Buyer/Procurement Specialist

Job Title: Buyer/Procurement Specialist

Duration: 06 Months (Temp Assignment)

Location: 5800 South 226th Street, Kent WA 98032

Shift: 1st Shift

Payrate: $30-$48/hr. on W2 without benefits

Note:

• Must have a Bachelor Degree
• Must have Minimum two years of procurement experience
• Familiarity with ERP or MRP/SAP
• Experience negotiating claims and resolving disputes with suppliers
• Aerospace industry experience and ISM/NAPM/NCMA certification is desirable

Job Description:

• Purchase materials part, supplies, and equipment following established purchasing policies and procedures while optimizing price, delivery, and terms.
• Communicate specifications, investigate, and identify qualified suppliers, issue requests for quotations and implement procurement action.
• Negotiate with suppliers for price, delivery, and quality.
• Act as a liaison between supplier and internal customers.
• Release purchase orders, follow up and expedite as necessary, evaluate product values according to knowledge of market price, coordinate purchasing activity with internal customers to maintain inventory at planned levels and maintain all procurement records.
• Make inquiries, obtain quotes and pricing, prepare, and edit purchase requisitions, issue purchase orders.
• Perform administrative duties such as: prepare and edit purchase orders and bid requests, match receiving tickets with PO's and an accurate inventory of designated components
• Ensures commercial, legal, ethical, and contractual compliance in all procurement transactions.
• Perform with a strong sense of ownership to supplier performance to quality, cost, and schedule goals.
• Must possess follow-up and accuracy with recordkeeping of agreements, transactions, and communications.

Required Qualification:

• Bachelor's degree (in business or technology).

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's degree (in business or technology). Minimum of two years of procurement experience, and proficiency in the application of integrated manufacturing systems (ERP) to schedule production requirements.
• Minimum two years of procurement experience, and proficiency in the application of integrated manufacturing systems (ERP) to schedule production requirements.
• Manufacturing experience desired, preferably in a high-volume, low-mix environment
• Experience negotiating claims and resolving disputes with suppliers.
• Aerospace industry experience and ISM/NAPM/NCMA certification is desirable.
• Possesses strong communication skills.