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