Associate Procurement Analyst – Expeditor

Associate Procurement Analyst – Expeditor

Requirements

• 3+ years of related work experience
• 1+ year of experience supporting both internal and external customers across multiple disciplines
• Strong communication skills to convey information clearly and concisely

Responsibilities

• Proactively ensures pipeline health by running and monitoring reports with the objective of identifying potential risks; Reviews open order books and due dates and works cross-functionally to ensure customer needs are met.
• Prioritizes work load daily, using most up-to-date knowledge of customer need as well as business drivers such as revenue, Program value, profit margin, etc.
• Manages a large work volume in a fast pace environment.
• Reviews each purchase order and suggests proper actions where slippage occurs.
• Independently negotiates with Suppliers regarding expedite fees, shipping methods, and delivery date improvements with an additional focus on building strong Supplier relationships.
• Recognizes issues related to progress, expedites the parts by prioritizing the Supplier order book, and communicates risks to internal stakeholders.
• Coordinates Supplier touch-points to mediate issues and drive resolutions on our critical items and top revenue drivers; Provides professional customer service support to internal customers through communication, and ensure these internal stakeholders (Buyers, Sales, etc.) have the most up-to-date product information.
• Works directly with receiving department on resolving issues at point of product receipt.
• Travels to Supplier locations and fabrication facilities to verify progress and ensure deliveries are occurring as required; Briefs the procurement organization on the results of the Supplier visit.
• Perform other duties as requested, directed or assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or related field of study
• 1+ year of experience using all the following Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• 1+ year of experience working with analytics, data and spreadsheets to build presentations and make recommendations
• Experience in supplier management or supply chain management
• 1+ year of experience with Supply Chain Planning
• 1+ year experience managing and coordinating supply/demand imbalances