Purchasing Associate – Raw Material

An international chemical company is seeking a Purchasing Associate who will be responsible for procurement and inventory management of raw materials to support production plan for clients.

Responsibility

• Performs raw material daily operations
  – placing raw material purchase orders and confirming receipt of purchase orders and posting consumption figures into Navision each month;
  – organizing and arranging storage for raw materials inventory;
  – ordering raw materials with selected vendors to meet production needs;
  – arranging Shipping Orders of raw materials to manufacturers;
  – calculating the remaining raw materials at the end of each month;
  – preparing and submitting monthly and quarterly raw materials inventory reports to the Accounting Department;
  – maintaining and updating digital purchase order forms, inventory report spreadsheets, raw material pricing spreadsheets, delivery spreadsheets, and production planning spreadsheet
  – communicating with Production Planning Manager as necessary to ensure the inventory stays within the target range every month and adjust production plan accordingly;
  – tracking slow-moving and obsolete inventory and work with Planning Manager and Purchasing Manager for disposition;
  – meeting inventory objectives and customer forecasted sales requirements.

 

• Controls non-conforming raw materials and finish goods
  – monitoring the inventory level of non-conforming materials and making recommendations to disposition;
  – communicating with supervisor as necessary to arrange shipment of non-conforming materials to potential buyers of them.

 

• Provide sales and operations support:
  – calculating accumulation by customer and grade daily;
  – comparing with the sales forecast and the actual sales and noticing both Sales Reps and Production team if there is considerable differences;
  – maintaining monthly sales data and sales price list spreadsheets;
  – updating raw material prices and notifying sales and production team
  – assisting in implementing budget for production planning and procurement of raw materials

 

Requirement

• 2 – 3 years’ related working experience
• Bachelor’s degree from four-year College or university
• Must be able to use a computer and such applications as Microsoft Windows, Word and Excel. Advanced Excel skill required.
• Strong communications and interpersonal skill
• Multi-tasking, detailed oriented, a team player