Buyer Purchasing (Remote Position)

Purchasing CoordinatorWe are seeking a Purchasing Coordinator to join the KIPP TEAM & Family purchasing team. In this pivotal role, you will collaborate with directors of school operations, budget managers, other operations teammates and vendors to ensure that teachers and staff can access essential goods and services efficiently and promptly. This includes maintaining compliance with procurement policies and public-school regulations. The Purchasing Team plays a crucial role in the operational excellence of our schools, empowering instructional and support staff to focus on their primary mission: guiding students toward academic achievement and lifelong success.As a Purchasing Coordinator, you will take on a range of critical responsibilities, including:Uphold organizational policies and ensure adherence to public school procurement regulations.Foster strong working relationships with school and department operations teams and build productive vendor partnerships.Order Tracking: Provide clear and consistent updates regarding the status and delivery of goods and services.Financial Coordination: Collaborate with the Accounts Payable team to ensure seamless purchasing-to-payment workflows and assist the accounting team in maintaining accurate and compliant purchasing records.Data Maintenance: Regularly review and manage aged encumbrance reports to ensure the procure-to-pay workflow SLA and the approved vendor list to ensure data accuracy and compliance.Experience: At least three years of experience in purchasing, procurement, or similar operations or financial functions.Technical Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) and Google Workspace (Sheets, Docs, Forms). Experience with purchasing/procurement platforms such as Coupa is highly valued.Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a customer service mindset.Adaptability: A proactive problem-solver who thrives under deadlines and can manage multiple projects simultaneously in a quickly growing organization.Experience with Zoom, Slack and helpdesk platforms like Zendesk.At this time, we typically work from the office 2 days per week (Wednesdays and Thursdays) and work remotely 3 days per week. Candidate who can work from our Newark office will be given preference for this role.education, skills and training; Robust benefits that include medical, dental, and visionOptional participation in the KIPP NJ 403b retirement plan, including matching contributionsAn organization-issued laptopTransportation benefits for TEAMmates commuting into Newark from the New York City areaGenerous Time-Off policyUp to 12 weeks 100% parental leave for primary caregiversEmployer paid life insuranceExtensive optional ancillary benefits including, short term and long term disability and accident and hospital indemnityOur organization is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion, national origin, citizen status, marital status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Our organization will make a reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant or employee with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the organization. No questions on this application are asked for any unlawful purpose.