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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Detailed sales order review and approval

• Create, prepare, send, and revise purchase orders for products (i.e., equipment, supplies, software, materials, components, services, et.) in line with organizational cost, quality, and customer expectations

• Manage and optimize shipping methods and costs to ensure the lowest price for customers

• Expedite orders placed with distribution or manufacturers when requested

• Provide product lead times and estimated ship dates on all open orders

• Fulfill/receive purchase and sales orders into ERP system

• Stay up to date with distribution partner’s inventory levels and lead times

• Enter new part numbers in correlation with the correct income/expense accounts into ERP system as required

• Provide weekly reporting activities on various purchasing transactions, including volume and dollar value of processed and open orders

• Alert the sales team to any vendor discount pricing issues 15 days before the expiration date

• Ensure transactions exist and reflect actual, physical path of items, including RMA’s, to ensure inventory levels in ERP system remain accurate

• Request demo equipment for distribution or manufacturing partners

• Research transactions and billing discrepancies

• Assist with monthly inventory counts and investigations

• Assists the warehouse with shipping, pre-kitting, and receiving inventory on a daily or as needed basis

• Act as backup to warehouse staff by shipping orders and receiving inventory as requested

• Propose improvements to the current purchasing system that will improve vendor relationships and lower the cost of doing business

• Collaborate with inventory control and sales to maintain inventory level needs

• Identify ways to manage obsolete and slow-moving stock to help offset losses

• Provide support to Sales Team in times of high volume

• Assess, manage, and mitigate risks

• Other duties as assigned

Requirements Purchasing Functions, Purchasing Activities, Purchase Orders, Purchasing Materials, Purchasing Department

Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.

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