Innophos is recruiting for a Purchasing Associate who creates and reviews purchase orders for the acquisition of materials and indirect services. Researches and communicates with suppliers to obtain prices, specifications, and onboarding information. Provides routine administrative support.

This position has a hybrid schedule available of 3x/week in office and 2x/week remote, located at our sites in either North Salt Lake, UT or East Hanover, NJ.

Key Responsibilities

• Consults and researches internet resources and catalogs to find suppliers and obtain prices and specifications.
• Prepares purchase order from requisitions and MRP reports using MRP system. Follows up on approval process as needed. Communicates POs to the supplier and department originating request.
• Builds relationships with suppliers. Uses relationships with suppliers to ensure that company is able to obtain the materials needed in the right quantity, of the right quality and the right time.
• Collects pertinent information for formal vendor onboarding.
• Guides internal stakeholders on how to follow purchasing policies and procedures
• Files and maintains vendor documents using internal database software.
• Works with receiving and accounts payable to equitably resolve differences between invoices, PO, and delivery receipts. Proactively develops processes to ensure timely movement of accounts payable.
• Works with production, quality, warehouse, customer service and other departments to optimize raw material and other required supplies to ensure on time delivery and quality material.
• Assists Sr Buyer or Supply Chain manager in keeping records required to maintain actual costs in the ERP system
• Uses supplier confirmations to keep MRP and open PO files/systems up to date on expected delivery dates. Schedules shipments and tracks them as required.
• Uses MRP system to maintain and run reports of items purchased or transferred between departments, prices, deliveries, and inventories.
• Uses MRP system to track order timeliness from suppliers, follows up on all late deliveries and keeps dates in system as current as possible. Confers with suppliers concerning late deliveries.
• Compares prices delivery dates from approved suppliers.
• Works with other Purchasing Associates as a team. Senior Buyer may direct much of Purchasing Associate work and areas of emphasis as agreed upon with Supply Chain Director.
• Works with suppliers, carriers and receiving to resolve material damage issues and/or quality of material issues.

Required Education and Experience

• Associates or Bachelors degree in Business, Finance, or Supply Chain
• 3 to 5 years of related experience may be substituted for a degree

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong grasp of mathematics and unit of measure conversion
• Basic understanding business and accounting principles
• Aptitude to learn MRP and Quality Software (JDE & LIMS) systems
• Experience with Excel, Word and Outlook

About Innophos

Innophos is a leading international producer of specialty ingredient solutions that deliver far-reaching, versatile benefits for the food, health, nutrition and industrial markets. We leverage our expertise in the science and technology of blending and formulating phosphate, mineral and botanical based ingredients for our customers.

Our people are the heart of our organization and the foundation of our success. We are driven by our core values of safety, diversity, integrity and collaboration.

Headquartered in Cranbury, New Jersey, Innophos has manufacturing operations across the United States, in Canada, Mexico and China and sells into over 70 countries.