Logistics & Purchasing Coordinator

Purchasing: Roles & Responsibilties

• Offer support and communicate with internal customers (sales, CSRs, Operations).
• Create POs for new and reconditioned products, supplies for facilities.
• Ensure products and pricing matches PO & POD prior to receiving.
• Receive the goods into system.
• Update the schedule for receipt of goods.
• Create & update the product information in system, when necessary.
• Manage the open PO & open Receiving reports from various facilities.
• Month-end related tasks such as accruals, etc.
• Obtain all technical documents on our products.
• Research products with current or new suppliers.
• Maintain a file with the history of price increases and reductions from the suppliers.
• Investigate and resolve billing discrepancies with suppliers.
• Maintain good relationships with suppliers.
• Perform all other related tasks.

Logistics: Roles & Responsibilites

• Offer support to internal customers (Sales, CSRs, Operations) & external customers, generators
• Cold call new opportunities for sourcing empty containers and qualifying new generators
• Enter pickup into system & arrange/dispatch to appropriate carrier(s)
• Input into daily KPI inbound tracker and grading
• Maintain/communicate non-conforming inbound containers to generator(s)
• Maintain inbound paying / charging spreadsheet
• Request quotations from carrier(s).
• Negotiate carrier pricing, when necessary.
• Generate/Provide shipping documentation, when necessary (IE customs documents).
• Review, approve, refute freight invoices in Williams & Associates online
• Review, approve, refute sourcing invoices with appropriate backups from generators.
• Maintain SDS database spreadsheet
• Maintain good relationships with carriers, customs brokers, and generators