Procurement Coordinator/specialist
Job Title: Procurement Coordinator III Location: Remote - East Coast or Central Preferred Duration: 6+ Months Required Skills and Experience:
- Proficiency in use of SAP ERP system to investigate, problem solve, and report
- Minimum Education: Assoc. degree Supply Chain, Business, Economics, Engineering
- Preferred Education: Bachelor’s degree Supply Chain, Business, Economics, Eng.
- 3-5 years general procurement experience in industrial, MRO, service parts enviro
- Proficiency in us of MS Office Suite – Excel, Word, Outlook
- Capability to learn, use, modify & improve existing & new reports/analysis tools
- Proficiency in use of basic ERP systems to investigate, problem solve & report
- Capability to learn, use, modify and improve existing & new reports/analysis tools
- Ability to prioritize multiple concurrent information requests with disciplined adjudication
- Strong customer service focus and disciplined/concise communication / follow up skills
- Commitment to follow defined processes and procedures, recommending improvements
- Willingness and ability to adapt to changing priorities
- Ability to influence supplier partners for adherence to defined process and policy
- Demonstrated attention to detail
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in related field of study
- Procurement Credentials: C.P.M, CPSM, APICS
- 5+ Years procurement and/or parts management experience
- 2+ Years of previous Field Service Network or Parts Distribution experience
Position Responsibilities may include, but not limited to:
- Manage and resolve issues related to the setup and configuration of SAP systems during the onboarding process.
- Troubleshooting problems to meet specific business requirements and ensuring smooth integration with other enterprise systems.
- Monitors open orders to adjudicate missing/outdated confirmation, ship date expectation, shipment tracking and other pertinent order information.
- Identifies opportunities to place supplemental purchase orders w/ secondary suppliers to adjudicate customer back orders.
- Identifies alternate service parts sources to meet needs of field service teams.
- Coordinates/Executes supplemental ordering as necessary to meet field service needs.
- Interacts with suppliers daily to ensure order data is updated in systems appropriately.
- Assists in training suppliers on provided systems maintenance routines and may help suppliers enter information as necessary.
- Investigates/adjudicates critical part outage recovery support for emergency and urgent calls including tracking part shipments.
- Responds to customer service inquiries to provide parts delivery information.
- Assists 3PL in adjudicating receiving transaction & inventory count reconciliation.
- Other projects or duties may be assigned by manager or team members.