Purchasing Agent

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+| Department: | Job Status: || | || Purchasing | Full Time |+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+| FLSA Status: | Reports To:Purchasing Manager || | || Exempt | |+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+| Grade/Level: | Amount of Travel Required: |+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+| Job Type: | Positions Supervised: || | || Regular | None |+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+| Work Schedule: | |+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+| Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 | || p.m. Additional hours if needed. | |+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+| | || | || | || | || | || | || | |+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------++-----------------------------------------------------------------------+| || || POSITION SUMMARY || || |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+| Purchase commodities in support of production, coordinate delivery of || essential goods in support of production, expedite all products as || dictated by schedule, initiate and coordinate inbound shipping from || port to port and domestic locations. |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+| || || || || || || |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------++-----------------------------------------------------------------------+| || || ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS || || |+---------- ------------------------------------------------------------++-----------------------------------------------------------------------+| || || Reasonable Accommodations Statement || || |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+| To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to || perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential || function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to || help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the || essential functions. |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+Essential Functions Statement(s)Purchase various commodities required to manufacture product, purchase consumables, and maintenance products.Work within budgets.Be able to source product.Negotiate with suppliers for optimum price and delivery.