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Company

UFP Industries, Inc.
Address , Union City
Employment type FULL_TIME
Salary
Expires 2023-09-22
Posted at 8 months ago
Job Description
Join our operations team where you will be influential in shaping our business strategy and ensuring we have the most effective operations. Be your own boss by creating your own career path and pushing your professional limits.
Job Summary
The Purchasing Trainee’s primary responsibility will be to learn about UFPI, the role of the buyer, the products we purchase, how they are manufactured, how the material is transported from the mill to our plant, how it is processed at the plant level, and how it is sold. Training will include field training, training in the purchasing office, and training at the sawmill level. A trainee will also be responsible for assisting buyers and coordinators as instructed.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
  • Learn about the products we purchase and how they are manufactured
  • Identifies, researches, and resolves purchase order problems and opportunities
  • Become knowledgeable in the departmental markets. Freely offer opinions and encourage feedback on market, buying strategies, and departmental concerns
  • Know and become comfortable with department programs including VMIs, including updating weekly contract PO with pricing
  • Provide plants with accurate and complete purchase order information
  • Advise others in the department of possible issues, lateness, discrepancies, and inaccurate acknowledgments
  • Performs other duties as required
  • Prepares various reports as required
  • Learn how the material is processed at the plant level
  • Help in the developmental stage of new product sourcing
  • A Buyer Trainee’s primary responsibility will be to learn the following:
  • Communicating thoughts on market conditions to purchasing and when directed to the field
  • Claim to handle and problem-solving with assistance from Department Manager
  • Assisting the department when needed with buying products and plant service
  • Interact with Transportation and Accounting Departments
  • Adhere to all UFP policies, procedures, and guidelines
  • Have an awareness of plant inventory needs at all times and the confidence to buy those needs as the market may dictate, even when orders are not in the system
  • All other duties assigned by the Department Manager
  • Enter and check for complete and accurate information in mill acknowledgments
  • Updating and expediting purchase orders
  • Assist in developing and monitoring supplier programs
  • Handling inquiries from the field
  • Learn how products are transported from the mill to our facilities or customers
  • Creates and maintains spreadsheets, reports, and other documents for the department as needed
  • Learn how to function in our system, ie. Creating updating orders, tracing loads, etc.
  • Help with coordination with transportation groups, and transportation issues
  • Learn how the material is sold at the plant level
  • Interact with plants to insure quality service
  • Able to provide plants with market information
  • Develops comprehensive knowledge of Company products and procedures through on-the-job training activities
  • Fill in for buyers or others in the department when they are out of the office
  • Learn the role of the buyer
Qualifications
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, Outlook, and other software for business applications
  • Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline or equivalent preferred or 4 years of work experience.

The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.