Purchasing Assistant

Why You'll Love Schaedler Yesco Distribution:

At Schaedler Yesco Distribution, we've been illuminating the electrical industry since 1924! As a family- and employee-owned company, we take pride in providing innovative solutions and exceptional customer service. With 29 locations across Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York, we provide comprehensive solutions in lighting, datacomm, automation, and industrial services.

What Sets Us Apart are our Core Values:

• Commitment to Integrity
• Teamwork
• Accountability
• Profitability

Where we work hard and go home happy!

Electrifying Benefits:

• Health Coverage: Choose from 2 PPO options for Medical, Dental, Vision, and RX-coverage kicks in just 60 days after the 1st of the month!
• 401K with company match.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA).
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP): Become a stakeholder in our success!
• Quarterly bonuses.
• Company-paid disability and life insurance.
• Generous paid holidays and paid time off accruing.
• Opportunities for continuing education and professional development.

Summary/ Objective:

The Purchasing Assistant's primary objective is to support the purchasing teams' mission of managing our largest physical asset, our inventory, and to ensure that the correct product quantity and mix is available in the distribution centers and at branch locations. The Purchasing Assistant will use their organizational skills to assist the entire team with routine product maintenance, PO maintenance, PO expedites, PO variances, and our warehouse team on shipping issues. They will also be responsible for working with our VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) lines.

Essential Functions:

• Monitor/update Product Buy Lines, Vendor Files, and Products as necessary
• With input from the Sales Department and Purchasing Manager, analyze product activity and change product status (stock/non-stock) accordingly
• Purchase products in ways that maximize profitability and support the Affiliated Distributors (AD) network: GMROI, turns analysis, discounts, and forward buying opportunities
• Review and act on data within your daily, weekly, and periodic reports
• Review and act on various queues like the PO expedite, Return Goods, PO review, PO variance and others
• Establish solid working relationships with AD, Vendors, Rep Agencies, and Sales team
• Check and respond to e-mails, voice mail and Eclipse messages continually throughout the day
• Seek out and attend appropriate internal and external training
• High degree of attention to detail
• Meet all deadlines
• Work within a team environment
• Adhere to, support, and promote SYD values, Integrity, Profitability, Accountability, and Teamwor

Competencies:

• Understand assigned products/product lines, their applications and similar products
• Strong analytical and computer skill (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint) mandatory
• Well-developed oral and written communication skills necessary as well
• Prior experience with purchasing, inventory, or distribution systems is preferred, as is experience in a wholesale environment

Supervisory Responsibility:

• This position is not a supervisory role and does not have any direct reports.

Work Environment:

This job operates primarily in an office setting with the balance of the time split between visiting various job sites, customer sites, branches/warehouses, and attending meetings. This position requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, internet, smart phones, and photocopiers.

Mental Demands:

• Able to gather information, use logic to analyze information and adapt well in a fast-paced environment
• Problem solving skills

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to learn, grow, and adapt to change
• Ability and willingness to work collaboratively
• Self-motivated with strong problem-solving ability
• Willingness to give and receive constructive criticism
• Ability to analyze workload and establish priorities with time sensitive deadlines
• Ability to make sound decisions and see buy-in from others

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have:

• the ability to stand, walk for moderately long distances, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) weight up to 50lbs
• Ability to use a keyboard and type proficiently
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Travel:

This position does not include overnight travel. You will be expected to travel one to times a year.

Clearances and Certifications:

• Background check is required
• U.S. Citizenship or U.S. Permanent Resident status required.

Education and Experience:

• Prior experience with purchasing, inventory, or distribution systems is preferred, as is experience in a wholesale environment

Other Duties:

*Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.