Purchasing Specialist I in Libertyville, Illinois at BCI Acrylic

100% On-Site Role

Summary
Under the direction of the Procurement Manager, the Purchasing Specialist I executes day-to-day procurement activities that support uninterrupted material availability while maintaining purchasing data integrity, supplier communications, and operational excellence. The Purchasing Specialist I supports procurement and manufacturing by executing purchase orders, following up with suppliers, maintaining ERP systems, and coordinating cross-functionally to improve material availability, inventory accuracy, operational efficiency, and overall customer satisfaction. Purchasing Specialist I

• Review MRP recommendations and create purchase orders to support production and inventory requirements.
• Maintain purchase orders including revisions, cancellations, quantity changes, and delivery schedule updates.
• Obtain supplier order acknowledgments and verify pricing, quantities, lead times, and promised delivery dates.
• Monitor open purchase orders, expedite critical materials, and communicate delivery status to internal stakeholders.
• Support material availability by identifying potential shortages and escalating supply risks to the leadership.
• Maintain supplier purchasing data, including pricing, lead times, order parameters, and ERP purchasing records.
• Coordinate with Suppliers, Manufacturing, Inventory Control, Receiving, Engineering, Quality, and Finance to resolve purchasing-related issues.
• Assist with inventory replenishment activities, purchasing investigations, and inventory discrepancy resolution.
• Support ERP implementations, system testing, data cleanup, and purchasing process compliance initiatives.
• Utilize Microsoft Excel, ERP systems, and purchasing reports to support procurement visibility and decision-making.
• Identify and recommend continuous improvement opportunities that improve purchasing efficiency, data accuracy, and supplier responsiveness.
• Provide project-based purchasing, reporting, analytics, and administrative support for the Inventory and Procurement leadership.
• Develop professional working relationships with suppliers while providing excellent internal customer service.
• Perform additional duties as assigned in support of Procurement and manufacturing operations.

Experience and/or Education

• 0–2 years of experience in purchasing, manufacturing, inventory, customer service, or another operations-related environment.
• A bachelor’s degree is preferred in Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, or another area dealing with data or numbers.
• Ability to analyze and solve problems.
• Ability to prepare routine administrative paperwork.
• Clerical work, high level of computer literacy, including Word, Excel, and Outlook

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties and responsibilities of this position, the employee will be sitting at a desk 90% of the time. Specific vision requirements for this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee works in an office environment. The noise level in the work environment is consistent with normal office noise levels.
Bath Concepts Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer