What are the responsibilities and job description for the Purchasing Agent position at Thermon?
Purchasing Agent
Location: San Marcos, Tx (onsite, in person, Mon-Fri)
The Purchasing Agent executes all activities related to the operational needs of the purchasing process; to negotiate, procure, and provide materials, supplies and Buy outs cost-effectively and in a timely manner. Maintains the highest level of integrity, quality, and on time deliveries.
At Thermon, we are passionate about transferring the WARMTH needed to make life Work. As a global leader in industrial heating, our success is driven by the hard work and dedication of our employees. We take pride in developing careers, fostering a company culture that embodies our core values of Care, Commit, and Collaborate.
What You Will Do
- Place purchase orders for (Raw)Material and buy outs within supply chain network in accordance with customer and production demand or other business needs.
- Chase, review, and process supplier order acknowledgements and update Purchase order in ERP system.
- Identify, solve, communicate, or escalate product price or availability issues and consequences.
- Analyse and manage inventory levels on items applicable.
- Update and maintain the ERP System with relevant information with regards to procurement.
- 1-st Point of contact for vendors and internal departments regarding supplies and purchase orders.
- Negotiate best possible competitive conditions to ensure corporation directives and market competitiveness by performing cost and scenario analysis and identifying cost saving opportunities.
- Inquire, estimate, and confirm delivery conditions in terms of price& lead time for quotes and orders.
- Manage, check, communicate, follow up, approve, or/and settle invoices against Purchase orders.
- Item management as in creating and releasing items in all European affiliates and ensure accurate master data in Thermon's ERP system throughout all European databases related to Operations (i.e., items, vendors, cost prices, trade agreements, intercompany transfer prices, default order settings, relevant vendor references etc. etc.)
- Obtain and document accurate spec sheets, certificates and test reports related to buy out material based on Thermon default requirement and/or customer/project specific needs
- Manage and solve customer complaints when assigned with regards to procurement.
- Manage scheduled supplier shipments including brokerage with broker and freight forwarder
- Review and process standard pricing updates
- Assist in troubleshooting purchasing related issues in Warehouse
- Assist with cycle counts in warehouse
Knowledge and Experience:
- 5 years' experience purchasing to an MRP plan
- Demonstrated experience in Procurement/Supply Chain in a manufacturing and Buy & Sell Environment.
- And/or Supply chain or technical credentials/education.
- Strong, analytical, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
- Able to perform in a high-volume, results-driven work environment.
- Able to perform within applicable deadlines.
- Stress resistant.
- Negotiation skills.
- Able to prioritize workload and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- A healthy and no nonsense, practical business mind.
- Able to work effectively with minimal direct supervision (self-directed).
- Superior analytical problem-solving skills.
- Attention to detail and quality.
- Superior interpersonal skills.
- Superior planning and organizational skills.
- Superior verbal and written English communication skills.
- Value meeting the expectations and requirements manager and of internal customers.
- Value sharing information openly.
- Value teamwork.
- Experience working with MRP/ERP systems. (Thermon is using Microsoft Dynamics Ax)
- Knowlege of Power Distribution products desired.
