Strategic Procurement Specialist

Construction Specialties, Inc.; Muncy (Lycoming County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Construction Specialties, Inc. is seeking a procurement professional to manage buying, inventory, and supplier relationships to support manufacturing and customer service. You will plan purchase orders, source suppliers, and ensure on-time delivery while controlling costs.

Role requires 3–5 years in sourcing or materials management, a bachelor’s degree, and strong analytical and communication skills. This on-site position offers growth within the Supply Chain team and interaction with multiple

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain management, logistics, industrial engineering or equivalent.
• 3-5 years of related experience
• Ability to self-direct
• Project Leadership skills
• Critical Thinking skills
• Takes initiative
• Team Player
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret contracts, purchase orders, invoices, requisitions, accounting reports, catalogs, manuals, parts lists, reports, schedules, forecasts, general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from other departments, managers, vendors, shippers, and others.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work and to meet deadlines.
• Ability to use computers, including spreadsheets and data bases.

Responsibilities

• Plans purchase orders for a variety of commodities, materials, and supplies.
• Reviews upcoming orders to ensure that proper quantities are on order.
• Locates sources of supply, interviews vendors, checks reliability of suppliers, obtains quotations and makes quotation comparisons.
• Expedites advanced shipments of orders or orders in part to satisfy plant production requirements.
• Reviews upcoming orders to ensure that deliveries are on schedule and verifies shipment dates.
• Follows up on overdue materials.
• Maintains vendor performance reports.
• Reviews open allocations to ensure allocations for completed jobs are deleted from the system.
• Works with Shipping Manager to ensure deliveries and negotiates rates for timely delivery at economical cost.
• Informs supervisor of problems such as supplier failures or transit problems to avoid delays.
• Receives and reviews requisitions for goods or services to be purchased.
• Maintains records of purchase orders and procurement lead times for deliveries.
• Maintains stock levels to minimize investment and costs.
• Provides and maintains basis for recording inventories and movements.
• Compiles stock control data to determine replenishment needs.
• Prepares requisitions and orders for purchasing new stock items.
• Assists in determining obsolete materials and disposal of excess stock.
• Assigns and builds new part numbers as required.
• Reports changes to save production time and money to the Supply Chain Manager.
• Works with IT to develop or revise programs related to production.
• Provides technical support to committees or teams and coordinates with R&D for new products.
• Performs special projects and ensures EMS/ISO compliance.

Skills

Self-directed

Project leadership

Critical thinking

Initiative

Team player

Contract analysis

Report writing

Presentation skills

Time management

Computer skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, logistics, industrial engineering or equivalent

3-5 years of related experience

Job description

Construction Specialties, Inc. is seeking a procurement professional to manage buying, inventory, and supplier relationships to support manufacturing and customer service. You will plan purchase orders, source suppliers, and ensure on-time delivery while controlling costs.

Role requires 3–5 years in sourcing or materials management, a bachelor’s degree, and strong analytical and communication skills. This on-site position offers growth within the Supply Chain team and interaction with multiple