Purchasing Specialist

Would you like to be part of a focused, dedicated team? Do you want to work and grow with other motivated, ambitious people?

Wagner Equipment Co. offers challenging career opportunities, extensive training and employee development along with an opportunity to grow your career and thrive under Wagner’s reputation for excellence. We offer excellent benefits and supply you with the tools you need to maximize your potential and grow within Wagner.

Benefits include:

• Paid Time Off (PTO) Plan - Up to 96 hours of PTO in your first year + 8 company paid holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance 
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Retirement Plans -  401K and Roth 401K , eligible employees can receive a company contribution up to 7%
• Tuition Reimbursement 
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• CEFCU- Citizens Equity First Credit Union - Employees have access to services include payroll deductions savings, accounts, loans, VISA card, and more.
• Additional Benefits include: Unum Supplemental life Insurance, Aflac Critical Illness + Accidental Insurance, ID WatchDog and discounted employee phone plans.

The Purchasing Analyst/Buyer position is responsible for buying goods, services, and equipment for the organization, as well as analyzing Wagner Equipment Co.’s purchasing processes to evaluate and improve their effectiveness in a manner that reflects the company’s vision of working as “One Professional Team.”  Purchasing analysts also assist with producing RFQ’s, evaluation of supplier proposals and contracts, and overseeing purchasing performance based on quality of products and service, cost, and availability.  Purchasing analysts strive to minimize expenses and increase company profitability, develop detailed purchasing reports, and recommend changes to acquisition processes as needed.

The Purchasing Analyst/Buyer will also support the Purchasing Manager in the administration of all company purchasing programs, including corporate expense purchasing cards, virtual credit cards for accounts payable invoices, Syncada for freight invoice payments, and the Coda Procurement system.

Pay Rate:  $61,665.61 - $84,845.04 Annually 
Pay rate is dependent upon education & experience. 

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Source and negotiate with approved/potential suppliers to obtain the best possible product costs, quality, and service
• Interface with other departments and division personnel to accomplish job functions
• Identify cost reduction opportunities through negotiating with suppliers for increases or decreases in volume or pricing
• Collect and analyze data, and recommend strategic procurement action to support the company’s vision
• Maintain vendor relationships as well as evaluating the need for new suppliers through the categorization of all new and existing suppliers
• Compare and evaluate goods and contracts to recommend specific purchasing strategies. Continuously monitor supplier contracts and evaluate any price changes to ensure they fall within the terms of the contract
• Be the subject matter expert on the Coda Purchasing System, establishing best practices for utilization of the system. Train new users and assist in the rollout to all areas of the company
• Administer multiple corporate purchasing programs, including the corporate purchasing card program used for travel and entertainment, virtual credit card program used in Accounts Payable, and the Syncada system used for paying freight invoices, tracks and analyzes spend for these programs to ensure they fall into alignment with corporate policies
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret data to write reports, develop processes and effectively present information to management and vendors
• The ability to leverage interpersonal skills to establish rapport and develop relationships with all key stakeholders: suppliers, customers & colleagues.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to train new and existing employees
• Other duties as assigned by manager

Required Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Some College or Trade School
• 2-3 years of supply chain and/or procurement experience
• Experience with corporate card programs preferred
• 1-3 years administrative/clerical experience
• 3-5 years customer service experience

Physical Demands & Competencies:

• Standing, walking, talking, sitting, use of hands & hearing
• Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing but may require occasionally lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds
• Data Entry, telephone, reading/writing, reasoning, organizational, communication & math skills
• Safety & Product Knowledge
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Access and DBS
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Outlook and Excel

Travel Requirements:

• 1- 25%

Work Environment:

• Noise: Quiet
• Indoors

Other Duties:

Job Offers are contingent upon all required pre-employment screenings which may include but are not limited to background checks, drug/alcohol testing, fit for duty testing, and any other job-related tests/screenings.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.  

Wagner Equipment Co. is an EEO/AA/Veterans/Disabled employer.