Purchasing Assistant, Temporary

Job Overview

HME is looking for your talent! If you are a Purchasing Assistant we would love to hear from you! In this role you will work closely with the Buyers and Planners to support procurement functions, aid in administrative tasks and liaise with all departments within Supply Chain.
This is a Temporary role for project-based support.

• Provide accurate time-sensitive and effective administrative support to Buyers and Planners.
• Frequent contact with suppliers via phone or email to confirm expected delivery dates of materials and inform Buyer/Planner of potential delays.
• Gather daily lists of purchase orders that need to be reviewed to satisfy manufacturing and shipping requirements.
• Update PO delivery schedule based on supplier acknowledgement.
• Collaborate with the supply chain team to provide real-time updates on delivery timelines.
• Collaborate with procurement teams to manage orders based on lead times, business needs, and price changes.
• Resolve problems with invoices and receiving discrepancies. Utilize reports to work and resolve issues as identified.
• Use knowledge gained from daily activities to recommend process improvements.

• Associate's degree and a minimum of 1 year of work-related experience in supply chain inventory control or logistics.
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment.
• Functional knowledge of supply chain.
• Customer service background and experience preferred.
• Detail-oriented and organized.
• Experience with transactional processes or data entry.
• Proficient utilizing MS Office, Email, and Excel.

$/hr is the pay range we reasonably expect to pay for the role. This may vary depending on experience and other factors.

The work environment described here is representative of those that an employee would work within. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions. This job requires frequent contact outside the department or company and the noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate with occasional loud noise. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to use hands to handle or manipulate objects. The employee is regularly required to talk or hear, stand, walk, sit, work with computers and office equipment, and reach with hands and arms. The employee will occasionally require to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch.

The employee will occasionally lift and move up to 10 pounds, 50 pounds with assistance. May occasionally be required to reach overhead for objects or to perform work. May occasionally be required to forcefully grip objects.

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