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Position Overview:

Our Purchasing Coordinator is responsible for receiving, reviewing, coordinating all in house purchase orders for delivery confirmation, expediting activity with suppliers and communicating with our customers on shipping updates. Coordinator establishes and maintains relationships with both customers and suppliers, ensuring that any and all problems are addressed, all three parties (customer, supplier, and Spirit) are working together smoothly, and that delivery and quality metrics are being met. This position is familiar with a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures and relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected to manage the backlog from all aspects from submission to winning and then managing ordering and delivery schedule of all purchase orders and product. This is a full-time position and requires you to be on site in Phoenix AZ. Advanced Excel skills mandatory.

Essential Job Functions:

• Expediting orders with suppliers to meet customer contractual dates
• Communicating delivery information to customers and updating customer portals weekly
• Monitoring purchase orders due dates and confirming with suppliers that orders are scheduled
• Running monthly purchasing reports for supplier and account representatives
• Updating JD Edwards with order acknowledgements and shipping details and non conformances.
• Order requisition review

Skills and Qualifications:

Organization, Typing, Data Entry Skills, Attention to Detail, Confidentiality, Thoroughness, Decision Making, Independence, Analyzing Information, Results Driven

Requirements

• Requires a high school diploma or equivalent and 0-3 years of experience in the field or in a related area.
• Proficient in MS Office Applications (Word, Excel, and Outlook)
• Motivated self starter, attention to detail
• Keyboarding 50 wpm
• Strong interpersonal skills, including good written/verbal communication
• Multi-tasking in fast-paced environment
• Attendance/punctuality
• Distribution or industry experience preferred

If selected to fill this role, the candidate must submit for a background check and provide proof of eligibility to work in the US.

Work Remotely

• No

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

COVID-19 considerations:

Yes COVID protocol in place

Application Question(s):

• This position requires the candidate to be in office, remote work is not available. Will this be an issue?
• We are currently only taking resumes from applicants in the Greater Phoenix area. Please check our location and make sure commute time is not an issue.

Experience:

• Purchasing: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: One location

SUMMARY OF POSITION

Provide excellent customer service to our customer base of Tier 1 Defense Contractors and increase sales thru contact with customers and buyers. Nurture and maintain sales/business relationships initiated by executive sales/senior account reps/inside and outside sales/product pricing specialists. Process customer orders and flow downs of critical quality requirements to our manufacturers. This position is the liaison between our customer and OEMs for the end to end order management processes. Maintain company standards involving ethical and moral character while professionally representing Spirit Electronics. Technical competency is a must, accuracy and attention to details of extensive part numbers, drawing numbers and excel skills are mandatory.