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Plattsburgh, New York, United States

Plattsburgh, New York, United States

BuyerAPG-Neuros - Plattsburgh, NYAugust 2022 to PresentGather quotes and negotiate prices as necessary on production, aftermarket and research parts.Source new vendors domestically and globally (Canada 70%, Korea 20%, UK 5%, others 5%), working with engineering, R&D, Project Managers and Production Leads to ensure quality and design. Recent new contracts have saved 40-60% cost on major components and new builds.Continued vendor relations to ensure a good working relationship with reps and other company contacts across multiple countries and languages understanding customs and personalities.Ensuring all parts and components are available and what needs purchasing via jobs, BOMs and direct work with R&D.Direct purchases to junior buyer, and assist as necessary.Train other team members on all aspects of purchasing requirements.Understand and follow local, national and international laws and requirements related to purchasing and other departments such as Buy America requirements and dates.Work with inventory lead to maintain and develop proper inventory reports, procedures and systems for property inventory tracking including setting and reseting of min/max levels and setting up the system for more accurate locating of parts.Develop and maintain usage and ordering needs reports/tables when not available within system.Attend and help lead weekly production and procurement meetings as well as project specific meetings.Continue to utilize background in multiple aspects of business to assist other departments in understanding how decisions affect other departments from a ground level.

Plattsburgh, New York, United States

Process and approve customer pricing request; both new and existingMaintain customer specific price listsAudit company price books for accuracyUpdate customer satellite price books and add new itemsMaintain current raw material pricing and update cost models as necessaryDevelopment and ongoing management of process to track quote win/lossDocument work instructions and process for all pricing tasksCreate and distribute weekly/monthly pricing metrics

Williston, Vermont, United States

Ensure that our operational procedures are followed in all US locations;Review and assist in negotiating for repairs/improvements of our customer service areas, product showrooms, warehouses and vehicles/equipment;Research and purchase accessories for warehouses, equipment and trucks;Handle all insurance and claim issues related to buildings and vehiclesCoordinate the set-up/closure of business locations and other related duties including local and state regulations.Generate and ensure receiving of purchase orders across national branches for services and operational purchases.Approve invoices for vp of finance for accurate bill pay, research errors and abnormalities.Mail marketing materials for major national account partners to individual stores and company reps;Keep open contact with regional managers and other national managers.

St Albans, Vermont, United States

Check system stock levels through center store areas and make changes as necessaryResearch large inconsistencesStock shelves through grocery and frozen areasUse forkliftCheck in ice cream loadsAssist customersHelp train new associates

St Albans, Vermont, United States

Purchase all products for sale. Furniture, lighting, home decor, and all other segmentsRepair/clean furniture, lighting and other segments before setting out for sale.Create and maintain vendor contracts and monitor/replenish stock levels.Enter and track daily sales to ensure proper cash management via excel programsPay bills in timely mannerReset the sales floor when necessary/occasionally to keep the sales floor fresh for returning customers.Maintain customer relationshipsPost and maintain online sales, remove online items due to in store sales.Package, and ship in a timely manner all online sales via USPS or UPS.

Burlington, Vermont, United States

Develop and maintain excel based reports to track weekly, monthly and quarterly inventory levels and financial values within multiple stores and warehouses for high end, custom made furniture, lighting and home decor. Also includes tracking GMROI, turns and other KPIs. Give analysis and suggestions based on review of numbers.Generate purchase orders in accordance with customer designed custom ordersDevelop and maintain excel based computer assisted ordering to ensure stock levels are safely kept within a seasonally changing business.Generate purchase orders to maintain stock levels of warehouse stocked items including overseas containers.Work with outside vendors on product pricing, marketing, distribution and quality to help maintain a good working relationship.Upload price updates and new products and change retail prices as needed. Including creation of retail pricing with excel or pdf from same or alternate source.Develop and maintain vendor specific workbooks to track cost changes due to a variety of factors that can affect overall pricing to ensure a proper gross margin is being reached, as well as keeping product information correct.Develop and Generate reports for creating sales on aging productsAssist sales with generating sales orders when necessaryDevelop and generate reports for store manager and company owner to allow for group cost analysis decisions on productsHelp lead company meetings with store owner and store managerTrack all orders from acknowledgment to delivery.

Burlington, Vermont, United States

Answer phone calls and email messages from customers, service agencies, dealers and all others to assist with identifying needed parts, part pricing, and availability of parts.Assist customers with tracking and information on purchase orders via phone calls or email.Assist customers with returns, shortages, and damages by creating Return Merchandise Authorizations or credits.File daily invoice reports.Work with minimal supervision, while communicating major issues with the Service Manager.Work with other members of the service team to resolve issues brought forth by customers.Generate pricing for new parts working with Purchasing and Engineering.Enter customer purchase orders emailed, or faxed from customers.Make judgment calls on sending free of charge parts and reducing shipping/handling charges on a case to case basis for customers claiming missing/damaged parts.Make judgment calls on reducing pricing for bulk buys or special circumstances.Assist Customer Service and Sales with parts issues such as missing parts, and after purchase parts orders.Identify and communicate errors and changes to Parts Manuals with the help of Engineering and Marketing.Keep up to date on changes in vendors and item designs made by Purchasing or Engineering.Keep up to date on all parts related material concerning multiple brands and lines.Assist customers with secondary brands Market Forge and Marsal when needed on product information, purchase orders and service agencies.Communicate with Customer Service Manager issues concerning accessories.Work with technicians and Customer Service from sister companies to help customers with orders and non-site manufactured Blodgett/Market Forge product lines.Non job specific training with Sales including but not limited to relationships between Rep Groups and Dealers, buying habits, sales pivot tables, and product lines for multiple brands, Blodgett and non-Blodgett.

• Generate purchase orders through E-Automate for supplies and parts using computer programs or hand written orders for multiple vendors using contract and/or retail pricing.• Complete requested orders, via DQM, from the sales team for machines and accessories. Compare to what is in stock to maximize value of purchase. Purchases are made on either contract or retail pricing. Complete necessary accompanying paperwork for state, national and special contract account purchases.• Ensure emergency part/supply orders are placed overnight via UPS.• Select appropriate methods of shipment for supplies/parts/machines be it UPS, or a shipping company.• Coordinate return of lease end machines back to lessors in a timely manner using preferred shipping companies.• Compare and research pricing for best vendor deals to maximize value/profit.• Assist accounts payable with comparisons of invoices to purchase orders.• Dispense inventory to technicians via computer orders or verbal requests.• Place returns to vendors in a timely manner and ensure packaging to maximize return value.• Complete inventory counts and adjustments monthly for technicians and Inventory Department quarterly and yearly.• Check in and receive all purchase orders and shipments.• Ship customer supply orders via UPS.• Communicate concerns/ideas with Company President and Business Manager.• Keep good communication with second warehouse to ensure procedures are being followed by all members.• Assist second warehouse with inventory/purchasing related concerns and requests.• Assist dispatch by placing own machine set up calls, and adjusting technician calls in the system to accurately reflect items needed by technicians or reasoning of call.• Monitor usage of inventory by warehouse, as well as technicians, and make system adjustments for automatic ordering as felt necessary. • Forecast usage of new supplies for new machines based on usage of prior similar models and popularity of those models.

• Accountable for billing, receiving, and inventory activity of the pharmacy, insuring that all medications are being ordered by the pharmacy buyer and are properly received, stored and distributed throughout the institution for both the inpatient and outpatient use.• Extreme usage and expert knowledge of Mediclick/Proclick. Abilities include: Placing requisitions for all pharmacy locations and, on occasion, change department in the case of inability to complete an order to place the order for them. Generating, receiving and unreceiving purchase orders. Item maintenance; creating new items, adding/removing departments with clearance to order said items. Creating and adjusting order guides. Charging and crediting items.. Ability to switch asset locations to check on inventory of other locations so as to not deplete supplies of another asset location. Ability to track item usage by all locations or individual locations. Properly remove or add quantities of an item in accordance with financial department of the pharmacy. Utilize listed transactions in mediclick to assist in finding discrepancies/abnormalities in item usage and item quantities. • Acts as back up to the Pharmacy buyer, being accountable for routine, controlled drugs and special non-stock purchases and responding to emergency situations.• Solves and facilities processes required to solve inventory problems and meet regulatory needs related to drug storage and medication handling outside the pharmacy. Works with managers of the various units to assure that regulatory requirements are being met.• Reconciles code trays and emergency boxes.• Ability to build new order guides, update order guides, bill, return, and be able to answer all questions concerning the inventory using the inventory and ordering systems.• Take calls and emails from offsite and in-house locations concerning all aspects of drug distribution, purchasing, storage, inventory, and compliance.• Monitor trends of usage.

• Perform assigned stocking, rotation, ordering, and shrink procedures for frozen and dairy products in accordance with established guidelines.• Merchandise product for adequate sales.• Monitor inventory and complete orders using CAO systems.• Achieve productivity standards as outlined in Management Planning.• Develop product knowledge in all areas of the store.• Assist in training other associates.• Maintain good communications with the management team and all other associates.• Monitor sales and adjust orders by hand or in the CAO system to reflect sudden changes.• Create weekly/monthly displays using featured items to help drive up sales.• Forecast potential sales of all products particularly when anticipating strong weather or other unforeseen events.