Specialist, Procurement
Job Summary
Position coordinates and performs the daily operations of receiving all raw materials required by the department, as well as performing any supply chain duties as required while meeting all corporate and site compliance requirements. The position maintained accurate raw material and finished goods inventory counts in an efficient and organized warehouse.
Essential Functions
- Checks stock levels and orders all raw materials in an accurate, safe and efficient manner while adhering to all Government, Corporate, and site regulations, rules and guidelines.
- Suppliers sourcing for existing and new direct spend materials
- Maintains complete and accurate records of all shipping/receiving activities.
- Source and purchase materials of good / lowest possible market price
- Material demand coordination and optimum purchases execution
- Purchase requisition and purchase order processes execution
- Monitoring of open purchase orders follow up and in time deliveries
- Monitor the expected arrival date of open purchase order
- Support in purchasing of non-inventory materials (indirect purchase)
- Co-ordinate with material planning demand to cope with customers order delivery time schedule
- Co-ordinate with freight forwarder and transporter for import materials and local collection.
- Partnering with account payables and suppliers to troubleshoot and resolve vendor invoice issues.
- Hold stock at supplier location and only deliver on demand for 1 to 2 weeks in advance.
- Understands, promotes and complies with all applicable regulatory, plant and corporate EHS and related policies and procedures.
- Fulfills Emergency Response (ER) functions, roles and responsibilities in accordance with site emergency response plan.
- Assists as necessary in ensuring that all departmental procedures are accurately maintained.
- Knowledge of all aspects of SAP as applicable to department.
- Works with Broker to resolve border issues and arranges routing that is cost effective.
- Attends all safety, toolbox and other mandatory meetings.
- Other projects/duties as assigned.
Competencies
- Personal Skills - Stress Management
- Personal Skills - Statistical Skills
- Personal Skills - Reading/Comprehension
- Software Skills - Inventory/Purchasing Systems
- Personal Skills - Self Motivated
- Personal Skills - Training/Mentoring Others
- Personal Skills - Analytical Skills
- Personal Skills - Time/Priority Management
- Software Skills - Microsoft Outlook
- Software Skills - Microsoft Word
- Software Skills - Microsoft Excel
- Software Skills - SAP
- Personal Skills - Work on a Team
- Personal Skills - Organizational Skills
- Personal Skills - Conflict Resolution Skills
- Leader of Self - Instills Trust
- Leader of Self - Action Oriented
- Leader of Self - Collaborates
- Leader of Self - Customer Focus
- Leader of Self - Situational Adaptability
- Leader of Self - Being Resilient
- Leader of Self - Demonstrates Self-Awareness
- Leader of Self - Communicates Effectively
Education and Experience
- Bachelors Degree or Equivalent Experience
- Manufacturing - Manufacturing Operations
- Cross Functional - Problem Solving Techniques
- Cross Functional - Manufacturing Industry
- Manufacturing - Safety Procedures
Physical Demands
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
- The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; sit; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and use foot/feet to operate machine.
- The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance.
- The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 55 pounds and frequently move more than 250 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities may require close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- Requires the use of safety equipment as dictated by the work area such as safety glasses and shoes, dust mask, hard hat, respirator, face shield, hearing protection, chemical suit, gloves, aprons, etc.
- Work is inside and the typical noise level is loud. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, extreme heat, and risk of electrical shock.
- The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; outside weather conditions; and explosives.
- Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. The employee is frequently exposed to vibration.
- The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.
Environmental, Health, Safety, & Security (EHS&S) Requirements
- Avient integrates EHS&S into all aspects of our operations. Each position at Avient is responsible for complying with all applicable EHS&S requirements. Additionally, employees and management are responsible for reporting all EHS&S incidents immediately to ensure we keep EHS&S a priority within the organization.
- Security includes physical security and cyber security.
Who We Are
Avient Corporation provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. Examples include:
- Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™, enables unmatched levels of performance and protection for end-use applications, including ballistic personal protection, marine and sustainable infrastructure and outdoor sports
- Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy
- Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint
- Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation and fiber optic / 5G network accessibility
Avient employs approximately 10,000 associates and is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®. For more information, visit www.avient.com.
Why Avient
Avient Corporation is a world-class sustainable organization built on innovation, collaboration, and employee development. We are committed to providing a supportive and dynamic work environment where our diverse associates can grow and succeed, as well positively impacting our planet and the communities we serve. Our Great Place to Work culture, values, and benefits make Avient an employer of choice for top talent.
At Avient, we believe diversity of ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.
Avient Corporation is a drug free workplace. Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran’s status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law.