Raw Material Purchasing Analyst

KPS Global (KPSG) is the North American industry leader in the manufacture, production, and installation of Walk‑in Coolers and Freezers. KPSG’s end‑product serves many channels within the retail food market as well as industrial applications. KPSG is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas with most support activities centralized in the Fort Worth facility. KPSG maintains product manufacturing in five locations:
San Dimas, CA;
Fort Worth, TX;
Piney Flats, TN;
Conyers, GA and Goodyear, AZ.

The Purchasing Analyst’s responsibilities are to research and compare products and services from suppliers to decide what will be most compatible for KPS Global. They will evaluate vendors and suppliers based on quality, price, speed of delivery, customer service levels, etc. They also manage the KPS item master. The ideal candidate takes initiative to identify and present to company management areas of opportunity while also completing general assignments in a timely manner;

their data tells the story. They are highly supportive of company and department initiatives and manage tasks/expectations accordingly. They exhibit a passion for learning and self‑development.

• Manage and maintain key raw material reports, including the Past Due Report, Open Purchase Order Report, and Short Ship/Stock Out Report by running them regularly, analyzing data for accuracy, identifying root causes of issues, and driving corrective actions to improve supply chain performance.
• Assist with Aftermarket Parts Inventory/usage and custom product purchasing activities.
• Provide support to buyers and purchasing team by analyzing and presenting data, generating relevant, and timely reports and dashboards, and automating recurring reports and dashboards via Power
  
  BI and reviewing requisitions for goods and services.
• Leading the supplier rebate forecasting process, including the review of supplier contracts, inputting contract data into Infor CSI
  10, and generating usage reports for RFQ purposes.
• Monitor supplier obligations and compile and present department financial reports to management.
• In collaboration with team management, develop sourcing strategies to exceed company goals.
• Establishing and evaluating item cost standards to arrive at a regular and efficient approach to pricing.
• Regularly, at least monthly, review inventory levels and purchasing trends with Supply Chain and Materials Management to optimize inventory (the right item, at the right time, at the right place, at the right cost).
• Creating, maintaining, and reporting supplier scorecards.

Required Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field or 3+ years prior purchasing/supply chain or analytics experience
• Adept decision‑making, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Acute ability to interpret, analyze, and present data in an accurate, meaningful, easy to understand way; must be able to defend your analysis confidently
• Proficient building Power
  
  BI, or equivalent, reports (KPS uses Power
  
  BI)
• Skilled in analyzing financial reports, price proposals, and other technical data
• Attention to detail and problem solving
• Experience performing make/buy analysis prefer

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