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Purchasing Agent in South Phoenix
<p>ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES</p><p>• Detailed sales order review and approval</p><p>• Create, prepare, send, and revise purchase orders for products (i.e., equipment, supplies, software, materials, components, services, et.) in line with organizational cost, quality, and customer expectations</p><p>• Manage and optimize shipping methods and costs to ensure the lowest price for customers</p><p>• Expedite orders placed with distribution or manufacturers when requested</p><p>• Provide product lead times and estimated ship dates on all open orders</p><p>• Fulfill/receive purchase and sales orders into ERP system</p><p>• Stay up to date with distribution partner’s inventory levels and lead times</p><p>• Enter new part numbers in correlation with the correct income/expense accounts into ERP system as required</p><p>• Provide weekly reporting activities on various purchasing transactions, including volume and dollar value of processed and open orders</p><p>• Alert the sales team to any vendor discount pricing issues 15 days before the expiration date</p><p>• Ensure transactions exist and reflect actual, physical path of items, including RMA’s, to ensure inventory levels in ERP system remain accurate</p><p>• Request demo equipment for distribution or manufacturing partners</p><p>• Research transactions and billing discrepancies</p><p>• Assist with monthly inventory counts and investigations</p><p>• Assists the warehouse with shipping, pre-kitting, and receiving inventory on a daily or as needed basis</p><p>• Act as backup to warehouse staff by shipping orders and receiving inventory as requested</p><p>• Propose improvements to the current purchasing system that will improve vendor relationships and lower the cost of doing business</p><p>• Collaborate with inventory control and sales to maintain inventory level needs</p><p>• Identify ways to manage obsolete and slow-moving stock to help offset losses</p><p>• Provide support to Sales Team in times of high volume</p><p>• Assess, manage, and mitigate risks</p><p>• Other duties as assigned</p>
Purchasing Functions, Purchasing Activities, Purchase Orders, Purchasing Materials, Purchasing Department
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  • Phoenix, AZ
  • onsite
  • Contract / Temporary to Hire
  • 25.00 - 27.00 USD / Hourly
  • <p>ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES</p><p>• Detailed sales order review and approval</p><p>• Create, prepare, send, and revise purchase orders for products (i.e., equipment, supplies, software, materials, components, services, et.) in line with organizational cost, quality, and customer expectations</p><p>• Manage and optimize shipping methods and costs to ensure the lowest price for customers</p><p>• Expedite orders placed with distribution or manufacturers when requested</p><p>• Provide product lead times and estimated ship dates on all open orders</p><p>• Fulfill/receive purchase and sales orders into ERP system</p><p>• Stay up to date with distribution partner’s inventory levels and lead times</p><p>• Enter new part numbers in correlation with the correct income/expense accounts into ERP system as required</p><p>• Provide weekly reporting activities on various purchasing transactions, including volume and dollar value of processed and open orders</p><p>• Alert the sales team to any vendor discount pricing issues 15 days before the expiration date</p><p>• Ensure transactions exist and reflect actual, physical path of items, including RMA’s, to ensure inventory levels in ERP system remain accurate</p><p>• Request demo equipment for distribution or manufacturing partners</p><p>• Research transactions and billing discrepancies</p><p>• Assist with monthly inventory counts and investigations</p><p>• Assists the warehouse with shipping, pre-kitting, and receiving inventory on a daily or as needed basis</p><p>• Act as backup to warehouse staff by shipping orders and receiving inventory as requested</p><p>• Propose improvements to the current purchasing system that will improve vendor relationships and lower the cost of doing business</p><p>• Collaborate with inventory control and sales to maintain inventory level needs</p><p>• Identify ways to manage obsolete and slow-moving stock to help offset losses</p><p>• Provide support to Sales Team in times of high volume</p><p>• Assess, manage, and mitigate risks</p><p>• Other duties as assigned</p>
  • 2025-10-21T16:28:50Z

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