Procurement Specialist - Lenexa, KS
American Direct is a growing organization with more than 25 years of experience providing all-in-one door and access control services from pre-construction and logistics to installation, training and support. We are experts at delivering security solutions at the physical door opening of any building. For more information about our organization please visit: www.americandirectco.com
We are looking for experienced Procurement Specialist to join our team. The Procurement Specialist fulfills the core responsibilities noted below and serves as a resource for procurement information to our clients, internal resources, and procurement associated vendors.
Core Responsibilities
- Release all materials for assigned Project Managers (PM’s) to ensure project schedules are met, creating Purchase Orders in both ERP 2019 and cERP 2019.
- Manage the weekly follow up with vendors on missing acknowledgements, missing invoices, ship dates and tracking information.
- Control the weekly follow up with AD Warehouses for open contracts PO’s not yet received.
- Responsible for the review and process for payment all vendor invoices corresponding to your POs, with the support of the AP Billing Specialist.
- Work with Project Managers (PMs), Order Writers (OWs) and vendors to ensure any order questions get resolved.
- Monitor vendor quote(s) to ensure they do not expire prior to ordering material and all material is included on the quote(s).
- Work directly with in-house resources and third-party vendors and maintain a professional and
- courteous attitude.
- Assist with special projects as needed and requested.
Preferred Skills and Qualifications
- A minimum of two years of related experience in the fields of procurement, manufacturing, logistics, distribution.
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Candidate must have excellent organizational skills and ability to execute in a fast-paced environment.
- Be extremely detail-oriented, proven problem solver, diligent at follow-up and taking notes.
- Be self- directed with ability to multi-task and handle changing priorities that are made on projects without losing focus on other assigned projects.
- Construction industry experience, preferably with emphasis in Doors, Frames, Hardware, and Specialties.
- ERP / cERP systems experience
- AA Degree preferred
Work Location: Lenexa, KS
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