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JOB DESCRIPTION

Purchasing manager is responsible for the coordinating of a wide variety of activities for the purchase of all materials, supplies, equipment, and services used by the company.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Purchasing of fasteners for resale.
• Negotiates with vendors for goods and services, negotiating the best possible price, delivery, and service guarantee.
• Ensures compliance with established purchasing policies
• Establish proper replenishment levels of inventory and supplies.
• Work with sales staff and management to establish proper inventory levels.
• Responsible for mill direct purchases or delegating to a purchasing agent.
• Responsible for reviewing, writing, negotiating, and awarding all stock & release contracts either directly or by assigning to a purchasing agent.
• Direct and coordinate the release of materials within the stock & release contracts.
• Help negotiate and coordinate the purchases of all non-inventory related items, such as packaging material, pallets, cleaning and paper products.
• Collaborate with the receiving and warehouse manager to ensure materials that need to be returned to vendors are done so in a timely manner.
• Work with inventory control to establish and maintain a cycle inventory count schedule.
• Ensure that purchasing documents are maintained in a systematic retrievable manner.
• Communicate with sales and management regarding industry trends, new vendors, new products, etc
• Establish and monitor freight issues; assign cost that relates directly to the inventory.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive working knowledge of TFI software as it relates to purchasing and make recommendations for new software applications that may be beneficial.
• Develops new supply sources where vendors are inadequate.
• Negotiates blanket purchase orders when appropriate and monitors cost during the time period.
• Checks requisitions for appropriate approval and account numbers.
• Works closely with receiving department to ensure proper supplies arrived.
• Traces delinquent arrivals from purchase orders.
• Follows environmental and safety regulations and acts in compliance with U.S. laws.
• Complies with safety and corporate guidelines on business ethics.

Competencies (Knowledge)

• Ethical Conduct.
• Communication Proficiency.
• Technical Capacity.
• Collaboration.
• Time Management.
• Leadership.
• Business Acumen.
• Decision Making

Supervisory Responsibility

Supervise other personnel assigned to the purchasing department.