Purchasing Assistant

▶ Apply Purchasing Assistant Missouri City, Texas

• Posted on May 14, 2026 Published By Rosemary Salinas Trillium Drivers is now seeking a Purchasing Assistant in Missouri City, TX!

The Purchasing Assistant will work closely and assist the Purchasing Manager with coordinating job materials and collaborating with supervisors to maintain the schedule, materials and equipment required for production jobs.

Essential Functions:

• Assists in the purchasing process by monitoring stock levels, researching vendors, tracking remake orders, scanning products, ordering glass, ordering office supplies, processing screen orders, labeling, ordering NEUMA products, and maintaining purchasing records.

Primary Duties:

• Provide support to Purchasing Department, assist in the preparation of RFQ's, and purchase orders.
• Assist in tracking open orders, update procurement status and maintain reports.
• Contact suppliers to resolve missed deliveries, short shipments.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Work with accounting to resolve Supplier invoicing discrepancies.
• Assist with analysis and reports, as necessary.
• Maintain accurate information in MP for orders: expected dates, backorders, short ships.
• Conducting price comparisons for supplies.
• Update internal databases with pricing, lead time, mins to buy based on vendor.
• Maintain files of descriptions of raw materials and supplies.
• Run reports and place orders for raw materials for facility.
• Place orders for supplies, and maintenance parts for the facility.
• Maintain up to date information for suppliers, email address, phone numbers, pricing.
• Ordering glass for production and remake orders.
• Ordering screens and checking them into a location during the incoming receiving process.
• Closing glass purchase orders to ensure proper schedule release to production.
• Check in glass during the incoming process and then place it in the correct location.
• Ordering NEUMA product and labeling upon receipt.
• Evaluate glass inventory to identify obsolete glass and adjustments.
• Assist with inventory cycle counts and inventory control.
• Assist with tracking inventory data and cycle counts via spreadsheets.
• Purchasing back up for other buyers if/when necessary, filling in for
• Purchasing Manager if/when necessary Additional duties as described by the Purchasing Manager.
• Other duties as assigned by management. The schedule is 7am-3:45pm. This is a temp-to-hire opportunity! Pay rate is $23/hour. Apply now! Requirements
• Must be physically capable of lifting 50 lbs.
• High Diploma and (2) years of experience in purchasing or similar role.
• Proficient in using ERP systems.
• Basic Math skills, including calculations using fractions, percent's and/or ratios, square feet calculations.
• Basic knowledge of accounting/bookkeeping principles, office management procedures, purchasing procedures and practices.
• Strong excel skills, Microsoft Office including the ability to perform functions such as VLOOKUP, if statements, nested if statements with AND, OR, BUT, pivot tables, data query and power query, charting, and data tables.
• Proficient in other Microsoft office formats including Word, and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes.

Trillium Driver Solutions has been recruiting and hiring CDL and Non-CDL Drivers for over 30 years. Whether you are seeking casual work or a full time driving career, let the experts at Trillium put you behind the wheel. Our clients range from Fortune 100 companies to small businesses, but our philosophy remains the same: to achieve excellence by providing quality employees with an uncompromising level of service. We believe in honesty, integrity, and a simple philosophy of providing value to our customers and our employees. Trillium is an Equal Opportunity Employer. By applying to this job, I agree to receive electronic communications including SMS text and email regarding future opportunities, referral bonus incentives, and other promotions from Trillium. You may opt out at any time from future communications by responding STOP to any electronic communication. You may view our full privacy policy at https://trilliumstaffing.com/jobs/privacy/ . Trillium offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes the ability to participate in health insurance and retirement plans, paid holidays, state required leave, and other leave, if applicable. Trillium's offerings are dependent on the state in which the assignment is located, length of time worked, and may change depending on assignment. Benefit packages for direct hire placements vary based on the client company. Want to apply for Purchasing Assistant? To apply for Purchasing Assistant enter your email address below. If you have an account with indeed.com, you can also Apply with Indeed Contact Us if you have any questions Contact Rosemary Salinas (281) 888-8108 Have a question about this job? Our intentions are to fill job vacancies as quickly as possible with qualified candidates. We are always accepting applications if a time sensitive job has an application deadline it is noted in the job description. Click on "Apply" to begin the apply process.