Buyer/Planner

Ovivo Water • Salt Lake City, UT

54d • Hybrid

About The Position

At Ovivo, we offer you the opportunity to expand your skills and professional experience while collaborating with worldwide experts in water treatment. As a Buyer/Planner, you will be responsible for quoting, purchasing, planning, and expediting assigned products or commodities for Sedimentation. This includes soliciting possible vendors, ensuring supplier service and product quality. Joining Ovivo means being part of a global team of innovative and passionate professionals who are committed to preserving water, our planet's most critical resource. It also means combining our efforts and talents towards a more sustainable future - together. The role is based in our Salt Lake City location and will work on a hybrid (WFH/In-Office) full time schedule.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of related experience
• Minimum 2 years post-secondary education from an accredited college or university
• Experience with ERP's and other software/systems (MS Office, Adobe, etc).
• Basic math and writing skills.
• Must be detail oriented to keep track of parts and orders that have been placed
• Ability to follow-through to make sure orders arrive at their destination
• Working history with and use of directing material movement, logistics, at best practice for time and low cost
• Mechanical/technical aptitude
• Advanced level of oral and written communication
• Ability to follow accounting best practices to make informed decisions

Responsibilities

• Receiving requests for quote and replying in timely matter
• Placing purchase orders based upon requisitions/MRP notification and entering orders into the computer
• Planning jobs including breaking down a bill of material and building it the MRP system
• Bidding product lines to ensure most competitive pricing and delivery, while maintaining quality
• Expediting purchase orders, ensuring supplier deliveries are on time and that all generated reports reflect current and accurate dates and information.
• Ensuring that all delivered commodities meet company standards and are of good quality and negotiating with suppliers on replacement of materials not conforming to company.
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision benefits
• 401k Match
• Company paid life insurance along with company paid short and long-term disability
• 11 paid holidays
• Three weeks of PTO to start (hire date determines number of PTO hours for the first year)
• Roll over of 40 PTO hours to the following year
• Sixteen personal hours (hire date determines number of personal hours for the first year)
• Days off between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day - paid by the company with no impact to PTO balance.
• Profit sharing

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Administration of Environmental Quality Programs
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees