Reports ToSenior Manager of Global Supply Chain
Job OverviewThe Procurement Specialist is a multi-faceted position that is focused on Sourcing / Procurement, Demand Planning, Logistics, and Maintaining & Growing our network of quality vendors. The Procurement Specialist will ensure purchase transactions are executed according to the policy and work directly with suppliers, and internal business cross-functional teams such as Engineering, Operations, Accounting, and Customer Service.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Responsible for sourcing, qualifying, and onboarding quality vendors to create a robust and reliable supply chain for all of PAO's sourcing needs.
- Create and communicate purchase orders to our network of vendors / suppliers.
- Update the ship dates and ETAs in Net Suite for all the products by appropriate follow-ups.
- Create SKUs and UPCs for PAO products and components.
- Submit the approved invoices to accounting.
- Keeps records of factories’ offerings, cost, specs, and purchase orders
- Negotiates with vendors to meet quality, on time delivery and cost objectives.
- Tracks product costs and pricing.
- Works with Accounting Dept to resolve any invoice discrepancies in a timely manner and maintains a system of checks and balances to ensure the accuracy of payments.
- Responsible for setting up vendors in Net Suite.
- Create and/or update reports for Supply Chain.
- Weekly submission of forecast and re-order requirements for all finished products to Senior Manager of Global Supply Chain for further discussion.
- Review the demand for the packaging materials and internal components based on the finished products demand and keep them in stock at all times.
- Weekly submission of original vs expected ship dates changes for all finished products and reasons for their delay to Senior Manager of Global Supply Chain.
- Review the current forecast and recommend existing POs that need to be pushed back or pulled forward.
- Ensures all costs in our reports and ERP are accurate.
- Assist the Senior Manager of Global Supply Chain in generating KPIs for our supply chain partners and utilize them to make quarterly scorecards for our suppliers.
- Responsible for coordinating meeting availability with all the suppliers for SHOT SHOW each year.
- Identifying cost savings opportunities.
- Other duties, as assigned, are within the Primary Arms Team.
Opportunities for Growth
The natural trajectory for someone in the Procurement Specialist position within the Optics Division is a Senior Procurement Specialist position. As such a position becomes available, the ideal candidate will have mastered all: (1) job responsibilities and duties and (2) the relationships of the Procurement Specialist position. The ideal candidate will have clearly demonstrated the ability to manage his/her own time, mastered how to effectively operate and communicate within our diverse supply chain, and to control all aspects of our inventory requirements accurately and efficiently.
Other Duties
Please note that 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.
