Purchasing Assistant

About The Position

Rear View Safety, a Safe Fleet brand, located in Brooklyn, NY, is seeking a Purchasing Agent (also titled Purchasing Assistant) to join the team. The role involves procuring materials or other goods and coordinating activities related to purchasing products and services such as raw materials, equipment, tools, parts, and supplies for Rear View Safety.

• Communicates with vendors and suppliers to obtain pricing, availability and delivery.
• Negotiates pricing with suppliers as necessary on new purchases or changes to existing purchase orders.
• Investigates and evaluates new sources of supply. Interviews supplier sales representatives and continually endeavors to keep abreast of developments that influence procurement procedures and practices.
• Prepares requisitions, purchase orders, and quote requests, ensuring correct documentation is supplied to all vendors such as prints, terms and conditions, import/export paperwork and other related documentation.
• Enters Purchase Orders and Requisition s.
• Procures materials and services with or without the aid of the MRP system.
• Manages and resolves problems regarding delivery, quality and pricing in a timely manner.
• Tracks, maintains, and updates lead times, pricing and futures for items ordered.
• Expedites purchase orders to meet the best deliveries and advises departments of delivery status, communicates supplier performance, initiates corrective action, and follows up to ensure acceptable resolution.
• Identifies shortages and shipping delays proactively and escalates as necessary to meet the schedule.
• Resolves discrepancies related to purchase orders and vendor invoices.
• Maintains reports and analyses as necessary.
• Proactively manages all open purchase orders, ship date management, past‑due purchase order management, and purchase order acknowledgement.
• Maintains proper inventory stocking levels.
• Reduces purchase part lead time and initiates Kanban process where applicable.
• Owns all communication and transactions between the company and selected vendors.
• Manages file maintenance both paper and electronic.
• Issues Supplier Quality Notices to vendors and returns.
• Issues contracts pertaining to building maintenance.

At Safe Fleet, our name says it all – we are redefining what Fleet Safety means with one‑stop access to customized, integrated, and intelligent solutions that answer today’s safety needs and anticipate tomorrow’s challenges. By making fleets smarter, we make them safer. We’ve built an integrated safety platform for fleet vehicles of every type – School Bus, Transit, Fire, EMS, Law Enforcement, Work Truck, Truck & Trailer, Waste & Recycling, Industrial, and Military.

We’re driving safety forward in everything we do and we’re looking for innovative, enthusiastic self‑starters to join us.

At Safe Fleet, you are empowered to build a career that will take you where you want to go. You'll enjoy the freedom to explore new projects, the support to think outside the box, and the tools necessary to achieve personal success. We offer a comprehensive compensation package, including Medical, Dental, 401(k) and bonuses.

* Safe Fleet does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, ancestry veteran status or any other status protected by law.