purchasing assistant
Randstad
- Lexington, KY
- $20.00-25.00 per hour
- Temporary
- Full-time
shift: First
work hours: 8 AM - 5 PM
education: High SchoolResponsibilities
- Maintaining cordial working relationships with vendors and supervising vendor activities
- Signing and reviewing purchasing agreements with vendors, monitoring their performance and renegotiating contracts
- Using quarterly and annual data to determine purchasing needs and performing inventory management
- Managing purchase orders, overseeing shipping schedules and maintaining purchase records
- Working with warehouse staff to compare deliveries with purchase orders to identify discrepancies
- Conducting ongoing market research to identify beneficial purchase agreements and potential vendors
- Problem Solving
- Oral Communication
- Organizational Skills
- Written Communication
- Scheduling
- Experience level: Experienced