Purchasing Agent
CurrentProfile: Motivated and personable business professional with talent for assessing scope of work to provide the best solution. Diplomatic and tactful with professionals and non-professionals at all levels. Accustomed in handling internal and external customers in obtaining information required to complete tasks. Flexible and versatile with the ability to deliver under pressure. Poised and competent with demonstrated ability to easily transcend cultural differences. Excellent team building skills. • Reading of drawings/specifications, purchasing, expediting, bid analysis, invoice auditing. • Standardizing purchasing forms including big requests, material requisitions, purchase orders, logs and trending.• Support engineering in preparations of projects as in requesting quotes for raw materials and equipment. • Maintain data in Epicor ERP System, including appropriate reorder points, adding break pricing and secure the correct contact info for all vendors. • Negotiation, implementation, contracting pricing agreements• Create, renew and maintain current vendor relationships; initiate formal vendor qualifications. • Cooperate with inventory control which includes inventory, reducing and eliminating obsolete materials. • Discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services with Quality Assurance personnel, users and suppliers to determine source of issues and assist in corrective action. • Analyze data to optimize inventory turns in maintaining sufficient inventory to meet customer demands. • Work professionally and efficiently with all internal customers and/or departments.• Prepare Purchase Orders by verifying specifications and price. Obtaining recommendations from suppliers for substitute or alternative items. • Inform Production of all material shortages, supplier delivery problems, price increases, shipping delays etc etc. • Maintain documentation in line with FDA regulations, ISO 13485 utilizing approved vendors.