Job description

Job Title: Purchasing Associate
Pay Rate: $28 / hr
Location: Saline, MI
Area Code: 734
ZIP Code: 48176
Start Date: Right Away
Shift: 1st shift; 8am-4:30pm
Keywords: #PurchasingAssociate #Automotive

Benefits:

• Medical / Health Benefits with multiple plan options, Flexible Spending Accounts, Dental and Vision / glasses / prescription contact lens and eye test options available.
• On the job training / cross-training to develop and expand skills, creating opportunity for advancement and personal development. Tuition reimbursement available for relevant development opportunities.
• Life Insurance, disability insurance, and voluntary life insurance for family members available. Accident and critical illness insurance optional.
• Scheduled performance reviews create opportunities for advancement and pay increases.
• We have many success stories from individuals who took advantage of the training, cross-training, and personal development opportunities for advancement. We also have success stories of individuals who desired a reliable, scheduled and consistent career with appropriate work-life balance, health benefits and good job security. Whichever way you define success, this work culture cares about team members and treats each individual with dignity, inclusion, respect and recognition.
• A Referral Program compensates active employees for referring friends and former colleagues when the referral results in hiring the person. Our team has grown with referrals and internal promotions.

Responsibilities:

• Execute import (V-V) Operating Procedures (Ops) and assist with Service administration/PO issuance

Peoplesoft/SAP/Ariba/WARP processing (including issuing Requests for Quotation / Purchase Orders (PO)

• Overall administrative duties (travel, catering, expense reports, meeting scheduling)
• Weekly report management
• Follow-up with suppliers' sales groups to confirm data, request information, and follow-up on status
• Develop operating procedures, gain consensus and support training for buying team activity.
• Kaizen (improve) existing buying team OPs to improve divisional efficiency
• Contribute input in staff team environment to expand buying team role
• Resolve day-to-day supplier issues related to ringi, payment, late assignments, etc.

Requirements:

• Entry Level Experience desired (recent grad preferred)
• High School Diploma (or higher) or equivalent experience working in Automotive Procurement for 1 year
• Experience with Excel including Macros, Pivot Table and VLookup (Testing required. Must score at least 80% and test scores must be provided upon interview request)

Bonus:

• Automotive Industry Experience
• Working experience with Microsoft Power BI (including data importation, slicer manipulation, report creation and troubleshooting)
• Experience with Microsoft Visio, including flow chart creation and modification
• Experience with gap analysis and problem identification through understanding of large data sets and procedures

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If you are interested in this role, please apply via the apply now link provided. Our overriding goal is to provide quality staffing solutions that help people, organizations, and communities succeed. Belcan is a team-driven Equal Opportunity Employer committed to workforce diversity. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.belcan.com

Belcan is a leading provider of qualified personnel to many of the world's most respected enterprises. We offer excellent opportunities for contract/temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct assignments in the engineering, IT, and professional fields. We are the employer of choice for thousands worldwide. Our overriding goal is to provide quality staffing solutions that help people, organizations, and communities succeed. Belcan is a team-driven Equal Opportunity Employer committed to workforce diversity. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.belcan.com.

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