Purchasing Associate

This position is fully onsite in McDonough, GA.

• Material and Inventory Planning
• Maintain MRP system
• Review price and availability from vendors
• Prepare and maintain purchase orders
• Review and log PO acknowledgements
• Prepare requests for quotes
• Send product drawing changes to vendors
• File purchase orders, acknowledgements, and receiving receipts for orders

• Work with the Director of Inventory and Logistics for inventory planning within the MRP system.
• Create and maintain purchase orders and outside processing orders as needed.
• Track incoming shipments with brokers on imported goods.
• Verify status of ship dates with vendors.
• Verify order acknowledgements and update orders as needed.
• Work with production and planning on material requirements.
• Collaborate with Quality Control and Production to obtain quotes and forward product drawing changes to vendors.
• Research discrepancies between accounting invoices and received purchase orders to ensure that approved pricing is maintained.
• Maintain a current list of approved suppliers and their prices.
• Ensure at least two suppliers for the top 20 purchased parts by volume, or maintain a safety stock supply of four to six suppliers.
• Work with the Purchasing Manager to track supplier performance.
• Work with Production and Quality Control to find new suppliers for new products and keep all supplier specifications up to date.
• Maintain vendor relationships by conducting business ethically and professionally.

• Conduct necessary negotiations to ensure the company purchases goods at competitive market prices and terms.
• Periodically request quotes from new vendors as needed based on market conditions to compare with current vendor pricing.
• Utilize blanket purchases with multiple releases when advantageous.
• Inform the Director of Inventory and Logistics of any cost increases prior to acceptance.

• Using available reports, produce requisitions and enter all purchase orders into the system, make changes as necessary, and track the status of each open purchase order at all times.

• Must have experience with Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, etc.).
• Must enjoy working with numbers and have the ability to think analytically.
• 7-10 years’ experience working in a manufacturing environment or equivalent work experience is required.