Purchasing Assistant Details

Purchasing Assistant

Farris Enterprises, Inc. - Riverside, CA

Employment Type : Full-Time

We are a wholesale company seeking a Purchasing Assistant for our Riverside location. Schedule will be Monday – Friday with the option for full or part time. Our location is a fast paced work environment. We are seeking a highly motivated and energetic individual that is a great self-starter and team player.

Duties to include (but not limited too):

• Follow all purchasing procedures and systems while contributing your expertise to the field with suggestions and ideas to grow our team/company.
• Maintain accurate inventory counts with proper subbing of product on orders, daily “hands on” counts, annual counts, etc.
• Identify any inventory control issues while correcting and communicating these to staff
• Maintain vendor accounts
• Monitor costs and negotiate rates/costs with new and current suppliers
• Seek out new vendors to help reduce cost and introduce new products to our company
• Control spending costs by not under or over purchasing product
• Create/Maintain RMA’s for vendor returns for defective, damaged, warrantied or incorrect product returns
• Placing/creating PO’s, confirmations of PO’s and watching increases in costs from confirmations
• International container PO’s and shipping/delivery
• Local pickup scheduling of product with company truck/vehicle (scheduling route, pickups, product, times, etc)
• Report to Purchasing lead and/or GM weekly on inventory counts, returns, backorders, etc.

Ideal candidate will possess the following skills/experience:

• Great communication skills – both verbally and written
• Great attention to detail
• Purchasing experience of 1+ years preferred
• Microsoft Office knowledge a plus

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Benefits:

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

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location