Purchasing Coordinator

Job Description

Job Title: Purchasing Lead Administrator

Department: Purchasing

Reports To: Finance

Provides functional lead in all areas of purchasing including MRO and Direct Material responsibilities for procuring necessary supplies to help run the organization. Provides direction relative to procurement of materials and contracted goods and services. Considerable initiative and independent judgment is expected. Duties include but not limited to:

The Purchasing Agent will be responsible coordinate all purchases and insure adherence to purchasing procedures with internal/external customers. Responsibilities include maintaining documentation that tracks purchase orders. Required to use independent judgement in representing management in a variety of administrative and purchasing functions.

• Communicates effectively with vendors, internal and external customers
• Interact with current and a potential suppliers
• Meet with vendors and suppliers current and potential

• Research all suppliers to ensure the best equipment/product is procured for the lowest (quality) price.
• Research and maintain track of budget expenditures
• Set-ups new supplier accounts

• Performs other duties or responsibilities assigned by Senior Management and Leader
• Responsible for coordinating and distributing annual internal supplier performance evaluations

• Maintain purchasing records such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance
• Enter and maintains vendor information and company supplier database (QAD)
• Verifies bills from suppliers and purchase orders and bills for payment
• GRS approval matrix maintenance
• Maintain Purchasing Processes as required

• Provide QAD user training to associates
• Provide training to associates on Purchasing Processes

• MRO and Direct Material
• 3-5 QAD experience
• Excellent Negotiation Skills
• 3-5 years experience in the execution and support of Service Parts Sales
• Strong Communications skills
• Strong PC skills including Excel, Word & Power Point
• Ability to collect and analyze data to propose solutions

• 3-5 years of purchasing experience in a Lead Role
• Bachelor’s Degree in a business related field
• Must have excellent communication skills
• Microsoft Office experience

Detroit Chassis, a subsidiary of SPECTRA LLC, produces rolling chassis, complex subassemblies and modules, and complete vehicles for the automotive, RV and commercial truck industries, with one stop design and engineering solutions.