Value Added Distributors, LLC is looking for a driven, hardworking, and enthusiastic full-time Buyer Assistant to join our Transmotion team at our De Pere, WI location. The Buyer Assistant is responsible for and assists with the day-to-day purchasing activities that support the Purchasing Disciplines of the Value Added family of companies. Transmotion is growing and looking to add to their team. Hurry and apply now to work at this family-oriented company!

Pay: Around $17.00 per hour

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm (day shift)

Company Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k with employer matching, Vacation Pay, Holiday Pay, Funeral Leave Pay, Life Security, and more.

For 25 years, Value Added Distributors and our family of companies has been a leading provider of hydraulic components in the industrial marketplace. Headquartered in Wisconsin, we take pride in our midwestern work ethic and our team of employees, providing outstanding products and unparalleled service to our valued customers. Operating in eight states with eighteen locations throughout the mid-western, southern, and eastern United States, we utilize state of the art equipment and employ the newest techniques allowing us to offer advancement opportunities in a continually growing OEM landscape.

Position Duties/Essential Job Functions of the Buyer Assistant:

• Manage part number setup for purchased parts
• Manage vendor acknowledgments
• Enter requisition purchase order
• Ensure all purchase orders are acknowledged with correct pricing and appropriate lead time
• Assist with inventory control
• Manage company purchasing metrics
• Embrace continuous improvement.
• Organize and coordinate successful product returns
• Implement vendor pricing and implementation to help keep system pricing current
• Monitor freight reports “LTL / UPS”

Qualifications and Personal Attributes of the Buyer Assistant:

• One to two years’ similar work experience in purchased parts procurement
• Above average math skills
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Solid judgment and decision-making skills
• Ability to multi-task
• Computer proficiency and knowledge of Microsoft Office products, including Word and Excel
• Excellent customer communication
• Sense of urgency in fast-paced environment

Essential Physical/Mental Requirements of the Buyer Assistant:

• Interacting with employees, suppliers, or customers to meet position and business requirements.
• A majority of the time is spent working in an office environment with occasional and limited coordination of activities in a production facility.
• Lifting and/or carrying objects of 20-50 pounds.
• Using a keyboard to enter, retrieve or transform words or data.

De Pere Facility Street Address: 3473 Miners Way, De Pere, WI 54115

Transmotion (De Pere division) website: https://transmotion.us/

• Value Added Distributors website: https://vadtek.com/

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the person assigned to this position. This job description does not state or imply that the above are the only duties and responsibilities assigned to this position. Employees holding this position will be required to perform any other job-related duties as requested by the Company. All requirements are subject to modification at any time for any reason at the Company’s sole discretion.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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