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Position Responsibilities

• Purchases supplies, materials, outside services and parts for the company.
• Ensures compliance with related policies and contract processes and standards.
• Works closely with functional, operational, and suppliers to facilitate accurate and complete material and service requirements to achieve best available cost, quality, reliability, continuity, and delivery.
• Manages purchase order processing including:
• Administering change requests expedite or defer orders as required based on business need and forecast changes.
• Maintaining and updating pricing or delivery date changes on material and service purchase orders.
• As required, supports the resolution of issues/disputes (pricing, quality, timing, claims, liens, etc.) associated with purchases.
• Monitoring the status of open purchase orders to ensure on time delivery of all materials/services, including timely resolution, communication, and mitigation of future problems.
• Maintains current and thorough knowledge of customer pulls, Global Shop data to determine supply/demand conditions, negotiate quantities, price, terms, and delivery schedules for purchases in accordance with daily purchasing requirements.
• Seeks competitive alternatives, assesses vendor capabilities and past performance, and develop action plans for alternative material/hardware sources.
• Performs other duties as assigned.