Purchasing Assistant

Job Description

Company: Echelon Supply and Service

Position: Purchasing Assistant

Overview: Since 1977, Echelon Supply and Service has been a leading supplier of hoses and hose assemblies for commercial and military applications throughout the world. Echelon Supply and Service is currently seeking an experienced Purchasing Assistant to join our Liverpool, NY based team.

Job Summary: The Purchasing Assistant – Acts in a support role for all purchasing functions of our government purchasing team. This may include managing workload reports with our customers liaison, crafting letters to our government customer in the form of delay notices and modification requests, placing purchase orders, completing RFQ’s, sourcing activities, and open order expediting.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Assist in the purchasing & expediting of department needs

Manage workload report and keep information current and up to date

Communicate with our customers if we are going to be delinquent on orders

Gather data on incoming material to communicate internally

Organize departmental data to drive department success

Filing and distribution of orders

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in related field. Relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of degree

Experience in or knowledge of Purchasing preferred

Skills and Abilities:

Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word)

Excellent organization and time management abilities

Corporate purchasing experience a plus

Excellent & professional communication skills

Motivated individual & eager to learn

Understand & process information quickly

Echelon Supply and Service provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.