Job Overview
Employment Type
Full-time
Compensation
Type:
Hourly
Rate:
Range $23.00 - $30.00
Benefits
remote work flexibility
competitive hourly wage
Opportunity for advancement
Comprehensive training programs
Collaborative global team environment
Access to cutting-edge technology tools
Supportive work culture promoting work-life balance
Job Description
1840 & Company is a global leader in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and remote talent solutions, dedicated to advancing business success by connecting companies with a world-class freelance professional network. The company operates across more than 150 countries, delivering exceptional outsourcing services with a focus on flexibility, efficiency, and high-quality results. Headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, USA, 1840 & Company also maintains service delivery facilities in strategic locations such as the Philippines, India, Ukraine, South Africa, and Argentina. This placement ensures a wide talent reach and the ability to support clients around the clock, reinforcing their mission of empowering businesses... Show More
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, finance, accounting, or related field
- Minimum 5-year relevant experience in consumer products or international purchasing
- Experience managing international shipments including ocean and air freight
- Proven track record in cost-saving initiatives within consumer-packaged goods
- Excellent organizational, communication, and customer service skills
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Proficiency with ERP systems such as NetSuite
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Advanced skills in MS Office tools
- Knowledge of Incoterms preferred
- Bonus for communication skills in Chinese
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, finance, accounting, or related field
- Minimum 5-year experience in consumer products with potential to advance within international purchasing
- Experience handling international shipments via ocean freight and air freight
- Proven success leading major cost savings initiatives and cross-functional teams within consumer-packaged goods companies
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, results-oriented matrix environment
- Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy
- Exceptional organizational and time-management skills
- Skilled in planning and managing multiple tasks
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- ERP system experience, particularly NetSuite
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite including Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams
- Knowledge of Incoterms is preferred
- Communication skills in Chinese is a bonus
Job Duties
- Creating purchasing orders and procuring company goods and services based on an approved budget
- Manage and maintain database of invoices, quote requests, vendor/supplier contracts, and updating it as needed
- Reviewing all purchase-related documents for errors before it is sent to the accounting department
- Tracking and maintaining the status of orders and reporting any delivery issues to affected supervisors
- Analyze purchasing cycle to identify opportunities to drive operational efficiencies and holistic cost reductions
- Responding to emergency requests and expediting orders as needed
- Adjust orders to optimize shipments
- Coordinate inbound logistics of products, documents, duty, and delivery
- Support Supplier Relationship Management and facilitate and lead supplier commodity reviews for strategic suppliers
- Identify and engage with engineering, operations, marketing, sales, and quality teams to understand commodity requirements and ensure supply base alignment
- Understand commodities for supply chain operations specifically finished goods and material and report to the supply chain manager in the production department
- Support the development and implementation of advantaged purchasing strategies
- Ensure compliance with international purchasing policies and controls maintaining high integrity and ethics
- Manage lean end-to-end inbound supply chain across company
- Partner with quality team on resolution of quality/recall issues
- Collaborate with production team, suppliers, designing team, and marketing team on product launches
- Partner with freight forwarder and finance on supplier freight and pricing reconciliations and pricing submissions
- Create monthly and annual purchase reports for management review
- Liaise with product development, sales, CSR, and marketing teams informing them of product availability and delivery dates
- Ensure delivery dates on the system are accurate and updated
- Meet daily departmental reporting requirements
- Oversee daily workflow and schedules of the department
- Handle factory drop-ship sales and private label sales from factory to customers
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