Purchasing/Procurement Coordinator

Position’s Contributions to Work Group: - provides support to Engineering within the Prove Design team as a Purchasing Analyst, verifying PO details, resolving any PO/Quote discrepancies and issue Prove Design POs to the supply base with correct supplier code, price, unit of measure and applicable tax codes. - A back-up to the Prove Design Coordinators Processing Prove Design orders to procure parts/services for Engineering and writing domestic and overseas shipping orders for Engineering shipment requests when a Coordinator is out of the office or to assist with a heavy workload. - Analyze data within the Invoicing report, assist in resolving invoice discrepancies and follow up on missing invoices for Prove Design shipments from the supply base. Reason/motivation for request: - Backfill Why Client? “Whether it be ground-breaking products, best in class solutions or a lifelong career, you can build what matters to you at Client. With 150 locations in countries around the world, what you create at Client travels and helps people around the world. You can collaborate with the best minds in the industry, complete meaningful work and continuously grow and develop through our various opportunities. Here, you can do the work that matters.” Why this Role? - This opportunity provides a breadth of exposure and cross functional experience. You will interact with Engineering, Suppliers, Purchasing, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Accounting. - You will obtain a strong exposure to Engineering, deepen purchasing and supply chain expertise, experience a vast amount of cross training across the Prove Design process and strengthen analytical and problem solving skills. Typical task breakdown: - Review purchasing workload and issue POs as needed throughout the day. Issuing POs is not an all day task. When not issuing POs, you perform the other tasks as needed. Interaction with team: - You will interact with the entire team but mostly with the Prove Design Coordinators. Team Structure - 2 Prove Design Coordinators, 2 Purchasing Analysts and 2 Prove Design Follow Up Analysts. Currently have one intern. Prove Design Crib is offsite, but you will have interactions with them from time to time. Work environment: - Onsite 5 days a week. Steady work flow that many times requires a sense of urgency, can be fast paced and requires the ability to multi-task, and quickly and accurately analyze the information within the workload, report or email. Education & Experience Required: - Years of experience: 2 years of purchasing or procurement experience preferred. - Degree requirement: 2 year degree - Do you accept internships as job experience: Yes - Are there past or additional job titles or roles that would provide comparable background to this role: Top 3 Skills - Procurement and Purchase Order Processing - Data Analysis, Reporting and Invoice Reconciliation - Supplier Coordination and Issue Resolution Additional Technical Skills (Required) - Purchase order creation and maintenance - Procurement and Supply Chain Processes - Domestic and International Shipping Coordination - Supplier Management (Desired) - Prototype/Prove Design procurement experience - Knowledge of import/export documentation and logistics - Power BI or other reporting tools - Understanding of tax codes and purchasing compliance requirements Soft Skills (Required) - Strong attention to detail - Analytical and problem solving skills - Effective written and verbal communication - Organizational and time management skills - Ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment - Customer service mindset and cross-functional collaboration (Desired) - Ability to work independently with minimal supervision - Adaptability and flexibility during changing priorities - Initiative and willingness to assist across multiple functions

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