Associate Procurement Specialist

Join our team in Thief River Falls, MN as an Associate Procurement Specialist. In this onsite role, you'll support day-to-day purchasing activities, help maintain inventory levels, and work with suppliers to ensure materials are available for production. If you're organized, detail-oriented, and enjoy working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, we'd love to hear from you.

• Analyze raw material demand for purchase and on-time delivery in an MRP environment to ensure accuracy and adherence to the established schedule and to identify potential improvements.
• Track actual and potential supply and delivery to provide timely communications and analysis.
• Assess supplier performance against predetermined goals by monitoring quality acceptance rates delivery performance and cost savings performance.
• Communicate with vendors to obtain product, price, availability, and delivery information and analyze domestic and international shipping forecasts to achieve optimal inventory levels.
• Prepare material variance analyses and review cycle count results to make improvement recommendations.
• Prepare reporting for MPS variances for team review to confirm material availability and schedule timing to production control.
• Review and assign part change notices to other planners and place purchase orders to expedite materials to meet weekly production plans.
• Responsible for daily completion of shortage report to provide accurate updates to operations and materials teams.
• Prepare Sales Inventory Operations Plan (SIOP) and MPS change comparisons to identify potential constraints and trends.

• Bachelor's Degree in Business or related field required
• 1+ years of related experience preferred
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and SAP preferred