paced environment

Honesty and integrity

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Palm Harbor Homes is seeking a Purchasing Assistant to coordinate procurement of goods, materials, and services to support production. You will interact with vendors, prepare orders, track costs, and maintain accurate procurement records.

Proactive problem solving and strong communication are essential in this fast-paced environment. Responsibilities include reviewing requisitions, preparing purchase orders, and ensuring timely deliveries while maintaining inventory levels.