Purchasing Assistant-Commercial Doors & Hardware
About this role
The Purchasing Assistant is responsible and accountable for-
- Managing the acknowledgment process
- Ensure material ordered with manufacturer
- Ensure needed dates are in alignment with acknowledged dates
- Sort out any pricing discrepancies associated with the PO and the acknowledgement
- Replenishment buying of stock and creating purchase orders
- Working with sales staff to order non-stock items
- Working with vendors and internal team to automate ordering process
- Working with project management team to ensure everything is ordered in time for system ship date and supporting expediting and purchasing options
- Participate in all cycle and year-end inventory counts
- Helping to proactively manage stock and reordering volumes
- Use tools to ensure stock quantities are being maintained and ordered timely
- Analyze over-spend by vendors and recommend new stock items
- Recommend general improvements to the inventory quality and process as needed
- Receive and ship all “ship direct” invoices
- Resolve receiving discrepancies
- Assistant with relevant reporting and metrics
- All other duties as assigned
- Inventory, supply chain, and accounting functions
- Expertly manage relationships with both vendors and internal customers
- Software use to include Opening Suite and MS Office
- Purchasing, writing and understanding POs, and ordering
- 3+ years of relevant experience strongly preferred
- Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel
- Experience in the Door & Hardware industry and usage of Comsense Opening Suite preferred
Company at a glance
We are a 100% employee-owned ESOP and proud of it. We offer a great work environment and an exceptional team of professionals to collaborate with. Our aim is to continue growing our services and geographical reach so that we can offer outstanding value to our customers and manufacturers. We are dynamically growing; organically by increasing our product offerings and capabilities and strategically by adding like-minded companies to our group that share our philosophy of collaborating, innovating, and achieving success together. Above all, we are committed to taking care of our customers and employee owners as trusted stewards of their confidence in us, the APTURA GROUP.
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