What are the responsibilities and job description for the CPB Purchasing Agent position at Arauco?
Looking for a rewarding career with a company that values people, growth, sustainability, and teamwork? Join our Carolina Particleboard team as a Purchasing Agent! This role is fully onsite and operates out of our facility in Bennettsville, SC.
What we are looking for:
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration or supply chain management or three to five years related experience.
- Purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred.
- Must have in-depth knowledge of strategic sourcing methodology.
- Familiarity with transportation modes, such as parcel, LTL, truckload, air, and courier, is preferred.
- Excellent planning and organization skills, strong verbal and written communications skills and effective negotiating skills are required.
- Advanced computer (Microsoft office) skills using multiple applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are required.
- Familiarity with Six Sigma / Lean process improvement is preferred.
- CPM/CPSM certification is preferred.
- Systems experience with SAP is strongly preferred
What we offer:
- An attractive base compensation package, plus bonus eligibility
- Health plans with options that meet your needs, including a wellness program, gym reimbursement, and additional benefits such as pet insurance, legal insurance, employer-paid and voluntary life insurance, and more
- Paid maternity and paternity leave, a competitive vacation package, and company and floating holidays designed to support your work-life balance
- Retirement planning options, including generous employer contributions
- Opportunities to learn and develop, including a tuition reimbursement program
In this role, you will:
- Responsible for purchasing to ensure plants have materials and services needed to operate.
- Validate suppliers and evaluate products and services offered.
- Responsible for the preparation, solicitation and review of proposals and award of contracts within the scope of assigned authority.
- Maintain the establishment of purchase orders, tracking of purchase orders, invoices, receiving and acceptance records system.
- Ensure full compliance with approved Purchasing and Contracting Policies and Procedures.
- Obtain goods and services in support of all Arauco business units by placing Purchase Orders within their scope of authority, against existing National Contracts to maximum degree possible and practical. When there is no National contract, take appropriate action, following Arauco contracting policy and procedures, to source, develop and award local or regional contracts within their budgetary and contracting scope of authority.
- Assist in developing requirements and specifications (R&S) and statements of work (SOW) by providing information pertaining to potential suppliers, supplier history data, technical/functional data, pricing data and other data necessary to ensure the development of a complete and accurate R&S and/or SOW.
- Provide value added service by constantly striving to find new and better products, sources of supply, and better ways of meeting or exceeding the needs of operations and the functional areas. Required to include the area owners or site representatives in this process.
