Purchasing Clerk

Job Description

Job Title: Purchasing Clerk Department: Supply Chain


Reports to: Supply Chain Manager


Status: Non-Exempt

Job Summary:

The Purchasing Clerk will assist in the planning, procurement, storage, control, and distribution of materials and products according to company needs and customer requirements. The Purchasing Clerk will work daily with the Buyer, Operations Management, Project Management, and Logistics to assure company targets are met as efficiently as possible.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Performing vendor research and selection to enhance profitability, reducing operating costs and boosting efficiency.
• Follow up with suppliers to confirm or change orders.
• Maintaining cordial working relationships with vendors and supervising vendor activities.
• Managing purchase orders, overseeing shipping schedules and maintaining purchase records.
• Updating internal databases with new purchase order details (dates, vendors, quantities, discounts).
• Monitor and manage vendors to coordinate on time deliveries upon request.
• Working with warehouse staff to compare deliveries with purchase orders to identify discrepancies.
• Review of stock levels to ensure optimal inventory is held on site.

Knowledge, Skill, and Experience:

• Resilient, self-motivated, and ability to work under pressure.
• Comfortable using technology to manage procurement to stay in front of upcoming changes.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from diverse teams in the business.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Access, and Microsoft Excel (such as VLOOKUP, PIVOT TABLE)

Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma/GED with 1 - 2 years' experience
• General administrative and/or prior purchasing experience

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

EEO Statement

Starplast USA, LLC prohibits discrimination based on the following protected categories: race, creed, color, national origin, nationality, ancestry, age, sex/gender (including pregnancy), marital status, civil status, domestic partnership status, familial status, religion, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or disability.

This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1(including those with OPT or CPT), H-1, H-2, L-1, B, J or TN, or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.