Procurement Specialist

Weber Human Resources • Kansas City, MO

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About The Position

The Procurement Specialist is responsible for administrative duties related to the purchase of goods, materials, and services to ensure the company operational needs are met, considering price, quality, and delivery, to ensure efficiency and continuity of supply.

Requirements

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Able to build and maintain effective and productive relationships with staff, stakeholders, and suppliers
• Must have flexibility to achieve desired performance results and adapt to changing requirements
• Good communication skills
• Analytical, numerically astute with strong demonstrated problem-solving abilities
• Able to manage time effectively, prioritize tasks and achieve set targets
• Commercial and financial awareness with a full understanding of how failure impacts production, manufacturing, and customer order fulfilment
• SAP or similar ERP experience strongly preferred
• German language skills preferred
• Previous purchasing experience preferred
• Computer literate with advanced Excel skills

Responsibilities

• Place purchase orders with internal and external vendors in line with specified cost, quality, and delivery targets in SAP and Weber’s purchasing platform, Onventis
• Facilitate stock transfers between Weber US and Weber Canada
• Support relevant departments and communicate any supply problems which may impact business operations
• Act as an interface between suppliers and other relevant departments on purchasing processes, projects, and activities
• Prepare and manage purchase orders as well as order schedules
• Expedites and coordinates emergency purchase order placement with critical deadlines and provides follow-up information (ETAs, tracking, etc.) to internal customers
• Ensure that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships
• Ensure compliance with company guidelines, purchasing policies, and procedures
• Coordinates with receiving to solve inventory discrepancies and missing/overdue GR
• Process internal new vendor setup requests
• Monitor procurement reporting and take necessary steps to avoid overstocking and follow up on overdue purchase orders
• Work with shipping providers and customs brokers to get shipments cleared and delivered
• Support Accounting department in invoicing/PO discrepancies
• Participate in weekly red tag review and communicate stocking changes if necessary
• Other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed