Purchasing Specialist

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Full Time Clerical Cleveland, OH, US

5 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $50,000.00 To $65,000.00 Annually

The Purchasing Specialist supports FIT Technologies' purchasing, procurement, inventory, asset management, shipping, receiving, and delivery operations. This role works closely with clients, vendors, and internal teams to identify purchasing requirements, evaluate sourcing options, analyze vendor proposals, recommend procurement strategies, and manage the acquisition of products and services. The Purchasing Specialist exercises independent judgment in vendor selection, purchasing decisions, and procurement strategy while ensuring purchases align with technical requirements, budget objectives, client needs, and organizational goals.

The position also supports asset lifecycle activities, including procurement, inventory tracking, documentation, deployment, maintenance, and disposal. In addition, the Purchasing Specialist assists with shipping and receiving functions, verifies incoming and outgoing shipments, prepares outbound packages, coordinates equipment delivery to client sites, and helps ensure purchasing, procurement, and inventory processes are completed accurately, efficiently, and in alignment with client and organizational needs.

• Consult with clients and internal stakeholders to understand purchasing requirements and recommend solutions that balance cost, technical requirements, availability, lifecycle considerations, and business needs.
• Analyze competing vendor quotes, evaluate solutions, and recommend purchasing decisions based on pricing, quality, service levels, technical requirements, and organizational objectives.
• Independently evaluate, select, and manage vendors based on pricing, product quality, availability, service levels, reliability, and business requirements.
• Negotiate vendor pricing, discounts, contract terms, shipping arrangements, service levels, and purchasing agreements to maximize value and support organizational goals.
• Determine appropriate sourcing strategies for standard and complex purchasing requests.
• Authorize and commit purchases within established budgets, policies, and approval guidelines.
• Manage the full procurement lifecycle, including requisitions, purchasing decisions, purchase orders, vendor communications, order tracking, receipt verification, client billing updates, and purchasing documentation.
• Independently resolve significant vendor, pricing, availability, fulfillment, and purchasing‑related issues while minimizing operational and client impact.
• Evaluate vendor performance, monitor supplier effectiveness, and determine when alternate vendors or sourcing strategies should be utilized.
• Advise departments and stakeholders on purchasing options, vendor selection, procurement strategy, cost considerations, and product standardization opportunities.
• Develop, recommend, implement, and continuously improve purchasing policies, controls, procedures, and workflow efficiencies.

• Manage products, inventory records, devices, assets, and related documentation across multiple clients and locations.
• Analyze client environments, identify procurement requirements, and recommend tailored technology solutions.
• Analyze inventory utilization, purchasing trends, asset lifecycle costs, and replacement requirements, and provide recommendations regarding purchasing, stocking, refresh, and replacement strategies.
• Maintain automation for service tickets, products, inventory, client records, vendor records, purchase orders, quotes, charges, and operational checklists within business management platforms.
• Maintain secure client documentation, SOPs, knowledge base articles, credentials, and operational records.
• Utilize business management systems, remote monitoring and management platforms, and IT documentation systems to support software and hardware inventory management.
• Manage asset lifecycle activities including planning,…