Under the direction of the Procurement Manager, the Procurement Assistant is responsible for maintaining the organizations inventory levels through the data entry of engineered bill of materials, processing of cycle count adjustments and project changes. Continuous audits of inventory usages for appropriate stocking requirements.
Essential Duties
- Enter engineering bill of materials into the company ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system with accuracy.
- Responsible for collecting and processing of all non-bill of material transactions.
- Review supplier suggested purchasing for vendor managed inventory.
- Process vendor returns as directed by management.
- Responsible for the data entry of new parts as directed by engineering.
- Complete all necessary and assigned special projects as they arise.
- Processing all inventory and purchasing transactions related to spare part order requirements.
- Live, breathe, and promote the Company's Core Values.
- Responsible for facility cleanliness and maintain departmental housekeeping standards.
- Follow, comply and enforce all safety and work-related rules, regulations, and policies. Make recommendations regarding safe working
- methods.
- Continuous participation and engagement in process imp
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Fluent working knowledge of bill of materials and blueprints.
- Exceptional attention to detail, timeliness, and accuracy of completed work.
- Ability to perform basic operations such as add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage
- Ability to independently resolve issues/problems with good judgment.
- Ability to assess situations to determine the importance, urgency and risks and make clear, timely decisions that are in the best interest of the department and the organization. Possess the ability to see an issue or situation from different points of view.
- Ability to listen attentively, ask questions ensuring clear expectations, follow directions and provide prompt continuous follow-up.
- Deliver pleasant, timely and responsive interactions with customers (internal and external).
- Ability to build relationships, good rapport and instill confidence. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with many personality types and adapt to varying environments, tasks, people and change in general.
- Highly motivated with a strong work ethic and the ability to prioritize and accomplish tasks with minimal supervision.
- Punctual, highly organized, self-motivated, self-directed, confident self-starter willing to accept responsibility for results. Must be committed to excellence, accuracy in work and attention to details. Sets high goals and standards for self and others.
Education and Experience
- Minimum of 3 years related experience in a highly engineering-based manufacturing setting.
- Understanding of inventory processes, a plus.
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