Purchasing AgentFalconer, NY4 Months contract + ExtPay rate: $27/hr W2Purpose of Position:
- The Purchasing Agent will be responsible for working closely with all levels of Monofrax personnel, such as equipment engineering, maintenance and production control to manage the total purchasing function, which includes assuring all purchases are properly procured according to Saint-Gobain lnternal Control Doctrine.
- This position, except for vendors of critical importance, is responsible for maintaining and developing good working relationships with vendors to ensure purchase orders, certificates of insurance, competitive bids, and delivery releases are complete and do not disrupt the supply-chain process.
- This position, which requires minimal supervision, is also responsible for staying in tune with corporate procure initiatives, contracts, and reporting requirements.
Major Responsibilities -1. Adherence to the Monofrax Quality System and relevant Monofrax Policies and Procedures.2. Maintain, edit, and follow Standard Operating Procedures; maintain Cunent Procedures for all tasks; and crosstrain back-up personnel to perform critical job functions during vacations and other events requiring alternate coverage.3. Negotiate, when applicable, with current vendors and investigate potential vendors to optamize the price, quality, and delivery of materials with a minimum of lead-time. This will include reviewing invoices that generate purchase price variances greater than4. Prepare purchasing and consumption reports for raw material analysis and forecasting to suppliers and internally, upon request.5. Maintain ISO: 9001 Vendor Evaluation System Database for key raw material suppliers.6. Coordinate external subcontracting of spray drying, tin crushing, and SKD crushing.7. Maintain BU Material Master information and pricing records, create new material master records for ZBAT/ZGRG/ZRAW.8. Expedite resolution of overdue Purchase Orders; perform quarterly cleanup of BU Purchase Orders in SAP.9. Monitor raw material inventories, including Consignment and Packaging, and reorder, as required, maintaining proper production levels as determined by Supply-Chain Manager (raw materials and consignment) and Shipping/Receiving clerk (packaging). Release, track, and expedite shipments, as needed.10. Supervise (except for Fired and FG, which will be supervised by Production Planning) and reconcile all random, monthly, and periodic cycle counts, including count discrepancies presented by Shipping, Production, or Planning.11. Support Annual Physical inventory team, supervise Control Team, and reconcile physical inventory counts.12. Maintain BU Vendor records storage areas in accordance with published Retention Policy.13. There is occasional interaction with customers and personnel from other Saint-Gobain facilities.14. Perform other specific projects as assigned by Business Controller.Project Tasks15. Participate as requested in multi-functional team to develop new methods for improving inventory accuracy.16. Strive io streamline and amprove process efficiencies for purchasing and if needed, inventory and accounts payable.Key Decision Areas:'1 . Maintain levels of critical raw materials in accordance with Supply-Chain Manager and planning instructions.2. Raw Material purchase authorization up to Saint Gobain3. lnventory adjustments, accuracy, and general management within own control.4. Developing reports and forecasts.5. Analysis of data.6. Recommend alternative methods and process improvements.Criteria for Performance Evaluation: 1. Management by Objective Performance.2. Performance against Job Description.3. Efficient maintenance of raw materials - no unplanned shortages or excessive overages.4. lmproved accuracy of raw material, batch, and grog inventories.5. Order delivery performance.6. internal customer satisfaction.7. Relationship with others, both inside Monofrax Refractories and overall SGC.