Purchasing Agent

Responsible for assigned commodities/services and interaction with the assigned supplier base and products purchased from outside sources to conform to the appropriate engineering documents, policies, procedures, work instructions, or other related customer requirements and flow-downs.

The following reflects the principal duties and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all work requirements, nor does it imply that all workers in this category perform all of these functions.

1. Place/amend purchase orders as required.

2. Determine quantities/dates for materials to be purchased to ERP requirement working closely with other Fleet disciplines to ensure appropriate quantities and schedules are maintained.

3. Prepare/forward vendor RFQs and other inquiries for material, product, processing.

4. Determine suitable vendors with customer specification approval.

5. Interview supplier sales representatives, follow-up vendor contacts and occasional supplier visits as necessary.

6. Negotiate and/or approve price changes per policy and procedures and analyze purchases to recommend improvement, availability and price of materials to Manager.

7. Adjust claims for vendor and/or carrier on a timely basis.

8. Follow market trends and report on assigned market commodities in order to detect early development of lead time and ensure minimization of expedite charges.

9. Maintain liaison with vendors and other related internal departments.

10. Expedite deliveries as necessitated to assure - delivery targets are achieved and ensure additional costs are noted to Programs Management for flow-down to Customer where appropriate.

11. Ensure that vendors respond to schedule demands to avoid in-house production line delays or stoppages and that costs are minimized by choosing appropriate means of shipment.

12. Collect and prepare information for reports as needed for weekly customer meetings.

13. Assist the work of other personnel in the materials, purchasing or production control areas.

14. Issue/amend Goods Received reports.

15. Maintain department filing systems.

16. Monitor shop orders held for material and issue to stores upon receipt of material; also determine shop orders to be split.

17. Prepare Returned Material Orders/Shortage and Overage Reports.

18. Action Vendor Rejection Reports.

19. Monitor/expedite/reschedule PO dates per ERP reports.

20. Initiate/maintain subcontract reports.

21. Create/amend item masters.

22. Arrange inbound shipments of procured goods when necessary, including freight estimates.

23. Ensure inventory accuracy and provide update on discrepancies.
May perform other related duties as required by the company.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Extended health care
- Paid time off
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday