Purchasing Specialist- MRO

Purchasing Specialist

MANE is a 5th generation French family-owned business known for innovation and progress in the world of Flavor and Fragrance. As sensation enthusiasts, we strive to provide exceptional moments in people's daily lives through the timeless flavors and fragrances we create. With our passion, creativity, and innovation, "We capture what moves".

We have a new exciting opportunity to add a Purchasing Specialist to our team at our Lebanon, Ohio production facility. The Purchasing Specialist supports MANE's efforts to source, bid, and procure indirect materials, parts and services. Interacts with all internal departments, external contractors and vendors. Key competencies: Analytical skills, communication and interpersonal skills, mathematical skills including weights and conversions, and computer skills.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Process orders.
• Ensure orderly procurement processes and controls as required.
• Inform all stakeholders of procurement activities and solicit input on potential savings (i.e. procurement plan, target costing) to fulfill requirements in terms of schedules and quality.
• Source and evaluate current and potential suppliers.
• Maintain SAP to control new stock items and ensure coding on purchase requests in SAP are accurate.
• Work with requestors on any discrepancies or issues.
• Process order returns.
• Systematically forward important project information (e.g. updated contract conditions, supplier management data) to ensure all project members are updated.
• Resolve any receipt issues.
• Verify receipts of service call orders and parts orders including hours worked and parts charged.
• Resolve invoice issues as requested by Finance.
• Cost savings initiatives
• Other duties as assigned by management.
• Every employee is expected to participate in education/training about MANE's environmental commitments and then actively apply this to job-related and job-specific roles and responsibilities.

Education and experience:

• Associate's degree required.
• Minimum 1 year of purchasing experience is preferred.
• SAP experience preferred.
• Flavor industry desired.
• Computer literate, Microsoft experience preferred.

Personal characteristics:

• Strong work ethic and ability to work independently.
• Self-directed and self-motivated.
• Strong project management, organizational, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Creative problem solver.
• Organized strong attention to detail and follow-up.

MANE offers industry leading benefits including a generous PTO plan. Additional benefits include paid holidays, annual year-end shutdown, annual and bi-weekly 401(k) contributions, tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave, employee assistance programs and many more. MANE is known for having a culture that focuses on our employees and their well-being. See for yourself why our employees love working at MANE!

MANE is an equal opportunity employer.