Purchasing Assistant

Palm Harbor Homes

Posted 3 months ago

Full Time

Albany, Oregon

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The Purchasing Assistant is responsible for verifying vendor invoices, preparing purchase orders, and managing payments. They also assist with inventory cycle counts to ensure production teams have necessary materials.

Qualifications

You have prior work experience in purchasing, accounts payable, or costing, with a strong attention to detail. You are proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and possess excellent communication skills, with ERP knowledge being a plus.

Must Have Skills for ATS

Excel

ERP

Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Verify the accuracy of vendor invoices and confirm that the correct general ledger account codes are used.
  • Generate payment to vendors on a routine schedule and match the payment with backup for review by the assigned manager.
  • Prepare purchase orders or bid requests.
  • Prepares invoices for payment.
  • Verifies nomenclature and specifications of purchase requests.
  • Prepare purchase orders.
  • Computes total cost of items purchased.
  • Verifies bills from suppliers with purchase orders and forwards bills for payment.
  • Meets production requirements daily.
  • Assists with cycle counts of purchasing inventory, and with the heavier periodic plant inventory.
  • Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 

As the purchasing assistant, your work will ensure that our production teams have exactly what is needed when it is needed. This role makes sure Cavco can keep their promise to our customers both internal and externally. The candidate we are looking for will possess the following qualifications:

  • Prior work experience in purchasing, accounts payable, or costing.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, while maintaining efficiency.
  • Demonstrate a good work ethic based on principles of honesty and integrity.
  • Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Excell, ERP knowledge is a plus.
  • Willingness to learn and evolve within the Purchasing Department.

Palm Harbor Homes

Based in Dallas, Texas, Palm Harbor Homes is one of the nation's largest marketers of factory-built homes. Palm Harbor builds, sells, finances and insures the best built manufactured homes available today. Palm Harbor is part of the family of construction services companies owned by Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: CVCO) in Phoenix, Arizona. Palm Harbor sells its homes through company-owned superstores and independent retailers. Commercial modular development for work force housing, hospitality, medical, retail, office, dormitories and more is available through PHN Commercial. Cavco's insurance subsidiary, Standard Casualty, offers a wide range of insurance packages with a specialty in manufactured homes. Palm Harbor's Nationwide Homes subsidiary builds high-quality modular homes. And CountryPlace Mortgage, Cavco's finance subsidiary, offers a variety of financing options to suit any home buyer.
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