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Job Summary
The Purchasing Assistant compiles and maintains information and records to prepare purchase orders. Edits purchase requests and prepares purchase orders. Consults catalogs and other references to obtain prices and specifications and maintains files and records of materials, prices, inventories and deliveries.
Job Description
Key Accountabilities:
- Obtains and verifies vendor acknowledgements
- Responds to sales with purchase order updates, date changes or delays
- Proactively assists with purchase order updates - costs and delivery dates
- Reconciles unbalanced invoices, working with buyers as needed.
- Works closely with receiving department to provide paperwork as needed
- Establishes relationships with vendor inside sales contacts
- Assists with consignment management and system updates
- Locates and verify inventory discrepancies
- Reviews and assist with receiving related issues (i.e. reclassify material)
- Assists quality in activities related to credits
- Communicates effectively with suppliers and quality
- Meets TKMNA Employee Attributes / Competencies
The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirement for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.
Qualifications:
Minimum Requirements :
- High School Diploma or equivalent (GED)
- Two (2) - 4 (four) years of relevant experience
- Proficient knowledge of MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Strong interpersonal skills necessary to effectively communicate and work on day-to-day basis with purchasing mill contacts and internal customers.
Preferred Requirements:
Benefits Overview
We offer competitive company benefits to eligible positions, such as :
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance and Disability
- Voluntary Wellness Programs
- 401(k) and RRSP programs with Company Match
- Paid Vacation and Holidays
- Tuition Reimbursement
- And more!
Benefits may vary based on job, country, union role, and/or company segment. Please work with your recruiter or tk representative for applicable benefits information.
Disclaimer
This is to notify the general public that some individuals/entities are using the thyssenkrupp ("TK") name, trademark, domain name, and logo without authorization. They are posing as employees, representatives, or agents of TK and its associated/group companies. These individuals/entities are fraudulently offering jobs online through texts, websites, telephone calls, emails, or by issuing fake offer letters. They are also soliciting jobseekers to deposit money in certain bank accounts or providing jobseekers with fraudulent checks to obtain banking information.
TK does not ask, solicit, or accept any monies in any form from candidates, job applicants, or potential jobseekers, who have applied to or wish to apply to TK, whether online or otherwise as a pre-employment requirement. TK bears no responsibility for money being deposited/withdrawn therefrom in response to such fake offers.
Equal opportunity employer, including people with disabilities and veterans.
Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. For those requiring assistance completing the application or the application process and request information relating to the need for accommodation, please contact reasonableaccommodation@thyssenkrupp.com .
TK does not:
1. Send job offers from free email services like Gmail, Rediffmail, Yahoo mail, etc.;
2. Request payment of any kind from prospective jobseekers or candidates for employment;
3. Authorize anyone to collect money or agree to any monetary arrangement in return for a job at TK;
4. Send checks to job seekers; or
5. Make job offers through third parties. In the event TK uses professional recruitment services through a third party, offers are always made directly by TK and not by any third parties.
PLEASE NOTE:
1. TK strongly recommends that potential jobseekers do not respond to such fake solicitations, in any manner;
2. TK will not be responsible to anyone acting on an employment offer that is not directly made by TK;
3. Anyone making an employment offer in return for money is not authorized by TK; and
4. TK reserves the right to take legal action, including criminal action, against such individuals/entities.
TK follows a formal recruitment process through its own HR department and applications are evaluated by its HR department through pre-defined processes. Please visit our official careers website at https://jobs.thyssenkrupp.com/en to view authentic job openings at TK.
If you receive any unauthorized, suspicious, or fraudulent offers or interview calls, please email us at tkmna.employee.care@thyssenkrupp-materials.com .
We shall not accept any liability towards the representation made in any fraudulent communication or its consequences, and such fraudulent communication shall not be treated as any kind of offer or representation by TK or its group companies and affiliates.
