Purchasing and Receiving Assistant

Posted: 10/05/2025

Purchasing

THK Manufacturing of America is currently looking for a skilled Purchasing and Receiving Assistant to support our manufacturing operations by preparing, verifying, and placing purchase orders based on business requirements. Resolves issues related to inventory return, replacement, when needed. Will constantly compare pricing for different goods and services to save the company money. Typically, company members submit a requisition for goods to the purchasing assistant who then evaluates the request. If it is approved, the agent determines where to get the best deal on those goods and matches the requisition to a purchase order. At that point, the order is placed with the approved vendor and the goods shipped and then verify shipment before receiving receipt for purposes intended. The purchasing assistant will be expected to track the total number of requisitions, PO’s by status, and estimated arrival dates for purchased supplies.

To be successful, it is necessary to have strong organizational skills, understand the manufacturing environment and can research and qualify vendors with a great deal of efficiency. Since the purchasing assistant typically must interact with others within the company as well as vendors, the ability to communicate clearly is also extremely important. This position must also be able to deal with difficult deadlines and often manage more than one project at a time to fulfill his or her responsibilities.

Major Responsibilities

Purchases component parts. Submit purchase request for capital equipment, supply orders, rental equipment, facility/building, construction/renovation, and all consumables , quality or supply considerations by negotiating contract.
May oversee the post award functions such as monitoring contracts/agreement compliance, recommending action on problem situations and negotiating extensions of delivery schedules of such contracts.
Identifies and establishes new sources of supply.
Solicits bids and delivery.
Updates purchasing system, prepares requests for quotes and processes letters of intent.
Follows procedures for placement of purchase orders.
Must be able to organize track and report to management the status of requisitions, PO status, Orders and expected date of delivery
Interfaces with accounting and other internal departments as needed to acquire and manage materials.
Understands and can interpret bill of lading’s and packing list in order to verify inbound shipments and receive in Syteline as needed.
Mark consumables as received in Syteline as required.
Other duties as assigned.

Background Requirements

Qualifications:

Excellent verbal, written and organizational skills. Strong PC skills including word processing, spreadsheets and databases. Good contract administration skills. Strong teamwork skills and the ability to work with all levels within the organization. Ability to develop and write business reports and correspondence.

Education:

Associates Degree in Business Administration; Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) preferred.

Experience:

3-5 years of purchasing experience in the metal processing industry preferred. Some experience with procurement of capital equipment.

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Purchasing and Receiving Assistant