Advanced Personnel Resources is seeking a motivated Purchasing Coordinator for a new opportunity with our client in the High Point area. The Purchaser Coordinator sources and purchases materials and services, coordinates deliveries, and maintains production schedules to support operational requirements. This role balances cost, quality, and availability while ensuring purchases meet established specifications and delivery timelines. Working closely with suppliers and internal teams, the Purchasing Coordinator manages purchase orders, monitors supplier performance, anticipates material needs, and communicates changes that may affect production.
Key Responsibilities
Supplier Sourcing & Evaluation
- Research, identify, and evaluate suppliers based on quality, pricing, availability, delivery capabilities, and logistics.
- Monitor supplier performance and address issues related to quality, service, or delivery.
- Maintain productive supplier relationships to support operational needs.
Negotiation & Contract Management
- Negotiate pricing, payment terms, delivery schedules, and purchase agreements.
- Monitor compliance with agreed-upon terms and coordinate contract changes as needed.
Purchasing & Delivery Coordination
- Prepare, review, and issue accurate purchase orders.
- Track open orders and follow up with suppliers to confirm delivery dates.
- Coordinate shipments with suppliers and transportation providers.
- Verify receipt of materials and resolve quantity, quality, pricing, or delivery discrepancies.
Production Scheduling & Material Planning
- Maintain current production schedules based on material availability and operational priorities.
- Coordinate with suppliers and internal teams to support timely material arrivals.
- Identify potential shortages and work with management to resolve supply issues.
- Support forecasting of future material and service requirements.
- Communicate scheduling changes promptly to affected teams.
Recordkeeping, Cost Control & Reporting
- Maintain accurate purchasing records, supplier information, pricing data, and scheduling reports.
- Track purchasing expenses against established budgets.
- Alert management to material cost increases, supply risks, and delivery delays.
- Recommend opportunities to improve costs, purchasing processes, and scheduling efficiency.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work with production, inventory, shipping, and management teams to align purchasing and scheduling activities with operational needs.
- Provide constructive feedback and timely updates to support planning and decision-making.
- Adapt purchasing and scheduling priorities as production requirements change.
Required Qualifications
- Two years of experience in purchasing and scheduling.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, inventory management systems, and purchasing software.
- Experience forecasting material requirements and coordinating supply needs.
- Knowledge of supply chain, purchasing, and inventory management principles.
- Strong negotiation, analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Effective communication, interpersonal, and active-listening skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) software; training will be provided.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.