Overview
Work with vendors Estimating Planning Scheduling Sales Sales Support and Manufacturing to facilitate the purchasing of paper and buyout components for projects. Ensures accurate job specifications and information are provided to all involved. Monitor and facilitate paper purchases and buyout components to ensure quality products are delivered ontime. Handle other purchasing functions as needed for office supplies consumables consignment items house stocked items etc.
1st Shift 8:00 am 4:30 pm
Responsibilities
- Comfortable with all aspects of paper/stock/substrate purchasing for commercial printing (including but not limited to: Offset Printing Digital Printing Packaging Bindery & Finishing Operations Mailing Assembly and Fulfillment).
- Attend all relevant meetings (production meetings team meetings quality improvement meetings training etc.) as needed.
- Meet and adhere to all procedures work instructions quality and safety requirements relative to the job function
- Ability to source evaluate and qualify new and existing vendors.
- Work directly with vendors and internal personnel to communicate job requirements specifications schedules and expectations.
- Ability to read and analyze job estimates purchase orders and job tickets.
- Ability to write purchase requisitions purchase orders and change orders.
- Ability to manage raw goods inventory in our ERP system
- Ability to correct discrepancies between POs and Invoices
- Coordinate job schedules with all affected departments as needed. Manage critical deadlines with resourcefulness attention to urgency excellent communication and professionalism.
- Coordinate and conduct offsite press checks bindery checks and quality inspections as needed.
- Review quality product inspection sample review as needed to maintain quality standards and client expectations.
- Strong knowledge of PC Platform MS Office Software Internet Search functionality and adept at learning new software programs (PACE ERP System)
Requirements
- Must have Purchasing or Production Planning or Estimating experience in the Printing industry.
- College Degree preferred
- Strong working knowledge of Commercial Printing Bindery operations
- Minimum of 2 years in a similar position
- Minimum of 4 years in the printing industry
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