Purchasing Agent

Job Title: Purchasing Agent

Pay: H4

Location: Moses Lake

Reports To: Purchasing Director

Position Overview

We are currently looking for a Purchasing Agent to join our team. We would like to find an individual that is highly motivated and driven to help our purchasing team to help meet the needs of our parts, sales and service teams. The purpose and responsibilities of the purchasing agent is to help improve and maintain the overall efficiency of the purchasing department. This position reports to the purchasing manager. The purchasing assistant must work closely with vendors, and other employees to maintain a high level of communication throughout the process.

Lad Irrigation (Lad) is an Irrigation dealer in Eastern Washington that began in 1957 with three employees installing and serving agricultural irrigation systems in the Moses Lake region. The company met success and was incorporated in 1967. Headquartered in Moses Lake, WA with branch offices in Pasco, Othello, George, Sunnyside, Basin City, Royal City and Yakima. Lad has steadily grown to service the entire Columbia Basin in Eastern Washington and now Center CO with over 100 employees. We are now a 100% employee-owned company offering profit sharing to our employees with broad development and advancement opportunities.

Why Lad? We take pride in knowing our customers in agriculture and striving to be a part of the communities we serve. We offer excellent comprehensive benefits, paid holidays and vacation, retirement plan, profit sharing, and the opportunity to learn and develop professionally.

Experience:

• Purchasing: 5 years (Required)
• Inventory control: 5 years (Required)

· ERP/MRP experience: 5 years, preferably Business Central (Required)

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintains accounts and inventory levels by managing and creating purchase orders for a subset of vendors across all locations.
• Generate and send purchase orders for required inventory, specifying quantities, delivery dates, and product specifications.
• Monitor purchase orders to ensure timely delivery of product to stores and address any potential issues with suppliers.
• Works with vendors to facilitate the return of materials.
• Support teams through process and procedure changes required by internal needs.
• Support the finance department by working with vendors and internal staff to resolve problems.
• Works with Buyers and finance personnel to create credits.
• Assist Buyers and the Inventory Analysis & Coordination Specialist in store-to-store transfers.
• Partners with Buyers and the Inventory Analysis & Coordination Specialist for inventory adjustments (shrink, destruction, returns, etc.
• Works with inventory and operations/store teams on discount requests and other aged inventory processes.
• Identify and report patterns in aged inventory for suggestions on adjustments.
• Performs other duties as needed.
• Vender pricing negotiation

Requirements :

• Work experience as a purchasing assistant, agent, or similar role.
• Basic knowledge of MS Excel and Word.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Safety sensitive positions that will be drug tested related to cannabis.

Pay: $25.00 - $35.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Profit sharing
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Experience:

• Purchasing: 5 years (Required)
• Inventory control: 5 years (Required)
• ERP/MRP : 5 years (Required)
• Microsoft Excel: 5 years (Required)
• Microsoft Word: 5 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Moses Lake, WA 98837 (Preferred)

Work Location: In person