Purchasing Specialist

Azuria Water Solutions•Sand Springs, OK

16h

About The Position

Corrpro Companies is looking for a Purchasing Specialist. Corrpro is a corrosion engineering, cathodic protection, and corrosion monitoring business for the protection and preservation of infrastructure. Our manufacturing facility is responsible for managing the materials supply chain for the assembly and distribution of cathodic protection systems. Corrpro provides professional corrosion consulting and cathodic protection engineering services to major oil companies, government agencies, municipal water, sewer and gas utilities. Corrpro is a subsidiary of Azuria Water Solutions Company.

Requirements

3 years of experience working with procurement practices and processes
3 years of experience resolving discrepancies and negotiating prices with vendors
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Good communication skills (written and verbal) with positive customer focus
Able to travel to vendor sites as needed

Nice To Haves

Bachelor Degree in Finance, Accounting or related preferred
CSCP, PMAC, APICS or CPM or equivalent preferred
JD Edwards (JDE) or other ERP (SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft) experience preferred

Responsibilities

Play a pivotal role in developing, managing, integrating and improving the Supply Chain with an annual material spend of $15 million to $30 million
Build relationships with strategic vendors and strive to meet and exceed KPI’s
Resolve discrepancies and negotiating prices with vendors
Respond to inquiries by working with internal and external customers to meet their requirements
Create purchase orders and monitor open purchase orders
Actively involved in cost reduction initiatives
Monitor and manage suppliers’ performance
Evaluate and present RFQ’s and RFP’s