Buyer
Company: KGPCo
Location: Faribault
Posted on: January 27, 2023
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Job Description:
SUMMARY: This position is responsible for activities associated
with purchasing and expediting to meet requirements of the KGP
Logistics business plan.ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES include
the following; other duties may be assigned:The Buyer is
responsible for entering new purchase orders for direct shipment
(drop ships) to our customers.The Buyer is responsible for entering
purchase orders for the manufacturing/AWT locations.The Buyer is
responsible for responding to inquiries regarding the status of
purchase orders and resolving discrepancies such as quantity, order
multiples, pricing or PID issues.The Buyer is responsible for
direct ship purchase order maintenance in Navision. This includes
canceling, adjusting, and resending purchase orders to our
suppliers as necessary.The Buyer is responsible for addressing CRM
Activities and also creating and assigning activities when
required.The Buyer will be utilizing Microsoft Office, Access,
Navision, CRM and the SRRS Report Server.Performs other duties as
requested by Procurement Supervisor.QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTSTo
perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to
perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed
below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability
required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable
individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCERequires High School degree or
equivalent. Minimum of four years work experience in Logistics,
Marketing, or Sales. Must have a strong sense of customer service &
urgency & be able to consistently meet deadlines. Must have the
ability to communicate & negotiate effectively with suppliers. Must
be detail-oriented and consistently produce accurate work. Must
possess sound decision making, multi tasking, problem solving and
computer skills. Data manipulation skills via Excel, Access and
other system tools or applications.LANGUAGE SKILLSAble to solve
practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in
situations where only limited standardization exists; ability to
interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral,
diagram or schedule form.MATHEMATICAL SKILLSThe Buyer is an
integral part of a cross-functional business team that manages to a
set of joint objectives including inventory turns, overstock,
customer service levels, profitability and EVA.Ability to add,
subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole
numbers, common fractions and decimals; ability to compute rate,
ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.REASONING
ABILITYAbility to solve practical problems and deal with a variety
of concrete variables in situations where only limited
standardization exists; ability to interpret a variety of
instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule
form.PHYSICAL DEMANDSThe physical demands described here are
representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this position.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions of this
position.While performing the duties of this position, the employee
is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is
required to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools
or controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee is
occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or
crawl.Specific vision abilities required by this position include
close vision, color vision, peripheral vision and the ability to
adjust focus.WORK ENVIRONMENTThe work environment characteristics
described here are representative of those an employee encounters
while performing the essential functions of this position.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.KGPCo is an Equal
Opportunity Employer - M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual
Orientation/Gender IdentityKGP2018
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