Purchasing Assistant / Receptionist

All offers of employment by Milwaukee Valve Company, LLC. are contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen, blood test, physical capabilities test, and background check, all with acceptable results. Applicants are responsible scheduling and completing the required drug screen, blood test, and physical capabilities test within 7 calendar days of offer acceptance.

**This is a salaried-exempt role that is 100% on-site at our Prairie Du Sac facility with no opportunity to work remotely.**

Milwaukee Valve Company is looking for a Purchasing Assistant / Receptionist to join our Prairie Du Sac, WI team in Department 830.

Established in 1901, Milwaukee Valve manufactures valves for a variety of industries including Industrial, Commercial, Fire Protection, Marine and the dry bulk hauling industries. Our products have been installed on every U.S. Navy vessel built since 1959.

Our heritage, our people, and our passion is to be the best, and Milwaukee Valve is proud of its engineering excellence and its employees who take pride and dedication in their work. In return, Milwaukee Valve offers an excellent benefit package, competitive wages, and promotional opportunities including Health, Dental, Life and Disability Insurance options, Flex Spending, 401K with employer match, tuition assistance, paid time off, and shift premiums. For more information please visit:

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Summary - Under the direction of the Director of Domestic Purchasing, the Purchasing Assistant/Receptionist is responsible for answering all incoming calls, greeting visitors, maintaining Purchasing Department files, processing mail, ordering office supplies, and performing other duties as assigned.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities to which competency will be measured include the following:

• Answer all incoming calls for PDS, transfer calls as necessary, page individuals as necessary and screen calls to shop employees.
• Greet all visitors to the PDS facility, prepare welcome board for guests.
• Maintain all Purchasing department files.
• Make arrangements for food and refreshments for visitors and staff meetings, including making catering arrangements, shopping for food and supplies, setting up prior to visitors and staff meetings, and cleaning up after meetings.
• Make hotel reservations for guests, as well as processing invoices for same.
• Post outgoing mail, maintain postal equipment and distribute interoffice mail.
• Order office supplies from current supply company; maintain stock in office supply cabinet.
• Enter purchase orders and receive them as requested.
• Process tooling and supply purchases using AutoCrib.
• Assist buyers with PO entry as required and maintaining current schedules on open PO's.
• Update communication boards as needed or requested.

Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities- This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Additional Requirements - To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following requirements and competencies.

Qualifications - To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience - One-year certificate from college or technical school; or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills - Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively after groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills - Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability - Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills - To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Cribware Database software; AS400, MP2 Manufacturing software and Excel Spreadsheet software.

Physical Demands - The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.

Work Environment - The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.