Purchasing Assistant Jobs in Splendora, TX (NOW HIRING)

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Purchasing Expeditor role is responsible for expediting equipment, commodities, parts, and services from MRP and MRO Requisitions within a growing company that provides engineered modular solutions.

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Reconcile Bill of Materials (BOM)s to planned orders and issued Purchase Orders (PO) and work with Configuration Management and Purchasing to resolve discrepancies
• Assure an uninterrupted flow of materials, supplies and services required to operate the organization.
• Maintain frequent communication with suppliers regarding manufacturing progress, shipment status, and delivery commitments from order placement to receipt to ensure quality and schedule are met
• Review and maintain vendor PO promise dates and receipt of materials in the ERP system.
• Lead supplier meetings as assigned to monitor PO promise dates, address delivery risks and ensure timely receipt of materials.
• Lead supplier meetings as assigned to monitor PO promise dates, address delivery risks and ensure timely receipt of materials.
• Follow up purchases as necessary through correspondence or telephone to expedite order, change amounts, material, specifications, etc.
• Develop and monitor supplier recovery plans as necessary for quality issues or schedule delays
• Communicate order risks and schedule changes to appropriate TAS stakeholders
• Advise senior management of non-standard contractual issues which can create legal and business risk to TAS
• Maintain good relations with supplier personnel; maintain positive supplier relations while holding supplier accountable to delivery commitments.
• Resolve receiving discrepancies by comparing purchase order to delivery documentation.
• Proactively partner with Warehouse and key stakeholders to identify recurring receiving issues, drive corrective actions and prevent reoccurrence.
• Any other responsibilities as assigned by TAS.

JOB SKILLS:

• Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing.
• Highly organized self-starter requiring minimal supervision.
• Ability to follow standard work processes.
• Good organizational, interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Knowledge of materials management, purchasing methods, and expediting procedures.
• Must be able to work under pressure.
• Must be able to work with the team in developing improved work processes for the department.
• Foundation level knowledge of standard ERP/ MRP principles and practices.
• Infor/LN experience/purchasing module knowledge a plus.
• Microsoft Office Suite experience, intermediate excels skills required.
  

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• 2-5 years of experience in purchasing/expediting in an custom engineered manufacturing organization to order/make to order ERP/MRP driven manufacturing environment.
• Understanding of general manufacturing practices, policies and processes.
  

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

• APICS CPIM certification.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

• Bachelor's degree preferred; high school diploma acceptable with appropriate industry experience.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Position is at least 80% to 95% at a desk working with computer. Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Performs other physical activities including use of fingers, sitting, stooping, bending, crouching, talking, hearing and performing repetitive motions. Visual acuity requirements include color, depth perception and field of vision necessary to prepare and analyze data and figures, operate a computer terminal and conduct extensive reading. The incumbent will be subject to inside environmental conditions.

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Join a team driven to excel in all that we do! When you joinTAS, you join aHouston-headquartered company that is part of a large Houston-headquartered publicly traded company, Comfort Systems USA, with a solid reputation built on outstanding value, integrity, and customer focus.We offer our customers and employees the best of both worlds:a small company feel with the resources, talent, process, and international reach of a large company.

TAS delivers innovative packaged modular systems that are engineered and manufactured in one of our Houston, TX facilities and utilized in data centers, power, and commercial/industrial utility system applications. TAS has successfully delivered and commissioned over 520 packages to over 33 countries. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX and has five ISO 9001 certified manufacturing facilities in Houston, encompassing 1.2m sq. feet with proximity to major shipping ports and interstate highways. TAS manages all logistics and transportation facilitating accelerated construction at customer's facilities.

TAS' fastest growing business is the data center market. By applying deep expertise in cooling, thermodynamics, and power, TAS has developed an entire product line that revolutionizes data center delivery.

With our tremendous market potential, advanced technological systems, entrepreneurial culture as well as a talented and productive workforce, we continue to set and exceed aggressive market penetration and financial goals. More information is available on the company website at: www.tas.com.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: TAS has a tobacco-free workplace policy, under which individuals are not allowed to smoke or use tobacco or nicotine products on the TAS premises, while conducting TAS business off premises or take "smoking" breaks during working hours. "smoking" and "tobacco or nicotine products" includes, but is not limited to, product such as cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, pipes, vaping, all forms of smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco, snuff, dip) and clove cigarettes

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.

Applications and resumes will be kept on file for a limited time and the Company is under no duty or obligation to contact applicants if they are not selected for the job applied for or if other jobs become available in the future. Applicants that desire to apply for a job that becomes available at the Company in the future, should submit a new employment application or resume.

TAS Energy Inc. guarantees equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.