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Overview:
Tekwissen Group is a workforce management provider throughout the USA and many other countries in the world. This client is an American industrial conglomerate based in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded by Royal Little in 1923 as the Special Yarns Company. In 2020, this client employed over 33,000 people in 25 different countries. This client ranked 265th on the 2021 Fortune 500 of the largest United States corporations by revenue.
Position: Procurement Professional
Location: Piney Flats TN 37686
Duration: 12 Months
Job Type: Contract
Work Type: Onsite
Shift: 1st Shift
Job Summary:
- Appropriate materials from approved suppliers at best value to support customer requirements and production
- Identify and develop sources, negotiate pricing, negotiate long term purchase agreements, create purchase orders and coordinate timely delivery
- Evaluate MRP, Commercial Contracts, Drawings and Purchase Requests
- Initiate Purchase Orders to maintain minimum required and approved stocking levels
- Create justification to support purchasing decisions
- Read and interpret engineering drawins and disseminate appropriate level of information to the supplier and incorporate in the purchase order
- Obtain appropriate purchase order approvals and notify supplier(s) of successful award(s) (spending authority for purchases of up to $50,000**)
- Follow-up to ensure purchase requirements are met, ensure timely delivery, and resolve any open issues
- Coordinate any challenges with suppliers and internal departments (i.e. Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, etc) to facilitate appropriate resolution
- Work closely with Engineering on technical issues and newly developed products
- Coordinate all repairs and warranties
- Prepare additional supporting packages as required for purchases over $250,000
- Input BOM parts into Visual ERP System
Education/Skills/Experience
- Bachelor's Degree
- Targeting up to 5 years of experience related to job duties
- Excellent analytical, communication and organizational skills
- Material requirements planning/planning & forecasting experience
- Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Knowledge of ERP systems
- Microsoft Office: Word, Outlook and Excel experience
- Visual Enterprise and aerospace parts knowledge
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
