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Purchasing Assistant

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What they do

A Purchasing Assistant assists buyers and staff in the purchasing or procurement department of a business or store. Assists with checking and completing purchase orders, communicates with vendors and suppliers, maintains records and provides data entry.

$52,199 / year median in New York

-6% projected decline

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Job Description

Overview The Purchasing Assistant is responsible for providing administrative support to the Purchasing Department in a fast paced work environment. Full Time Monday-Thursday 7:30am-5pm and Friday 7:30am-11:30am.
Benefits:
Medical, dental, vision, 401k, vacation & PTO.
Pay rate:
$22.00 - $26.00 / Hour Responsibilities
  • Provide overall, general administrative support to the Purchasing group.
  • Responsible for tracking and confirming of Purchasing Orders.
  • Make changes to Purchase Orders, relative to: confirmations, due dates, pricing, quantities, etc.
  • Follow-up with suppliers on a routine, as needed basis, on unconfirmed orders, order status updates, and tracking information.
  • Update Item Master with supplier quotes.
  • Review Past Due Purchase Order Reports on a daily basis. Follow-up with vendors as needed. Work with Receiving and Warehouse to identify and correct missed material receipts or other errors.
  • Liaison with QC department to address material QC issues with vendors, and follow through with disposition of material. This can include organizing rework, replacements, or issuing credit.
  • Manage new tool orders with vendors, to include but not limited to; placing new orders submitted through internal requisition, liaison between the vendor and engineering during the new tool process, identify incoming FAS and create internal request for QC using Work Flow Gen, respond back to vendor with approval or rejection and the steps that follow.
Ensuring compliance with tariffs and duties on parts and tooling.
  • Responsible for inbound overseas freight. Work with vendor and our freight forwarder to arrange for rate quotes, material pickups, mode of transit, and final delivery to Selux.
  • Responsible for initiating freight claims.
  • Responsible for placing vendor orders based on internal requisitions for parts and materials.
  • Work closely with other departments, to include but not limited to; Production, Shipping, Customer Service, Accounting.
  • Other responsibilities as required. Qualifications
  • 2 - 4 years of administrative or purchasing experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment or equivalent.
  • Experience working with MRP
  • Experience with inbound freight rules/regulations both domestic and international preferred
  • Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel
  • Work under minimal supervision. Must be able to work independently as well as cohesively in a team-oriented environment
  • Detail oriented and strong follow-up/closure.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Company Website https:
//www.selux.us/ Company Profile Employ­ment Selux Cor­po­ra­tion has a suc­cess­ful track record of tremen­dous growth and sus­tain­abil­ity as a world-wide man­u­fac­turer of archi­tec­turally designed lumi­naires, nes­tled right here in the Hudson Valley. We offer a great vari­ety of inter­est­ing work, allow­ing our employ­ees expo­sure to both the inte­rior and exte­rior archi­tec­tural light­ing market, in addi­tion to many Euro­pean affil­i­ates. Selux Cor­po­ra­tion recruits and retains tal­ented employ­ees who are inter­ested in making a long-term com­mit­ment to an orga­ni­za­tion that con­tin­u­ally invests in the latest man­u­fac­tur­ing tech­niques and new tech­nolo­gies, as well as its employ­ees. Ben­e­fits Selux Corporation's ben­e­fit phi­los­o­phy is simple — we want to help our employ­ees to build great futures. We are doing that through com­pre­hen­sive health plans, well­ness pro­grams, dental and vision cov­er­age, short and long term dis­abil­ity pro­grams, com­pany paid life insur­ance, 401(k), train­ing pro­grams, and an empha­sis on work-life bal­ance. Selux is com­mit­ted to offer­ing afford­able ben­e­fit plans to its employ­ees by having low employee con­tri­bu­tions, co-pay­ments, and deductibles, while pro­vid­ing access to the best pos­si­ble care avail­able. Con­tact our Human Resource Depart­ment for more detailed infor­ma­tion Selux Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Benefits

  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • 401(k) Plans
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance