Purchasing Clerk

RRD is a leading global provider of marketing, packaging, print, and supply chain solutions that elevate engagement across the complete customer journey. The company offers the industry’s most trusted portfolio of creative execution and world-wide business process consulting, with services designed to lower environmental impact. With 22,000 clients, including 93% of the Fortune 100, and 32,000 employees across 28 countries, RRD brings the expertise, execution, and scale designed to transform customer touchpoints into meaningful moments of impact.

Job Description

Maintain proper inventory levels of supplies and materials required for production. Ensure waste is properly disposed of according to recycling and/or disposal protocol. Responsibilities:

• Execute order placement and issuance of POs in accordance with policies/procedures
• Responsible for timely blocked invoice resolution and avoidance in alignment with best practices.
• Participates in Sourcing process improvement initiatives including project planning and implementation under planned timetables and supervision
• Delivers appropriate communication to internal/external stakeholders to meet the needs of Operations.
• Collaborates with the Sourcing Commodity Manager to communicate purchasing category best practices
• Collaborates with internal partners to communicate utilization of preferred suppliers
• Under supervision uses data to conduct price & cost analysis to drive savings
• Participates in and conducts negotiations on smaller-scale projects to achieve department objectives
• Partners with Operations and Commodity Manager to resolve contractual issues
• Works with internal partners to ensure supplier contribution and performance requirements are met
• Participates in the implementation of training, policy, and procedure materials
• Ability to participate on cross-functional teams across functional boundaries
• Performs other related duties and participates in special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED preferred with 5 or more years relevant work experience
• Requires knowledge of general administrative and manufacturing operations procedures and knowledge of job specific processes key to successfully execute and complete the duties of the job.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills sufficient to accomplish work by established deadlines.
• Strong knowledge of required information systems, including materials tracking systems, storage and retrieval systems, inventory control systems and applicable reporting systems which may include spreadsheets, databases and other materials receipt and usage systems.
• Requires knowledge of price and cost analysis. Experience in influencing and persuading stakeholders and suppliers and some experience with supplier management

Additional Information

The pay range for this role at the noted location is $20.90 - $25.00 / hour. The actual rate of pay offered may vary based upon, but not limited to: education, skills, experience, proficiency, performance, shift, and location. In addition to base salary, depending on the role, the total compensation package may also include, overtime, shift differential, call-in, and stand-by pay. RRD offers benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, disability insurance, 401(k) with match, life insurance and other voluntary supplemental insurance coverages, plus tuition assistance, maternity leave, adoption assistance, and employer/partner discounts.

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