SummaryJob title: Purchasing AgentJob ID: 202498030001Department: Iowa - 3ELocation: IA-Windsor HeightsDescriptionSummary:As a Purchasing Agent, you will be responsible for sourcing goods and managing vendors. The successful candidate will be able to perform strategic, high-quality, and cost-effective procurement activities across multiple suppliers and business facets. You should know how to evaluate market conditions and negotiate effectively to maintain relationships with customers and vendors. The Purchasing Agent is responsible for maintaining optimal inventory levels, ensuring optimal turns, eliminating aged inventory, and keeping up with the market demand for new products. Organizational skills and attention to detail will play a vital role in managing large projects for our customers and retrieving the correct material for the job. Reports to: Profit Center ManagerMinimum Qualifications:
Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management, negotiation, and networking
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
ADDITIONAL COMPETENCIES
Analytical skills
Solid judgment with ability to make decisions in a fluid environment and overcome challenges
Preferred Qualifications:
Purchasing or Project Management: 1 year
Inside sales: 1 year
College degree
Working Conditions:This job operates in a professional office environment and various warehouse locations and conditions.This role routinely uses standard office equipment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands/fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift or move office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds. Supervisory Responsibilities: NoEssential Job Functions:
Seek and partner with reliable vendors and suppliers.
Processing stock/non-stock purchase orders
Keep manufacturer cost files up to date.
Maintain pricing matrices
Adding/deleting products in CEDNet
Monitor commodity pricing and availability
Annual/defective vendor returns
Debit/credit memos
Work through freight claims and change order requests with both the customers and the vendors
Inside sales support
Creating tickets for customer orders
Quoting customer bill of material
Schedule and communicate the release of material and delivery expectations with the customers and our warehouse operation.
CED is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Disability | Veteran