Purchasing Agent

Description

Now Hiring: Purchasing Agent in Hanford, CA

Start at $20 to $22 per Hour Depending on Experience

Join a dedicated team where accuracy, organization, and teamwork make all the difference. We are looking for a dependable Receiving Clerk to support daily warehouse operations while ensuring food safety and quality standards are met. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys a structured environment and takes pride in keeping operations running smoothly.

Shift: 9am to 6pm

Pay Range: $20-22/hr.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Procurement of goods and services, including raw materials, tools, supplies, repairs, equipment and other MRO items.
• Place orders promptly within established guidelines, policies and procedures to ensure timely receipt of materials and supplies
• Manage stock replenishment levels, non-stock review, return goods procedures and dead inventory analysis in order to maintain inventory within established guidelines.
• Initiates procurement of all products, services in a cost effective, timely manner consistent with company objectives while considering cost, quality and priority.
• Follow internal approval process and policies for all procurement purchase orders
• Follow purchasing/inventory management policies and procedures
• Works with suppliers to ensure optimal pricing and services/products.
• Collaborates with suppliers to ensure optimal inventory levels to support.
• Reviews requisitions, purchase orders, and vouchers for accuracy and conformance with established policies and procedures.
• Generate and implement ideas to reduce cost, avoid cost and improve supply chain optimization. Contribute to total manufacturing cost (TMC) on all new products.
• Analyze data and information to determine reasonable prices.
• Identify and determine the demand of supplies to ensure the upkeep of the plant in addition to the needs of production.
• Expedites purchase orders. Notifies departments of the expected delivery date and follows up on back orders.
• Month end Inventory cycle counts.
• Follow Company safety rules and regulations, GMP’s (good manufacturing practices).
• Follow Company policies and procedures ensure food safety and quality per FSSC 22000.
• Other duties assigned by Management