Purchasing Agent - New Berlin, WI

Konecranes•New Berlin, WI

8d•$58,000 - $63,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Purchasing Agent (PA) will be responsible for daily, weekly, monthly, and annual activities related to specific commodities. This role involves communicating component requirements to potential suppliers, ensuring strict adherence to Konecranes product specifications and quality programs. The PA will collaborate with internal and external functional groups to meet timelines, cost structures, contractual obligations, and manufacturing/engineering needs. A key responsibility is sourcing and negotiating favorable value and lead-time without compromising quality or customer requirements. The role also includes reviewing and comparing quoting activity against project and sales estimates, performing continuous system maintenance for part numbers and suppliers, and reviewing open purchase requisitions to source materials from suppliers with the required capabilities, capacity, and quality programs. The PA will obtain quotes for other departments, act on system-generated material exceptions, and write work instructions for the ERP system (SAP) and general workflows to support continuous improvement. Meeting annual goals and objectives assigned by the Purchasing Manager, with ongoing communication, is also a requirement.

Requirements

5 Years working experience within a Procurement role is required, working with commodity based buying and one-off quantities.
Ability to read engineering drawings/blueprints is required.
Knowledge and understanding of heavy steel and associated processes including welding, machining, etc.
One to three years of Purchasing related experience required.
Knowledge of SAP, Oracle or other ERP system is required.
Excellent personal computer skills required.
Must be comfortable navigating in various software systems simultaneously.
Ability to work in a team structured, fast paced, and multitasking work environment is required.
Strong written and verbal communication skills needed.
Must be efficient, highly organized, motivated and detail oriented, with the ability to prioritize work.
Strong analytical, reasoning, and problem solving skills required.
Must have strong Microsoft Excel experience.
Ability to travel approximately up to 20% is required.

Nice To Haves

Associates or higher college degree preferred but not required.
Knowledge of Manufacturing processes and ability to read blueprints is preferred.

Responsibilities

Communicate all component requirements to potential supply sources, assuring strict conformance to Konecranes product specifications and quality program.
Work with internal and external functional groups to assure timelines, cost structure, contractual obligations and all manufacturing/engineering needs are realized.
Source and negotiate the most favorable overall “value” and lead-time without compromising quality or customer requirements.
Perform a thorough review and comparison of all major quoting activity to project and sales estimates to assure margins and impacts are realized and communicated.
Perform continuous system maintenance at the part number, supplier, and PA levels to assure system integrity is intact and information is correct for all viewers.
Review daily open purchase requisitions and source material to sources with the required capabilities, capacity and quality program required for a demanding market.
Obtain quotes for other functional groups such as Design Engineering, Application Engineering and Service Group as needed.
Act on system generated material exceptions, expediting, delaying or cancelling on-order material as necessary, and communicating results to the required group or individual.
Write and document work instructions for our ERP system (SAP) as well as general work-flow to allow continuous improvement.
Meet all annual goals and objectives assigned by the Purchasing Manager, with constant communication throughout the calendar year.