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Purchasing Cost Assistant
1-800-Flowers
Melrose Park, IL, United States
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REQUIREMENTS:
• Prefer 4 year Bachelor's degree in business or related field
• 1-3 years of demonstrated work experience in a similar Purchasing role or related industry
• Familiar with Microsoft Office Products, intermediate Excel skills
Description
The Purchasing Cost Assistant closely works with the Director of Purchasing, Buyer and Associate Buyer to ensure vendor compliance across all aspects of the sourcing process including Social Compliance, Purchase Order Terms & Conditions and the DP Vendor Manual. Assist buyers with sampling, costing & tracking budged cost of materials purchased.
• Obtain and file signed purchase order acknowledgements as per SOX compliance
• Update landed cost in cost system for all sold items
• Update budgeted cost in BAAN each time PO is placed
• Maintain spreadsheets
◦ Artwork Proofs approvals
◦ Canada Bilingual products
◦ Organic products
◦ Gluten Free products
◦ Mexico compliant products
◦ Secondary Food Spreadsheet -- Entering new products & updating when replenishment is received
• Administrative
◦ Creating new vendor files
◦ Maintain and update supplier contact information database
◦ Filing of pricing forms for each supplier
◦ Matching and filing BOMs
◦ Create files for Show flyers
• Updating BAAN
◦ Update BAAN components with product class, product line and buyer.
◦ Creating new items (FODs), BOMs.
• Sample Room management
◦ Enters new products into secondary spreadsheet
◦ Reviews aisles to identify old items and trigger new sample orders
• Sample management --
◦ Ordering samples for replenishment, product development, and special requests
◦ Follow up on requests to ensure entire quantity received and delivered on time at no cost to Design Pac.
◦ Counting, labeling and organizing samples for special projects as needed
◦ Sample needs include, but not limited to:
# Costco multiple samples
# Sams pallet samples
# Easter samples for presentation
# Tasting samples as needed per customer
# Lab testing samples