Purchasing Coordinator
- Direct-hire
- Beaverton, OR
- Hybrid (Wednesday and Friday mornings onsite)
- Lumber Trading
What you should know: The Purchasing Coordinator plays a key role in keeping the purchasing and supply chain process running smoothly, partnering closely with sales teams, international suppliers, and freight forwarders. This is a highly detail-oriented position that combines purchasing, logistics coordination, reporting, and administrative support. The role offers a strong opportunity for growth, with the potential to take on expanded purchasing responsibilities, vendor management, and negotiation duties over time. Success in this role requires someone who is proactive, adaptable, organized, customer-service focused, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
A day in the life:
- Issue and revise purchase orders accurately using both MS Excel and MS Access
databases. - Monitor and track shipments from departure to delivery to ensure on-time arrival,
communicating promptly and clearly between US sales teams, international suppliers, and freight forwarders. - Perform diverse clerical and administrative tasks as needed to support daily operations, including creating monthly purchasing report, weekly open orders, and managing inspection reports and vendor certifications.
- Adapt quickly to changing priorities and demonstrate high flexibility in a fast-paced
environment. - Considered for expanded purchasing duties based on performance, including vendor relationship maintenance, handling inquiries between vendors and sales, monitoring inventory and sales projections, cost calculation and comparison, price negotiation, order confirmation, and troubleshooting purchase-related issues and quality claim negotiation.
Your areas of knowledge and expertise:
- Bachelor’s in Business, Supply Chain, or related field
- 1+ years in purchasing role is preferred but not required
- Intermediate MS Excel skills
Compensation and Benefits: $28-$32/hour plus benefits!
Mulberry Talent Partners is dedicated to connecting exceptional talent with exciting opportunities. By applying for this position, you will also be considered for other open positions within our network. If you are already part of our community, we encourage you to reach out directly to one of our recruiters regarding any specific roles that catch your eye!
