What are the responsibilities and job description for the Purchasing Clerk position at Epiroc AB?
Purchasing Clerk, United States – (Ooltewah, TN, Onsite)
The Mining and Infrastructure Attachments division is a global leader in developing, manufacturing, and marketing hydraulic attachment tools, ground engaging tools, and infrastructure battery-powered hand tools and attachments. Our products serve diverse industries including mining, construction, infrastructure, demolition, and recycling. With production facilities spanning six continents, including major hubs in Sweden, Germany, the USA, and Australia, we are committed to delivering excellence in both products and services.
In this role, your mission and responsibilities will be to:
Under the direction of the Materials Manager, the Purchasing Clerk manages the procurement process, maintaining inventory levels, tracking orders, coordinating with suppliers, and ensuring timely delivery of materials to support manufacturing operations.
Specifically, you’ll:
Specifically, you’ll:
- Ensures necessary raw material, parts, supplies, etc are available at the plant to fulfill manufacturing orders.
- Assists in the research and evaluation of suppliers based on the price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production, and distribution capabilities, and the suppliers' reputation and history.
- Prepares purchase orders, solicits bid proposals and reviews requisitions for goods and services.
- Responsible for tracking and maintaining purchase orders from creation to close.
- Monitors shipments to ensure that goods arrive on time, and in the event of problems, contacts vendors and follows-up on problem.
- Attends vendor meetings to learn about products, services, and prices.
- Evaluates inventory to control levels and conducts cycle counting of inventory.
- Inputs pricing structure into Syteline.
- Runs the weekly open order report.
- Review customer open order report daily and work with shop lead and material handler to ensure orders are shipped out on time.
- Complete ship transition for customer orders in the system and print packing slips and labels.
- Responsible for monthly cycle counting.
- Adjust inventory levels in Syteline to reflect cycle count results
Experience and requirements:
You’re a curious problem solver who can bring big ideas to life. You’re creative and scrappy but can navigate a large organization with ease. You’re agile and adaptable but work with precision to ensure we always deliver top-notch customer experiences. You also have:
You’re a curious problem solver who can bring big ideas to life. You’re creative and scrappy but can navigate a large organization with ease. You’re agile and adaptable but work with precision to ensure we always deliver top-notch customer experiences. You also have:
- High School diploma or GED required.
- Ideal applicant must be familiar with: backhoes, skid steers, dozers, or other construction equipment.
- Previous work experience: 2-3 years preferred.
- Mechanical experience is beneficial.
- Excellent critical thinking, communication, problem solving skills and interpersonal skills
Epiroc USA LLC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Employment at Epiroc USA LLC is “at-will,” which means that either you or the company can terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without prior notice, and for any reason not prohibited by statute, by state and federal guidelines. All employment is continued on that basis. No supervisor, manager or executive of the company, other than the General Manager in signed writing, has any authority to alter the foregoing. The signature of this document serves as an acknowledgment of receipt and does not create a contract of employment.
Note: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the job. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job.
Epiroc is a global productivity partner for mining and construction customers, and accelerates the transformation toward a sustainable society. With ground-breaking technology, Epiroc develops and provides innovative and safe equipment, such as drill rigs, rock excavation and construction equipment and tools for surface and underground applications. The company also offers world-class service and other aftermarket support as well as solutions for automation, digitalization and electrification. Epiroc is based in Stockholm, Sweden, had revenues of more than SEK 60 billion in 2023, and has around 18 200 passionate employees supporting and collaborating with customers in around 150 countries. Learn more at www.epirocgroup.com.
