Procurement Coordinator
Procurement Coordinator
Our Client - Food And Beverage company
- Atlanta, GA
Job description
Our Customer is an American multinational beverage corporation headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Their many interests include the manufacturing, retailing, and marketing of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. They are passionate about beverages around the world, with around 200 brands and 700,000+ employees across the company and bottling partners. They take deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in their company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. They believe their culture is one of the reasons their company continues to thrive after 130+ years.
We are looking for a Procurement Coordinator on a contract basis to help support our Customer's business needs. This role is hybrid will be remote 90% of the time -- candidates should be local to Atlanta, GA.
This role monitors the order-to-pay process to ensure suppliers are compliant in confirming orders, shipping orders and providing advance ship information including carrier & tracking numbers timely. PC will execute daily processes, perform reporting analysis and interact with suppliers to ensure timely delivery of service parts orders into distribution center and directly to customers. The PC role is also responsible for identifying supply risk and coordinating use of known secondary suppliers to mitigate supply disruptions and or coordinating activities that assist in development/identification of new supplier relationships. The PC professionally/diplomatically pressures suppliers on process adherence and execution of orders.
Responsibilities:
- Monitors open orders to adjudicate missing/outdated confirmation, ship date expectation, shipment tracking and other pertinent order information.
- Identifies opportunities to place supplemental purchase orders w/ secondary suppliers to adjudicate customer back orders.
- Identifies alternate service parts sources to meet needs of field service teams.
- Manages and resolves issues related to the setup and configuration of SAP systems during the onboarding process.
- Troubleshoots problems to meet specific business requirements and ensuring smooth integration with other enterprise systems.
- Coordinates/Executes supplemental ordering as necessary to meet field service needs.
- Interacts with suppliers daily to ensure order data is updated in systems appropriately.
- Assists in training suppliers on provided systems maintenance routines and may help suppliers enter information as necessary.
- Investigates/adjudicates critical part outage recovery support for emergency and urgent calls including tracking part shipments.
- Responds to customer service inquiries to provide parts delivery information.
- Assists 3PL in adjudicating receiving transaction & inventory count reconciliation.
- Other projects or duties may be assigned by manager or team members.
Required Experience and Skills
- 3-5 years general procurement experience in industrial, MRO, service parts enviro
- Proficiency in us of MS Office Suite – Excel, Word, Outlook
- Capability to learn, use, modify & improve existing & new reports/analysis tools
- Proficiency in use of basic ERP systems to investigate, problem solve & report
- Capability to learn, use, modify and improve existing & new reports/analysis tools
- Proficiency in use of SAP ERP system to investigate, problem solve, and report
- Ability to prioritize multiple concurrent information requests with disciplined adjudication
- Strong customer service focus and disciplined/concise communication / follow up skills
- Commitment to follow defined processes and procedures, recommending improvements
- Willingness and ability to adapt to changing priorities
- Ability to influence supplier partners for adherence to defined process and policy
- Demonstrated attention to detail
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree Supply Chain, Business, Economics, Engineering
- Procurement Credentials: C.P.M, CPSM, APICS
- 5+ Years procurement and/or parts management experience
- 2+ Years of previous Field Service Network or Parts Distribution experience
We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.
Perks are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements)
Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life (including spouse & child), 401k, STD/LTD, AD&D, and Commuter Benefits program.
An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States and are required to have U.S. residency at the time of application.
If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application, or at any point in the hiring process, please contact us at support@themomproject.com.
Screening Questions
- Are you amenable to a rate of $17.35 - $32.35/hour for a 7 month contract? Please note that this is 90% remote and requires candidates within Atlanta, GA. If you agree, please state when you are available to start.
- Can you confirm your Bachelor's degree and the year you completed it?
- Do you have any of these procurement credentials - C.P.M, CPSM, APICS?
- Describe in a few sentences your procurement experience or parts management experience or any experience in Field Service Network or Parts Distribution.