Purchasing Specialist - Full-time / Part-time

Purchasing Specialist West San Antonio, TX 78245   Make a difference and grow your career at the same time with a Fortune 500 company in the medical device field. We are currently seeking an experienced Purchasing/Inventory Specialist in the San Antonio, TX area for 1st Shift!!! Candidates who meet the job requirements below are encouraged to apply for immediate consideration.   Hours of Work: 8:00am to 5:00pm (Monday-Friday) with some flexibility on hours Pay: $16.00-$18.00 an hour **This is a 1 year contract assignment with potential for perm**   Job Duties and Responsibilities: Identify vendors and obtain quotes on production orders. Prepare purchase orders for manufacturing department, enter into FishBowl ERP system. Work with vendors to provide drawings, specifications, and other information needed. Monitor outstanding purchase orders for delivery timeline. Address delays, overage, and underage with vendors. Provide updates on component delivery status to the rest of BME team. Analyze frequency of orders, best order size, and options for storing inventory at vendor location. Address supplier quality issues by working with BME Supplier Quality and clarifying timeline for resolution. Standard hours of 8 am – 5 pm, but flexible. Availability to work overtime when needed. All other duties as assigned. Required Training at BME: FishBowl Quality System Training (CFR 21 820) Education and Experience: Relevant experience in purchasing and inventory control. College degree in relevant field preferred. Excellent communication skills and enthusiastic demeanor Good computer skills, and knowledgeable of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook Physical Requirements: Requires standing for sustained periods of time on occasion Needing to walk about to accomplish tasks, moving from one work site to another Expressing or exchanging ideas verbally, able to communicate clearly to other employees and to vendors Able to hear at normal speaking levels, with or without correction Typing or otherwise, working primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm Making repetitive motions of the wrist, hand and/or fingers Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time and may lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects up to 10 pounds Requires close visual acuity to perform an activity, such as preparing and analyzing data and figures   If you are interested in this opportunity or know someone who would be interested and qualified, please apply directly or send a resume to kris022@kellyservices.com. Please include the subject line: “Purchasing Specialist” when you submit your resume. Why Kelly®?At Kelly Services®, we work with the best. Our clients include 95 of the Fortune 100™ companies, and more than 70,000 hiring managers rely on Kelly annually to access the best talent to drive their business forward. If you only make one career connection today, connect with Kelly. About Kelly Services® As a workforce advocate for over 70 years, we are proud to directly employ nearly 500,000 people around the world and have a role in connecting thousands more with work through our global network of talent suppliers and partners. Revenue in 2016 was $5.3 billion. Visit kellyservices.com and connect with us on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Kelly Services is an equal opportunity employer including, but not limited to, Minorities, Females, Individuals with Disabilities, Protected Veterans, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Equal Employment Opportunity is The Law.]]