Purchase Associate

Role Overview: As a Purchase Associate, your primary responsibility will be to complete the Purchasing responsibilities of the job start process. You will be tasked with maintaining starts tracking tools to report progress, developing and maintaining catalogs, managing vendor contracts and insurance, as well as maintaining the vendor and purchasing portal. Additionally, you will be involved in item and bid pricing, reviewing vendor contracts and insurance documents for completeness, setting up vendors in JDE, and conducting feature management & options analysis. Key Responsibilities: - Complete the Purchasing responsibilities of the job start process - Maintain starts tracking tools to report progress - Develop and maintain catalogs - Manage vendor contracts and insurance - Maintain vendor and purchasing portal - Handle item and bid pricing - Review vendor contracts and insurance documents for completeness - Set up vendors in JDE - Conduct feature management & options analysis Qualifications Required: - Strong command of verbal and written English language - Ability to hold other Team Members and vendors accountable to policies and requirements - Highly organized to manage many tasks and interactions - Driven to exceed expectations and beat deadlines - Values process and looks for better ways to accomplish business goals - Team player who jumps in to help anywhere needed to help Team reach business goals, and understands their role in the big picture business process,