Wolf Purchasing Agent

Tactical skill set requirements for Domestic purchasing team

• Coordinates with vendors for the purpose of resolving purchasing issues, monitors and coordinates returns, ensures delivery and receiving processes are followed through.
• Ensure PSBP takes advantage of all vendors’ promotional pricing and incentives.
• Keeps abreast of market and industry dynamics impacting both the supply of and demand for, needed products and materials.
• Works with the category management team to optimize purchasing decisions by meeting cash-discount requirements, leveraging volume-purchasing discounts, and securing favorable pricing.
• Makes certain that purchasing documents are completed properly and the terms and conditions of purchase are appropriate.
• Keeps accurate records, including price histories and any problems doing business with specific vendors.
• Works with category management teams to craft negotiation strategies and close deals with optimal terms.
• Maintains list of suppliers and supplier’s personnel for each commodity, together with necessary catalog, pricing information and historical order data.
• Assists with supplier selection and negotiation process.
• Assists category manager and product management with review of the supply base and resolve supplier-related performance issues.
• Knowledgeable of internal policies and procedures to ensure organizational behavior is honest, ethical and professional.
• Supports special pricing quotes for the sales groups.
• Execute the ordering of stock, non-stock and direct shipments of customer product.
• Assist in the creation of material items/SKUs and update pricing as needed.
• Perform various timely customer billing functions pertaining to direct shipments.
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