Procurement Professional

Job Title: Procurement Professional

Job Location: Piney Flats Tennessee 37686

Onsite Requirements:

• Production/ Manufacturing Environment
• Commercial Contracts, Purchase Orders and Requests
• ERP System Knowledge

Job Description:

• Will Require a Credit Check to be preformed
• Appropriate materials from approved suppliers at best value to support customer requirements and production
• Identify and develop sources, negotiate pricing, negotiate long term purchase agreements, create purchase orders and coordinate timely delivery
• Evaluate MRP, Commercial Contracts, Drawings and Purchase Requests
• Initiate Purchase Orders to maintain minimum required and approved stocking levels
• Create justification to support purchasing decisions
• Read and interpret engineering drawings and disseminate appropriate level of information to the supplier and incorporate in the purchase order
• Obtain appropriate purchase order approvals and notify supplier(s) of successful award(s) (spending authority for purchases of up to $50,000**)
• Follow-up to ensure purchase requirements are met, ensure timely delivery, and resolve any open issues
• Coordinate any challenges with suppliers and internal departments (i.e. Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, etc) to facilitate appropriate resolution
• Work closely with Engineering on technical issues and newly developed products
• Coordinate all repairs and warranties
• Prepare additional supporting packages as required for purchases over $250,000
• Input BOM parts into Visual ERP System

Education/Skills/Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Targeting up to 5 years of experience related to job duties
• Excellent analytical, communication and organizational skills
• Material requirements planning/planning & forecasting experience
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of ERP systems
• Microsoft Office: Word, Outlook and Excel experience
• Visual Enterprise and aerospace parts knowledge