Purchase Order Specialist

Advanced Drainage Systems

Purchase Order Specialist

Location: US-OH-Hilliard

Job :

Type: Regular Full-Time

# of Openings: 1

Category: Finance

EEO Statement: Advanced Drainage Systems is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Advanced Drainage Systems is a leading manufacturer of stormwater and onsite septic wastewater solutions, committed to sustainability and innovation. With a vast manufacturing and distribution network, we deliver high-quality products across multiple industries while recycling over half a billion pounds of plastic annually. At ADS, we foster a culture where diverse perspectives drive better ideas, ensuring every employee feels valued, heard, and empowered to make an impact.

The position will be responsible for networkwide purchase order process sustainability, and SOX compliance for the network. Local to the Columbus area, the role involves office work and collaboration with Ohio-based corporate accounting, operational accounting, regional and local plant leadership, reporting to the Columbus Ohio based Accounting Manager.

• Network purchase order training, change management, and continued education
• Network-wide process improvement and development of standard operating procedures deployment and sustainment
• Purchase order escalations and issue remediation
• Resolution of complex purchase order process situations and cross‑functional solutioning
• Oversight of company wide purchase order training and development
• Continuous education and policy improvement
• Change management support and execution of network purchase order process
• Review various reports on open purchase orders to verify accuracy of general ledger and compliance to policy
• Monitor and report out to senior management of critical purchase order key performance indicators over network purchase order execution
• Monitor and report out to senior management of critical purchase order key performance indicators over network purchase card execution
• Compliance monitoring and network adherence to company policy over purchase orders and P‑card transactions

Qualified applicants should possess the following background and characteristics:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Minimum of 5+ years practical work experience;
  Oracle experience preferred, but not required
• Attention to detail and accuracy is a must
• Ability to travel up to 5‑10% to plants within the network for occasional training of purchase order users
• Ability to understand issues, demonstrate resourcefulness and proactively resolve problems and manage multiple projects in a timely manner
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills to research and resolve inquiries and respond in a timely manner
• Ability to handle confidential information in a mature manner
• Solid organizational skills: task prioritization and effective time management
• Mid‑to‑advanced PC skills using Outlook, Word, Excel (ability to perform pivots, V‑lookups and other functions with Excel)

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