Maintenance Purchasing Clerk

Ark Ell Springs • Carthage, MO

111d

About The Position

As a Maintenance Purchasing Clerk at Leggett & Platt, you will be responsible for keeping parts cost updated, including setting up trade agreements, running necessary usage reports daily, and maintaining an orderly arrangement of all parts and supplies. You will safeguard inventories against theft, preventable waste, and unauthorized use while striving for continuous improvement in all aspects of the position, including Safety, Quality, and Production. Your role will also involve maintaining and processing accurate inventory records, identifying slow-moving, obsolete, and damaged inventory, and accurately inputting purchase orders. Compliance with the company's policy and procedure manual in all aspects of purchasing and receiving is essential. You will assist in handling incoming phone calls to the Parts Room and keep all areas neat, organized, and clean.

Requirements

• Proven ability to make valuable decisions regarding purchasing & receiving merchandise
• Show previous experience in data entry position for at least one year
• Ability to ten-key efficiently and accurately and have basic keyboarding knowledge in addition to performing basic mathematical functions necessary to perform the job
• Ability to contain confidential information and records in a professional manner
• Mental ability to handle strenuous and complex activity while meeting deadlines
• Ability to understand and follow the company's policy and procedures manual
• Ability to exemplify a cooperative attitude necessary to work with all department and management teams as well as outside vendors
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office

Nice To Haves

• Experience purchasing in Microsoft D365 and Aptean EAM preferred

Responsibilities

• Keeping parts cost updated, including setting up trade agreements
• Running necessary usage reports daily
• Maintaining an orderly arrangement of all parts and supplies
• Safeguarding inventories against theft, preventable waste, and unauthorized use
• Striving for continuous improvement in all aspects of the position, including Safety, Quality, and Production
• Maintaining and processing accurate inventory records
• Identifying slow-moving, obsolete, and damaged inventory
• Accurately inputting purchase orders
• Complying with the company's policy and procedure manual in all aspects of purchasing and receiving
• Maintaining files in an orderly fashion, pulling files as requested, moving files to storage areas as necessary, and disposing of confidential documents at assigned locations
• Assisting and performing Parts Room Supervisor duties as needed
• Cross-training to fill in when Parts Room Partners are absent for any reason
• Assigning bin locations to parts
• Recognizing incorrect parts and taking appropriate action to correct the problem
• Assisting in handling incoming phone calls to the Parts Room
• Keeping all areas neat, organized, and clean
• Utilizing other sources to identify and locate parts or part numbers not readily available
• Entering and maintaining new part numbers
• Handling documentation, preparation and packaging of warranty and repair parts

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing