Purchasing Coordinator

Transdev • Beaumont, TX

66d

About The Position

Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America. Position Purpose: Individual will be responsible for maintaining vendor data and providing assistance on purchasing transactions

Requirements

• High school diploma required
• Minimum 2 years office experience.
• Strong customer service attitude with ability to respond in a timely manner.
• Attention to detail
• Ability to build constructive relationships with internal and external customers.
• Ability to work independently
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications

Nice To Haves

• Associates degree valued
• Knowledge of Power BI or PeopleSoft a plus

Responsibilities

• Vendor administration
• Review vendor applications for accuracy and completeness.
• Respond to vendor-related inquiries from internal customers
• Collaborate with the Accounts Payable team to implement process efficiencies.
• Perform new vendor searches and system maintenance activities
• Purchase Order Creating
• Timely creation of purchase orders and procuring items requested
• Coordinate with vendors to ensure orders are acknowledged and delivered.
• Monthly review of open purchase orders.
• Responsible for contacting suppliers, negotiating deals and expiring contracts.
• Document assistance
• Contract, Insurance and Procurement-related document uploads to internal database
• Reporting and spend analysis assistance
• Assignments are subject to change based on organizational needs

Benefits

• Veolia’s comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more.
• In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees