Purchasing Agent - PSC Industries
Louisville, KY 40211
About the Job
Purchasing Agent
Louisville, Kentucky • Full-time
PSC Industries is looking to hire a Purchasing Agent.
Job Summary:
Job Summary:
- Research and source materials and components required to support quotations and the development of automotive and industrial business.
- Manage supplier base of materials for automotive, HVAC, appliance, and industrial applications.
Main Duties & Responsibilities:
- Negotiates terms in quality, price and delivery by evaluating alternatives to current specifications or vendors.
- Maintain approved supplier list and other supplier documents.
- Assist with identifying new suppliers, agree on terms and negotiate supply agreements when appropriate, including discount structures and volume rebates.
- Discuss defective or unacceptable products or services with inspection or quality control personnel, users, suppliers, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.
- Implement inventory price adjustment settings such as special discounts or matrix pricing.
- Coordinates and conducts regular business review meetings with key suppliers.
- Proactively identify and communicate significant customer, salesperson, supplier, product, competitor and/or market trends as it relates to procurement strategy to required internal customers.
- Using data to provide insightful decision-based analysis to help drive purchasing strategy and policy.
- Analyze supplier invoices and issues adjustments as needed.
- Set up and maintains inventory part numbers as required.
- Assist Inside Sales with sales quotes by contacting suppliers to negotiate best price and best lead time.
- Give recommendations on continual improvement of purchasing process in order to gain operational efficiencies.
- Other miscellaneous duties as assigned by supervisor.
Required Qualifications & Experiences:
- 2 years of purchasing/supply chain supporting experience, preferably in the industrial fabrication industry.
- Proficiency in reading and understanding automotive technical drawings and specifications.
- Proficiency in math and science skills including metric and English conversion.
- High proficiency in Excel.
- Pass the Drug Test & the background check.
Experience:
- Procurement: 3 years (Preferred).
Education:
- Associate (Preferred).
Location:
- Louisville, KY (Required).
Language:
- English (Required).
- Spanish (Preferred).
Work authorization:
- United States (Required).
Source : PSC Industries