Purchaser/Buyer

Description:

About Us:

For over 35 years, Multifab, Inc. has provided high-quality plastic products to customers in, Aerospace (aircraft interior parts, window shades, and seating components), Medical, Dental (medical trays, dental trays, and dental monitor bezels), Construction (vehicle fenders, boom covers, and equipment housing), Industrial Packaging (packaging trays, reusable industrial packaging), Sporting Goods (vacuumed-formed kayak and webbing), and Specialty Products.

Position Description:

The Purchaser is responsible for material source selection and procurement functions, processing purchase orders, and tracking inventory supply while collaborating with associates to ensure customer satisfaction.

Job Shift:

• Mon - Fri (8:00 am to 5:00 pm)

Responsibilities:

• Purchase order monitoring
• Professionally handle incoming requests from sales, engineering, and production and ensure that issues are resolved both promptly and thoroughly
• Provide timely turn-around on all purchase orders to ensure adequate delivery of goods and services
• Ability to negotiate best vendor terms, pricing, and delivery based on a specific budget and schedule requirements
• Determine if inventory quantities are sufficient for needs, purchasing more products when necessary
• Handle internal procurement for both manufacturing and packaging division
• Maintain working knowledge of purchasing policies, processes, and procedures (e.g., demonstrate a complete understanding of buying and pricing products)
• Prepare, maintain, and review purchasing files, item numbers, reports, and price-lists
• Compare prices, specifications, and delivery dates in order to determine the best bid among potential suppliers
• Calculate costs of orders and charge or forward invoices to appropriate accounts
• Locate suppliers, using sources such as catalogs and the internet, and interview them to gather information about products to be ordered
• Demonstrate ability to comprehend, execute and maintain QMS per company requirements
• Demonstrate ability to correctly identify products/materials by color, size, type, and item number
• Work directly with vendors and the quality department about non-conforming materials and SCARS
• Promptly identify and communicate potential disruptions in production
• Ensure products are ordered and arrive on time to meet production schedules
• Maintain vendor metrics including but not limited to, one-time delivery and quality
• Ability to negotiate the best freight and delivery rates based on a specific budget and schedule requirements
• Operate office machines, such as photocopiers and scanners, facsimile machines, voice mail systems, and personal computers while following Company Confidentiality requirements
• Utilize computerized data entry equipment and various word processing, spreadsheet, and file maintenance programs to enter, store and/or retrieve information
• Manage time to determine priorities in order to effectively accomplish a broad range of activities
• Continuously evaluate and identify opportunities to drive process improvements that positively impact the customer’s experience
• Communicates in a professional, respectful, and courteous manner with all employees, customers, and others with whom we may work
• Contributes to a successful workgroup and fosters a team-oriented culture through positive interactions, active listening, meaningful collaborations, high employee engagement, and the constructive exchange of ideas designed to meet or exceed the organization’s strategic goals
• Follow all Company Policies, Procedures, and Protocols
• Other duties will be assigned during the course of employment

Requirements:

• Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures
• Knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Access)
• Negotiation and business relations skills
• Strong industry experience for accurate product/service quality assessments
• Must pass a negative pre-employment drug screen

Multifab Offers:

• Paid time off (78 hours-130 hours based on time in role)
• 7 paid holidays
• Medical, vision, and dental, eligible after 60 days of employment
• Life insurance- 100% paid by the employer
• 401 (k) eligible after one year of service (open enrollment in January or July)
• Washington employees are covered by the Washington State Paid Family & Medical leave benefit
• Employee appreciation events
• Employee referral program

Please Note:

All final applicants receiving job offers for any position will have job offers conditioned upon satisfactorily passing, or receiving a “negative” pre-employment drug test result.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Multifab Inc. celebrates diversity in the workplace and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination or harassment based on age, disability, equal pay, genetic information, national origin, pregnancy, race/color, religion, retaliation, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation, and any other protected characteristics outlined by state, federal, and local laws. We are committed to fostering a supportive and inclusive work environment.

Experience:

• Procurement: 1 year (Preferred)
• Purchasing: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location:

In person

Requirements: