What are the responsibilities and job description for the Purchase Specialist position at Wilcox Farms?
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or business or equivalent training
- Strongly proficient in Microsoft Office products including Excel, Word, and Outlook.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills.
- Strong organization skills in managing paperwork flow, inventories, and costs
- Experience in purchasing, negotiation, and sourcing
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Coordinating company-wide purchasing and receiving of inventory, supplies, and services
- Managing 50 vendors
- Placing 100 purchase orders weekly
- Tracking receipts of 100 deliveries per week
- Work with multiple departments on purchasing needs, develop expertise in products, make recommendations for alternative products or cost savings
- Sourcing backup suppliers in case of shortages
- Managing inventory levels of supplies, tracking needs and developing min/max programs
- Assisting in physical counting of inventories at least monthly
- Tracking costs for all major purchase categories from multiple vendors
- Identifying and initiating sourcing changes to drive cost savings
- Initiating and managing RFP’s annually for all major purchase categories
- Analyzing purchasing costs and trends across the company
- Analyzing, presenting, and implementing cost saving initiatives
- Drive standardization of purchasing and receiving processes to reduce work and errors
- Work closely with AP department to minimize rework in paying invoices
Salary : $60,000 - $80,000