Essential Functions:

• Planning, creating, and processing timely requisitions and purchase orders for raw materials, sub-assemblies, finished goods, and services.

• Researching and identifying prospective suppliers of assigned categories.

• Seek to reduce dependency on single-source suppliers through contracts and strategic partnerships.

• Ensuring commercial, legal and contractual compliance in all the procurement transactions.

• Executing RFPs and RFIs that are essential to the continued business support

• Working with the Quality Team for inspection upon delivery to ensure orders are filled correctly and that goods meet specifications.

• Developing strong relationships with key suppliers and measure suppliers’ performance based on cost, quality, delivery, and service level.

• Communicating with suppliers daily and organizing meetings and projects as needed to resolve supply issues.

• Initiating corrective actions on defected materials and/or unexpected services conducted and following through the resolution with suppliers.

• Working with other internal departments such as finance, sales, and operations to resolve issues and concerns.

• Teamwork – An ability to develop and nurture good working relationships with colleagues in other departments by collaborating and working toward the common goals.

• Be proficient in SAP for the purchasing of materials and goods.

• Executing reports from within SAP and exporting to analyze.

• Maintain the SRM (Internal System) for the Procurement requirements within this system