Commodity Sourcing

Summary:

• Responsible for purchases made by the organization.
• Evaluates and approves vendors and authorizes purchase orders for goods or services.
• Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Performs a variety of tasks and may lead and direct the work of others.
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
• Typically reports to a manager.

Responsibilities:

• Review requisitions.
• Confer with vendors to obtain product or service information such as price, availability, and delivery schedule.
• Select products for purchase by testing, observing, or examining items.
• Select suppliers with Supply Chain Manager based on criteria such as quality certification, capacity analysis, financial analysis, etc.
• Estimate values according to knowledge of market price.
• Determine method of procurement such as direct purchase or bid.
• Prepare purchase orders or bid requests.
• Review bid proposals and negotiate contracts within budgetary limitations and scope of authority.
• Maintain procurement records such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance, and inventories.
• Discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality control personnel, users, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.
• Approve invoices for payment.
• Expedite delivery of goods to users.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in area of specialty.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in the field or in a related area.
• Knowledge of MRP systems (Oracle preferred).

Preferred Skills:

• Analytical - Synthesizes complex or diverse information.
• Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner.
• Project Management - Coordinates projects; Completes projects on time and budget.
• Customer Service - Manages difficult or emotional customer situations.
• Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality.
• Business Acumen - Understands business implications of decisions.
• Diversity - Demonstrates knowledge of EEO policy.
• Initiative - Volunteers readily; Undertakes self-development activities.
• Innovation - Displays original thinking and creativity.
• Judgment - Displays willingness to make decisions.
• Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities.
• Professionalism - Approaches others in a tactful manner.
• Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.

Physical Demands:

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

Work Environment:

• The employee will normally work in a temperature-controlled office environment, with frequent exposure to electronic office equipment.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• During visits to areas of operations, may be exposed to extreme cold or hot weather conditions.
• Is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and loud noise.