Purchase Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Review purchase requisitions and identify sources of supply.
• Identify and resolve PO/PR processing issues.
• Select contract/supplier to fill requisitions under approved purchasing strategies.
• Create purchase orders manually based on the guidelines provided by the client's purchasing organization.
• Maintain the vendor master records, updates, and new vendor setup.
• Work with supplier and end user to resolve invoice, damaged/returned goods, and ship date issues.
• Establish and follow up on shipping dates with suppliers, and resolve issues with supplier/requestor for shipping dates.
• Advise customer of modifications from original requests.
• Route high-value items not on contract to Sr. Buyer for resolution.