Overview
Languages
English
Education
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work setting
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Purchase general and specialized equipment, materials or business services
- Assess requirements of an establishment to develop specifications for equipment, materials and supplies to be purchased
- Develop specifications for equipment, materials and supplies to be purchased
- Negotiate offers from suppliers
- Consult with suppliers
- Review quotations
- Determine contract terms and conditions
- Establish delivery schedules
- Monitor progress of delivery schedules
- Contact clients and suppliers to resolve problems
- Plan, organize and oversee operational logistics of the organization
- Provide customer service
- Plan and control budget and expenditures
- Manage contracts
- Review purchase order claims and contracts to determine compliance with company policy
- Plan and organize daily operations
- Evaluate daily operations
- Coordinate activities of personnel engaged in buying, selling and distributing materials, equipment, machinery and supplies
- Assign projects and programs to the purchasing and warehouse departments across the organization
Experience and specialization
Computer and technology knowledge
- MS Word
- Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software
- MS Office
- MS Access
- MS Excel
- MS Outlook
- MS PowerPoint
- MS Project
- Jonas Software
Area of work experience
- Purchasing, procurement and contracts
