5 plus years experience in managing the purchasing team.
• Solid skills in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Access).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English)
• Works with assigned commodity group, planning and organizing all tasks.
• Must be capable of handling multiple projects at one time.
• Maintain supplier relationships in order to drive cost reductions while continually achieving the highest level of quality material.
• Review, analyze and interpret various reports.
• Ability to evaluate the procurement marketplace for assigned commodities.
• Remains current on economic, industrial and other trends that affect market and prices.
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to function in a stressful work environment
• Ability to work well as part of a team as well as manage people