What are the responsibilities and job description for the Purchasing Clerk position at Antenna Research Associates Inc?
Our Company
ARA is a leading C5ISR company that designs, manufactures, tests and installs innovative technologies that provide the national security community with unparalleled situational awareness, threat detection, and communications capabilities.
Our disruptive, integrated solutions, assemblies and subsystems rise to the challenging demands of discerning, mission-critical customers.
We leverage our capabilities to meet and exceed the requirements of our customers and empower them to remain ahead of evolving threats and complexities in a dynamic security landscape.
Job Summary:
We are looking for a highly motivated Purchasing Clerk in our Laurel, MD facility, who provides office support to the Purchasing Department with a variety of clerical activities and related tasks. The Purchasing Clerk will be responsible for data entry, creating and generating purchase orders. The Purchasing Clerk aids in the coordination between the planning team, production team, and warehouse team regarding open orders and delivery statuses.
Job Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Perform data, entry, tracking issues with specific vendors and communicating with buyers.
- Process reminders and order confirmations.
- Preparation and processing of purchase orders and corresponding documents in accordance with company procedures.
- Coordinate with suppliers and internal departments to ensure on-time delivery.
- Responsible to track POs for full receipt over time and follow-up with incomplete or missing orders
- Complete various projects thoroughly by assigned deadline.
- Order supplies for office.
- Determine cause of any delays En-route and report to manager.
- Ability to interface with vendors and clients.
- Filing and Scanning of Purchase Order documents accordingly.
- Maintain complete and updated open Purchase Order reports.
- Maintain a neat, organized work area.
Position Qualifications
Competency Statement(s)
- Adaptability - Adapts to change, open to new ideas and responsibilities.
- Communication – Ability to speak, write, and interact with others.
- Ethics - Honest, accountable, maintains confidentiality.
- Initiative – Ability to take on task before being asked.
- Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
- Quality - Strives to eliminate errors, accurate work is a priority, seeks opportunities to improve products/services.
Experience and Skills
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
- 2 years of administrative and/or customer service experience required.
- Procurement experience is a definite plus, but not essential.
- Flexibility- ability to adapt and respond to changing tasks and responsibilities.
- Experience in CostPoint Purchasing Modules
- Intermediate Excel Skill and additional Computer Skills (Microsoft Suite- Word, Power Point etc.)
Education
- High School Diploma or G.E.D required.
Antenna Research Associates, Inc. and its subsidiaries encourage diversity in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran
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