Purchasing Assistant

Volt is immediately hiring for Purchasing Assistant in Grand Island, NY.

As a Purchasing Assistant you will:

• Responsible for reviewing production requirements, supporting production schedules, and maintaining customer service requirements for purchased material and services.

• Responsible for planning, procurement, and maintaining a satisfactory level of material and/or component inventory while maintaining the accuracy of inventory transactions.

• Coordinates activities involved with procuring purchased material. Conducts purchasing activities in compliance with company policy and stated objectives.

• Confers with suppliers to obtain information such as price, availability and delivery schedules of purchases materials. Be able to effectively interact with all levels of supplier management and customers.

• Analyze the Material Requirements Plan (MRP) generation report to determine ordering, expediting and de-expediting of parts as necessary to support Master Production Schedule (MPS).

• Prepares requisitions and purchase orders for purchase material. Interfaces with suppliers on initiation and follow up. Processes change orders and revisions.

• Prioritizes purchases material for Quality Assurance approval to support MPS.

• Determines and assigns raw material parts for production using the First In- First Out (FIFO) method. Ensures all raw material parts have accurate inventory balances and transactions in SAP to correspond with the master batch record.

• Minimizes the amount of on-hand inventory through careful planning and execution of the MPS. Reviews Obsolete and Excessive Inventory and actively pursues the elimination of obsolete inventory.

• Coordinates the implementation of new parts to minimize obsolete inventory and comply with all GMP requirements

• Inventory control: responsible for raw material and component inventory dollars as compared to budget and supporting the MPS to avoid backorder of products through planning and procurement practices.

• Ensures the accuracy of inventory (batch record and SAP transactions).

• Maintains proper supply of inventory to support production with minimum capital investment.

• Follows all applicable Standard Operating Procedures.

This is a full time opportunity.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Associates Degree required and Bachelors preferred.

• Must have knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning software experience. SAP experience preferred.

• Must have knowledge of purchasing, production planning, and inventory control.

• Prefer a background in the pharmaceutical industry, or experience in a regulated environment.

• Demonstrate effective analytical and problem solving skills.

• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of management, suppliers, and customers.

Pay Rate: $27.00 per hour

Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration! Please hit APPLY to provide the required information, and we will be back in touch as soon as possible.

Benefits: Volt offers benefits (based on eligibility) that include the following: health, dental, vision, term life, short term disability, AD&D, 401(k), Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

Volt is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Volt is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please click here or call (866) -898-0005. Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed.

Volt does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. § 1324b. The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

Job ID : 418219