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Purchasing Specialist

Company: Insight Manufacturing S
Location: Murphys
Posted on: May 1, 2025

Job Description:

ABOUT US:InSight Manufacturing provides services ranging from low rate production to contract manufacturing for precision machined components, electro and hydro mechanical assemblies, kitting, and supply chain management. The primary industries served are medical, defense, and private commercial. We pride ourselves on consistently maintaining a better than 98% performance record for both On-Time deliveries and Quality.
Job Summary:Under daily supervision coordinates activities involved with procuring goods and services such as raw materials, equipment, tools, parts, and supplies for organization by preparing purchase orders or quote requests, reviewing requisitions, conferring with suppliers, selecting product, maintaining procurement records such as items or services purchased costs, delivery, product quality or performance, and inventories. Expedites delivery of goods to users, discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality control personnel, users, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and corrective action. Essential Functions:To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Reviews requisitions.
  • Compiles data from sources such as contracts, engineering drawings/prints, purchase orders, invoices, requisitions, and accounting reports and enters information into ERP to maintain inventory, purchasing, shipping, or other records.
  • Confers with suppliers to obtain product or service information such as price, availability, and delivery schedule.
  • Selects products for purchase by checking customer approved source and matching to customer drawings and specifications.
  • Estimates values according to knowledge of market price and competitive quotes from approved suppliers.
  • Determines method of procurement such as direct purchase or bid.
  • Prepares purchase orders or quote requests.
  • Reviews quote proposals and negotiate contracts within budgetary limitations and scope of authority.
  • Maintains procurement records such as items or services purchased costs, delivery, product quality or performance, and inventories.
  • Discusses defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality control personnel, users, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.
  • Expedites delivery of goods to users.
  • Compile and enter part maintenance and modifier information into the ERP database from new customer drawings and engineering changes, for accurate issuance of purchase order part description and process accuracy.
  • Maintain files for customer drawings and customer documents, files and records of materials, prices, and inventories.
  • Compiles data from sources such as contracts, purchase orders, invoices, requisitions, and accounting reports and enters information into ERP to maintain inventory, purchasing, shipping, or other records..

    Compensation details: 18-22 Hourly Wage



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Keywords: Insight Manufacturing S, Mountain View , Purchasing Specialist, Other , Murphys, California

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