Procurement Associate

KVK Tech is looking for a Procurement Associate to join our team in Newtown PA.

The Procurement Associate will procure designated materials, supplies, equipment for KVK Tech departments and facilities at optimum quality, price, and delivery

This position’s responsibilities will include, but not be limited to the following:

• Purchase’s inventory, consumables, and services in accordance with company policies
• Ensures best value is received on all purchase
• Communicate with vendors/suppliers for availability, ordering, price negotiation and order follow up
• Create purchase orders for all orders processed
• Ensures all needs of the facility are purchased so that business can run efficiently with minimal downtime
• Generates purchase orders based on reorder points set in inventory management system
• Periodically reviews reorder points to ensure they are adequate
• Recommends promotional, seasonal, and opportunistic buys outside the reorder points
• Uses all resources available to ensure just in time inventory whenever possible
• Works with warehouse and retail management team to ensure adequate stocking space
• Selects which suppliers the company will work with and initiates relationship
• Maintains vendor relationships ensuring best pricing and order preference is received
• Coordinate both domestic and international shipments with various freight companies
• Stays current in the industry and ensures facilities are stocked with innovative products in demand by our customers
• Reviews turns and eliminates stock before inventory trends are down
• Minimizes obsolete and clearance inventory through quick response to market trends
• Provides analytics to management
• Knowledge of company’s mission, purpose, and goals
• Ability to operate office equipment in a safe and effective manner – telephones, computer, printer, fax, scanner.
• Learning how the Purchasing Department runs
• Processing in Syspro
• Sourcing and procuring raw material, packaging components, information, and any relative documents for new drug products in the most efficient manner.
• Coordinating with members of the R&D department to ensure their requests are satisfied in a timely manner.
• Managing any related information for new drug products.
• Other duties as required or delegated

Benefits Include:

401(k) with matching

Health, Vision, Dental Insurance

Childcare Scholarship

Tuition Reimbursement

Bonus Pay + Merit Increases

Paid Time Off

Flexible Holidays

We are looking for applicants with:

• Associates or Bachelor’s degree in Business preferred
• Strong reading, writing, and communication skills required
• Must be able to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment
• Self-motivated & exceptional organizational skills
• Ability and willingness to work cooperatively with others
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and telephone protocol
• High degree of discretion dealing with confidential information

Physical demand and Work Environment:

a. Physical demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to walk, sit, and use hands to finger, handle or feel tools or controls, reach with hands and arms, balance, stoop, crouch, bend, talk and hear. The employee must lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

KVK Tech is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other protected status.

We encourage you to apply if you feel that you are a match! We look forward to hearing from you.