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Job Details

Summary of Role: 
Under limited supervision, responsible for sourcing and negotiating pricing and terms and conditions for Purchase orders, contracts and blanket orders required for various commodities, supplies and services.
 

Responsibilities:

• Source possible suppliers and contractors for goods and services. Negotiate, place and expedite MRO orders with suppliers.
• Receives, evaluates and processes the purchase requisitions for contract services, capital equipment, RO's and inventory material, following established company policies and procedures. Generate purchase contracts and blanket orders.
• Maintain Purchasing's record database (JDE System) integrity.
• Assist in design and implementation of new systems (i.e. New JDE Release, Corporate Purchasing Card Implementation, Minority Supplier Program, EDI, Electronic Requisitioning, etc.)
• Perform special projects to identify cost opportunities and savings.
• Participative Role in the design/implementation and monitoring of the supplier partnership programs.
• Develops new practices and procedures.
• Interact with Quality/Manufacturing/Engineering to develop specifications for new equipment/goods.
• Be creative when problems arise and find solutions within common business and manufacturing practices.
• Maintain purchasing documentation to cGMP standards.
• Serve as backup for the MRO Category Manager, whenever necessary.
• Assist in conducting supplier audits and visits and provide inputs to audit team Perform periodic audits of Purchasing's contracts and records.
• Resolve discrepancies that arise from purchase orders, impacting areas such as Receiving and Finance.
• Monitor and coordinate returns of goods.
• Expediting of Purchase Orders.
• Attend departmental meetings and others such as Operations/Production meetings, Procurement Staff meetings, Logistics Meetings, as required.

Shift: Administrative
 

Location: Juncos, PR 

Education: High school/GED AND 4 years of directly related work experience OR Associate’s AND 2 years years of directly related work experience OR Bachelor’s AND 6 months years of directly related work experience OR Master's
 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience in management of Requisitions PO conversion per SAP Report .
• Experience in Raw Materials Planning
• Experience in Rapid Response (nice to have)
• SAP experience
• Manage supplier communication and escalation regarding: PO delivery postponement, past due / missed orders, PO quantity discrepancies, closing balances, missing documents COA / packing list.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Experience participating in projects.
• Knowledge in Smartsheet and any other reporting for metrics. (Nice to have)

Skills:

• Fully Bilingual.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Computer literate.
• Good oral and written communication skills.

This position is for a fixed term contract supporting one of ECHO Consulting Group (A Cencora company) partners on site at their facility.

What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora

Full time

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email hrsc@cencora.com. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned

Affiliated Companies

Affiliated Companies: Echo Consulting Group Inc