Purchasing Specialist - Military Veterans

Job Summary
Ensure integrity of vendor data for the kitting group including pricing, material characteristics and vendor master. Oversee vendor relationships for domestic and international suppliers to ensure pricing agreements are upheld, and effectively executed. Analyze, report, and resolve vendor data related discrepancies between the kitting group and vendor partners.

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Oversee vendor pricing relationship; communicate vendor pricing changes and variances to internal stakeholders.
  
• Resolve discrepancies.
  
• Analyze and preload price changes in SAP and AS400 on appropriate dates.
  
• Provide reporting on impact of price changes and under/overbilling to business.
  
• Assist divisional teams in updating vendor data including relocating items to new vendors.
  
• Provide point of expertise for vendor data.
  
• Analyze price updates under various cost models to define total impact to the division.
  
• Provide data to divisional partners (Sourcing, Product Management etc.) for decision making.
  
• Assist in resolution of accounting issues related to pricing discrepancies.
  
• Provide support for New Item Creation
  

Minimum Job Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's degree OR high school diploma or equivalent and at least 2 years of related experience (finance, supply-chain, analytics)
  

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, sort/filter, VLOOKUP, Pivot tables)
  
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns).
  
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting character spacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font).
  

Preferred Job Requirements

Work Experience

• Purchasing or Buying Experience in a manufacturing environment.
  

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Basic Negotiation skills
  
• Data Analytics experience
  
• Experience processing all relevant details, understanding and prioritizing their importance and drawing clear, logically sound conclusions.
  
• Experience completing projects within timelines.
  

Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

The anticipated salary range for this position:
$59,280.00 - $85,800.00 Annual

The actual salary will vary based on applicant's location, education, experience, skills, and abilities. This role is bonus and/or incentive eligible. Medline will not pay less than the applicable minimum wage or salary threshold.

Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average. For a more comprehensive list of our benefits please click here . For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp.

Every day, we're focused on building a more diverse and inclusive company, one that recognizes, values and respects the differences we all bring to the workplace. From doing what's right to delivering business results, together, we're better. Explore our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion page here .

Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.