Purchasing Assistant

Job Summary:

Help ordering trucks and maintaining our fuel purchasing program. The purchasing assistant will be responsible for learning company purchasing policies and procedures and conducting regular price comparisons to ensure that the company is always getting the best price for each product that is purchased.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Help maintaining fuel purchasing process which includes lining up pricing, ordering fuels, making sure of receipt, paying invoices and balance totals.
• Create truck and trailer specifications based on customer requirements.
• Generate quotes based on truck and trailer specification to provide pricing and delivery expectations.
• Maintain strong working relationships with our vendors
• Review purchasing agreements with vendors and maintain open lines of communication with those vendors
• Develop an active process for measuring supply inventory and determining purchasing needs based on quarterly and annual numbers
• Maintain Files
• Keep records of materials available and on order dates etc.
• Monitor daily work orders and inventory
• Follow up and resolve problems with assigned products
• Ensure quality and safety standards are met
• Stay up to date with industry trends and establish purchasing arrangements with vendors when it is beneficial to the company
• Compare product deliveries with issued purchase orders and contact vendors when there are discrepancies
• Perform other administrative duties as required