Purchasing Specialist

The Purchasing Specialist provides purchasing leadership for effective sourcing and procurement of various parts, supplies and machinery, leading efforts to ensure that the manufacturing and supply needs are coordinated across Kane facilities to optimize quality, price, and service from vendors.

• Implement procurement policies and manage inventory to meet operational and production needs.
• Support purchasing of capital equipment, materials, and services per company policy and standards.
• Negotiate terms and contracts for goods and services under Operations Manager’s direction.
• Evaluate suppliers for performance, build key relationships, and source new product needs.
• Ensure vendor product quality and resolve defective or unacceptable deliveries and issues.
• Process purchases in CMMS; coordinate with AP to ensure accurate and timely vendor payments.
• Uphold integrity in all transactions and comply with antitrust and applicable purchasing laws.

• Excellent analytical, reasoning, and problem-solving skills; ability to think creatively and find innovative solutions to complex problems.
• Ability to work with a wide range of sales, manufacturing, management personnel, technical personnel, and engineers.
• Bachelor’s degree in business or equivalent work experience.
• Two (2) years of previous purchasing experience in the manufacturing sector; wood products manufacturing background preferred.
• Previous experience bidding, negotiating, preparing, and administering contracts and agreements preferred.
• Experience using CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) preferred.