Purchasing Specialist - 2nd Shift

Job Description

Job Description

Purchasing Specialist - 2nd Shift

Greater Columbus, OH area

A Global OEM Manufacturer is looking for a Purchasing Specialist B Shift to join their team.

Job Summary: This role is focused on managing the supply of parts for mass production, ensuring that materials arrive on time to support plant operations, especially during B shift. It requires strong coordination with suppliers, internal departments, and ERP systems to prevent production delays and maintain inventory accuracy.

Key Responsibilities:

· Material Planning & Inventory Control (20%): Use ERP systems to issue and maintain material releases. Monitor inventory levels to support warehouse and production needs. Follow up on supplier and part issues related to B shift.

· Supplier Management & Relationship Building (25%): Maintain effective communication with suppliers. Identify and escalate potential supply issues. Select and evaluate suppliers based on quality, pricing, and reliability.

· Cross-functional Collaboration (20%): Work closely with departments like Purchasing, Engineering, Production Control, and Quality. Coordinate design or input changes that affect supplier processes or delivery.

· Production Support & KPI Focus (10%): Help meet plant KPIs (e.g., prevent downtime or shortages). Quickly respond to and resolve delivery risks.

· Design Change & Implementation (5%): Ensure supplier readiness and timing for design changes, particularly for B shift parts.

· Issue Investigation & Continuous Improvement (10%): Conduct on-site reviews at plants or suppliers to identify and resolve problems. Implement countermeasures to prevent recurrence of issues.

· Project Support & Business Initiatives (10%): Participate in or lead improvement projects that align with company goals.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Supply Chain, Business or equivalent relevant experience
• Average Experience 0-2 years experience
• Knowledge of basic inventory management and manufacturing workflow · Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and work with limited direction.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex problems in a team-based work environment.
• Consistently identify opportunities for continuous improvement · Collect data and apply business knowledge to solve a range of problems · Effectively lead project themes · Effectively sell ideas, securing buy-in from

Company Description

About CTI: Compass Tech International (CTI) is dedicated to providing the highest quality Staffing, Recruiting and Managed Services to our customers nationwide, to create greater efficiencies, better results and effective communications to improve their talent access and worker effectiveness while finding solutions for workflow and process improvement.

Talk today to your Compass Tech recruiter. If the immediate job opportunities from our 100+ active client companies is not readily apparent, CTI’s team will stick with you to find the right opportunity, or guide you to improve your process to find success. And via that, a brighter career path.

Company Description

About CTI: Compass Tech International (CTI) is dedicated to providing the highest quality Staffing, Recruiting and Managed Services to our customers nationwide, to create greater efficiencies, better results and effective communications to improve their talent access and worker effectiveness while finding solutions for workflow and process improvement.\r\n\r\nTalk today to your Compass Tech recruiter. If the immediate job opportunities from our 100+ active client companies is not readily apparent, CTI’s team will stick with you to find the right opportunity, or guide you to improve your process to find success. And via that, a brighter career path.