Use your background/education in procurement, industrial distribution or supply chain management and begin your career with Bray International, an industry leading manufacturer of valves and control products. In this role, you will support inventory replenishment, special order purchases, open order management, expediting, product and process cost reduction efforts and transportation optimization. Success in this role will open many doors for your professional growth. We are committed to hiring, training, and developing the next generation of leaders for Bray and we would like to work with you!

Job Function Overview:

• Process purchase orders and requisitions for stock replenishment and special-order procurement requirements.
• Manage open orders to ensure timely delivery by suppliers.
• Manage vendor performance by use of supplier evaluation tool(s).
• Work with internal customers to ensure proper supply chain flow of procured products.
• Search for and implement cost saving alternatives. Seek, implement and maintain cost saving alternatives.
• Enforce and maintain organizational principles of integrity and compliance.
• Meet and exceed defined performance goals.
• Schedule, plan, expedite, and revise sales orders as necessary.
• Schedule sales orders, expedite deliveries, coordinate change orders, provide status updates to sales personnel.
• Review slow moving and excess inventory to determine ways to substitute and/or reconfigure into usable inventory.
• Exposure to and experience working within a manufacturing or high-volume industrial distribution environment.
• Gain product knowledge and begin learning more advanced purchasing concepts, practices and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with standard policies, procedures, internal audit, and quality management processes. Expedite/follow up on open purchase orders to maximize stock availability and ensure timely delivery of product.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• An independent self-starter with excellent organizational, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Minimum of 1-3 years of experience preferred in a purchasing, inventory management or planning.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain or related field preferred
• Above average skills with the Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Access, Outlook) and a demonstrated aptitude for mathematical formulas and equations.
• Understanding and basic knowledge of MRP systems and their functionality.
• The ability to prioritize in a multi-tasking environment.
• Must be able to communicate with all levels of management.
• Maintain timely and accurate order acknowledgments and supplier commitment dates.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

Please Note:

• Immigration sponsorship not offered for this position
• Staffing and recruiting agencies are not invited to submit unsolicited candidates for this job posting

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)