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Move Forward With Us
What You Need:
Why Work at Franklin Electric?
Are you ready to be a part of a dynamic team where your passion meets purpose, and every day is an opportunity to make a difference in our global communities in providing access to water, fuel and electricity?
We are seeking a dedicated individual to provide support as a Buyer. In this role, you will be responsible for researching vendors, negotiating contracts, and setting policies related to purchasing.
We are seeking a dedicated individual to provide support as a Buyer. In this role, you will be responsible for researching vendors, negotiating contracts, and setting policies related to purchasing.
Move Forward With Us
What you will be doing:
- Requisitions and purchases pre-approved materials, products, and services.
- Performs research on requested materials, products, and services.
- Makes vendor recommendations based on products, materials, and/or services options, pricing, and delivery terms.
- Reconciles discrepancies between purchasing, delivery, and invoicing. Resolves accounts payable issues with internal and external customers.
- Prepares weekly and monthly purchasing activity reports.
- Negotiates and arranges for delivery of requested materials, products, and/or services.
- Develops and publishes requests for proposals.
- Offers research summaries, updates, and recommendations to managers and/or other departments/decision makers to ensure that more informed purchasing/costing decisions are made.
- Analyzes and processes ERP material requirements plan (MRP) information.
- Facilitates internal team meetings with suppliers to discuss areas such as pricing, quality, performance, and/or new product/project bids opportunities.
- Negotiates and arranges for the return of non-conforming materials (RMA) to the supplier.
- Maintains supplier files and confidentiality agreements.
- Performs other related duties as required or assigned.
Who We want:
- Effective communicators. People who can interpret information clearly and accurately to concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders.
- Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information, use cases, and industry analyses to develop best practices.
What You Need:
- Small group situations with customers, clients, the general public, and other employees of the organization.
- Maintains confidentiality and uses discretion with business information.
- Reads and understands documents such as policy manuals, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Writes routine reports and correspondence.
- Adds, subtracts, multiplies, and divides numbers (using currency and other forms of measurement).
- Utilizes common-sense understanding in order to carry out written, oral, or diagrammed instructions.
- Deals with problems involving several known variables in situations of routine nature.
- Plans the time, method, manner, and/or performance sequence of own work; may also occasionally assist in planning work assignments performed by others within a limited area of operation.
- Frequently makes decisions of both minor and major importance, which may affect the work operations of other employees and/or clientele to a moderate degree.
- Completes some moderately repetitive tasks.
- Uses noncomplex machines and equipment (adding machines, calculators, copy/fax machines, etc.).
Education and Experience
- Three years of relevant education or experience in purchasing, logistics, or a related field (required).
- Equivalent of four years of high school (required).
- Bachelor’s degree in business, operations management, or a related degree (preferred).
Computer Skills
- Intermediate: Word processing/typing.
- Basic: Alphanumeric data entry, Microsoft Office suite.
- Proficient: ERP systems, Excel
Certificates and Licenses
- None.
Why Work at Franklin Electric?
Becoming a part of the Franklin Electric team not only provides outstanding benefits, it also opens doors to opportunities for future growth. Enjoy peace of mind with a world-class company. But more importantly, be satisfied in knowing you make a difference.
FE provides many opportunities to learn and grow through development opportunities such as training, certifications, mentorship, leadership programs, tuition reimbursement, one-on-one coaching and more! We offer competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and amenities such as:
FE provides many opportunities to learn and grow through development opportunities such as training, certifications, mentorship, leadership programs, tuition reimbursement, one-on-one coaching and more! We offer competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and amenities such as:
- Generous paid time off & holidays
- Paid parental leave & on-site motherhood rooms
- 401(k) with matching & service contributions
- Health, dental, vision, life insurance
- Short & long-term disability
- Fertility & adoption support
- Undergraduate & graduate tuition reimbursement
- Professional development assistance
- Health & wellness programs
