Associate Procurement Specialist

Description Join our team in Thief River Falls, MN as an Associate Procurement Specialist. In this onsite role, you'll support day-to-day purchasing activities, help maintain inventory levels, and work with suppliers to ensure materials are available for production. If you're organized, detail-oriented, and enjoy working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, we'd love to hear from you.

Analyze raw material demand for purchase and on-time delivery in an MRP environment to ensure accuracy and adherence to the established schedule and to identify potential improvements. Track actual and potential supply and delivery to provide timely communications and analysis. Assess supplier performance against predetermined goals by monitoring quality acceptance rates delivery performance and cost savings performance.

Communicate with vendors to obtain product, price, availability, and delivery information and analyze domestic and international shipping forecasts to achieve optimal inventory levels. Prepare material variance analyses and review cycle count results to make improvement recommendations. Prepare reporting for MPS variances for team review to confirm material availability and schedule timing to production control.

Review and assign part change notices to other planners and place purchase orders to expedite materials to meet weekly production plans. Responsible for daily completion of shortage report to provide accurate updates to operations and materials teams. Prepare Sales Inventory Operations Plan (SIOP) and MPS change comparisons to identify potential constraints and trends.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field required 1+ years of related experience preferred Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and SAP preferred