Position Details: Inbound Freight/Associate Buyer

Description:

Ensures policies and procedures are followed in a consistent manner and that all customers, vendors and associates are served promptly in a courteous, professional manner.  This position communicates with all levels in the organization regarding fiber needs, material receipt, quality, invoices, notices and updates.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Follows all company policies and procedures.
• Frequently interacts with freight and fiber brokers.
• Prices wastepaper, virgin, dip.
• Enters purchase orders, tons, and grades to vendors.
• Enters numbers into Tracker database to release loads to wastepaper vendor.
• Understands wastepaper grades and has ability to grade wastepaper.
• Communicates with wastepaper brokers to understand and react to market conditions and paper opportunities.
• Responsible for fiber purchase and management, warehouse movements, quality issues for incoming fiber and logistics of fiber and wet lap.
• Responsible for inbound freight associated with fiber procurement.
• Negotiates freight rates with carriers and books carrier loads.
• Traces late loads, updating system daily.
• Ensures the inventory of all wastepaper, wetlap and work-in-process material are accurate using the company inventory control system (Tracker).
• Communicates fluctuation in wastepaper purchases to ensure adequate space is available at warehouses to support appropriate fiber levels.
• Manages inventory levels at FRP and outside warehouse and facilitates transfer between when necessary.
• Works closely with accounting to match receipts of services and materials with invoices and follows established procedures. Writes purchase orders and places orders.
• Protects information of a confidential nature.
• Serves as a backup in the absence of the Fiber Procurement Manager.
• This position may require travel.
• Assigned to special projects as needed.

Additional Responsibilities

• Monthly inventory: reconcile and report to accounts.
• Reviews rejectable or questionable material, sends photos, samples, and communicates with Fiber Procurement Manager.
• Reviews and reconciles bale counts from wastepaper truck unloading, daily usage, and remaining bay inventory.
• Matches bills of lading with scale tickets, ensures correct entering into Tracker.
• Authorizes freight bills to accounting.
• Matches freight bills with bills of lading, scale tickets, and unloading report from Accounting.
• Works closely with FRP Process Area Leader in regard to maintaining files and monitoring procedures are followed.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Qualification Requirements, Education, Skills and /or Experience:

• 1-3 years’ experience in a buyer/procurement role or equivalent
• Experience with direct purchase of wastepaper a plus
• Excellent problem solving skills with attention to details
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Must be self-motivated and able handle several tasks at the same time while setting priorities to accomplish goals
• Excellent communication skills: listening, resolving conflict, maintaining a pleasant but professional level of interaction
• Must be able to work in a team setting and change priorities without becoming frustrated