As a Purchasing Specialist you will partner with a Buyer to manage a large portfolio of direct material suppliers. Your focus will be on timely order execution, resolving receiving and invoice discrepancies, supporting escalated customer service issues, and maintaining accurate item and supplier data. This role requires strong communication, negotiation, ERP proficiency, and a action-oriented mindset

**This is a Hybrid Position (Monday/Friday Remote)**

**Key Responsibilities:**

+ Item Creation and Maintenance - Enter new item creation codes into the system, determine if items should be stocked or special order, negotiate order minimums with suppliers.
+ Resolve Customer Service Issue Escalations - Working with customer service to create standard procedures for common issues and implement within customer service to empower first call resolution and reduce the number of EPOSTs.
+ Resolve Distribution Center Receiving Discrepancies - Work with DC, supplier...