Overview
Purchasing Associate Jobs in Itasca, IL at Ellis Corporation
Company Overview
Ellis Corporation specializes in manufacturing large-scale laundry equipment and wastewater treatment systems. Renowned for delivering innovative solutions at competitive prices, Ellis has established a strong reputation within the laundry and wastewater industries for technological excellence and reliable service.
Job Summary
We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Purchasing Associate to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be responsible for managing procurement processes, maintaining vendor relationships, and ensuring optimal inventory levels. Your expertise in supply chain management systems and negotiation will drive cost efficiencies and support our production needs. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to a leading industrial manufacturer committed to innovation and quality.
Duties
- Review material requirements, MRP reports, production shortages, sales order backorders, and internal requests to determine purchasing and expediting priorities.
- Create purchase requisitions and purchase orders and maintain accurate pricing, quantities, due dates, acknowledgements, and revisions within the ERP/MRP system.
- Monitor and expedite open purchase orders to ensure materials and supplies arrive in accordance with production and sales requirements.
- Communicate with suppliers regarding order acknowledgements, delivery status, schedule changes, shortages, late deliveries, and other issues affecting material availability.
- Maintain purchasing records, supplier correspondence, acknowledgements, contracts, and other required documentation.
- Prepare and communicate material shortage, delivery status, and other purchasing information to appropriate internal departments.
- Coordinate with Manufacturing, Engineering, Stockroom, Sales, Customer Service, Receiving, and other departments regarding material requirements and purchasing-related issues.
- Reconcile invoice and purchase order discrepancies and coordinate corrective action as required.
- Coordinate the disposition and return of defective or nonconforming purchased material with suppliers and appropriate internal departments.
- Obtain and evaluate supplier quotations based on pricing, quality, lead time, availability, and other applicable purchasing requirements.
- Support supplier evaluation, selection, development, and performance monitoring.
- Maintain supplier performance information and scorecards for key suppliers as required.
- Track and evaluate supplier price changes and identify opportunities to reduce or avoid material cost increases.
- Identify and evaluate alternate suppliers and sourcing opportunities that may improve cost, quality, availability, lead time, or supply reliability.
- Work closely with Mechanical and Electrical Engineering personnel in the Philippines to identify components and materials that may be sourced from qualified suppliers in the Philippines.
- Collaborate with Engineering when evaluating alternative components, materials, suppliers, or manufacturing methods to ensure technical and quality requirements are maintained.
- Support cost-reduction and value-improvement initiatives by evaluating sourcing alternatives based on purchase price, freight, lead time, quality, minimum order requirements, inventory impact, and overall cost.
- Identify and document purchasing and sourcing cost-saving opportunities and assist with tracking implemented savings.
- Actively participate in continuous improvement efforts to improve purchasing processes, supplier performance, material availability, and overall supply-chain efficiency.
- Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Requirements
- Minimum of two years of professional purchasing, procurement, expediting, or supply-chain experience; manufacturing experience preferred.
- Associate degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations, or a related field preferred, or equivalent applicable experience.
- Experience working with ERP/MRP systems; Qantel and Guardian experience is a plus.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Working knowledge of purchase orders, material requirements, supplier quotations, pricing, delivery schedules, and supplier communication.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong organizational, mathematical, analytical, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and effectively respond to changing production and material requirements.
- Ability to effectively collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional teams, including Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain,
- Professional, team-oriented, self-motivated, and capable of working independently with appropriate direction.
Pay: $25.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Title: Purchasing Associate
Company: Ellis Corporation
Location: Itasca, IL
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