Maintenance Purchasing Specialist

West Liberty Foods is hiring a Maintenance Purchasing Specialist to join their team. The successful candidate will be responsible for creating purchase orders, maintaining inventory levels, and negotiating with vendors. The role requires a high school diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 3 years of related experience.

Requirements

• Create purchase orders
• Assist the MMS Supervisor with maintaining proper inventory levels
• Work with the inventory management team to ensure that all deliveries satisfy the assigned purchase orders
• Monitor open purchase orders
• Search for cost savings of inventory items
• Maintain relationships with existing suppliers while seeking new ones
• Negotiate pricing with vendors
• Create new parts in L2L and assign part numbers
• Verify prices on POs with order acknowledgements from vendors and adjust costs on POs
• Expedite orders and track shipments as needed
• Research and correct invoice issues with Accounts Payable and vendors
• Reconcile packing slips with purchasing orders and file
• Provide direction for runners on their daily schedule
• Drive continual improvement in quality, productivity, efficiency and cost
• Ensure compliance with all safety regulations
• Partner with all departments of the organization
• Assist with pm preparations and maintenance performance monitoring

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision & Prescription Coverage
• Paid Time Off
• Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Educational Assistance Program
• Discount Benefits
• Additional Voluntary Benefits