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<p><strong>Summary:</strong></p>
<p>The Purchasing Agent for Fabricated/Engineering Equipment plays a crucial role in sourcing, negotiating, and procuring high-quality equipment required for the client’s operations. This position involves identifying reliable suppliers, obtaining competitive prices, managing vendor relationships, and ensuring the timely delivery of materials while maintaining cost-efficiency and quality standards. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) have been established to measure and drive success in this role.</p>
<p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong><br />Supplier Sourcing and Selection:
<ul>
<li>Research and identify potential suppliers of fabricated/engineering equipment.</li>
<li>Evaluate supplier capabilities, quality standards, and capacity to meet the company's needs.</li>
<li>Establish a network of reliable vendors capable of providing required equipment within specified timelines.</li>
</ul>
<p>Price negotiation:
<ul>
<li>Negotiate pricing, terms, and contracts with suppliers to ensure favorable terms for the company.</li>
<li>Obtain competitive quotes and analyze cost structures to achieve cost savings without compromising quality. </li>
</ul>
<p>Vendor Management:
<ul>
<li>Develop and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, fostering open communication and collaboration.</li>
<li>Monitor supplier performance, addressing any issues that arise, such as delays, quality concerns, or deviations from specifications.</li>
<li>Continuously assess and improve procurement processes to enhance efficiency and reduce lead times.</li>
</ul>
<p>Purchase Order Processing:
<ul>
<li>Prepare and process purchase orders in accordance with company policies and procedures.</li>
<li>Ensure accuracy of order details, quantities, pricing, and delivery schedules.</li>
</ul>
<p>Quality Assurance:
<ul>
<li>Work closely with quality assurance teams to establish and enforce quality standards for purchased equipment.</li>
<li>Conduct supplier audits and inspections to ensure compliance with specifications.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Preferred Skills and Expertise:</strong><br /> 
<ul>
<li>
<ul>
<li>Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience), or </li>
<li>3+ Proven experience as a Purchasing Agent or similar role, preferably in the fabricated/engineering equipment industry, or</li>
<li>5+ years of experience in Procurement / purchasing within capital projects, renewable solar preferred</li>
<li>Strong negotiation skills with the ability to secure favorable terms and pricing.</li>
<li>Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for effective vendor relationship management.</li>
<li>Analytical mindset with the ability to assess cost structures, market trends, and supplier capabilities.</li>
<li>Proficiency in using procurement software and tools.</li>
<li>Attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining high-quality standards.</li>
<li>Problem-solving skills to address procurement and supplier-related challenges.</li>
<li>Familiarity with legal aspects of procurement contracts and agreements.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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Purchasing Agent

<h2>MOVING YOUR WORLD by focusing on your success:</h2>
<p>FUCHS offers a challenging and rewarding working environment where employees are encouraged to develop and grow.  We stand behind our core values: trust, creating value, respect, reliability, and integrity. Ours is a culture that fosters creativity and empowerment, values work/life balance, and gives you the freedom to excel. At FUCHS we aim to nurture your capabilities, ideas and career.</p>
<h2>Your areas of responsibility:</h2>
<p>The Inventory Manager reports to the VP of Supply Chain, and will play a vital role in the supply chain by ensuring optimal inventory levels to satiisfy both customer demand and Fuchs business metrics. These metrics include on-time delivery, monthly inventory value/ accuracy, and inventory turns. The Inventory Manager will be responsible for introducing best practices and leading process improvement initiatives to develop a more integrated supply chain. Essential responsibilities include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Designing and implementing a process for managing large number (1000+) customer specific stocking positions of salable product.</li>
<li>Developing approaches to optimize inventory through control policies and procedures</li>
<li>Working effectively with supply planning to ensure product stocking levels are adequate for all distribution channels can cover direct demand to customers.</li>
<li>Daily analytics of SAP reporting and decision-making in regards to inventory management.</li>
<li>Working effectively with cross-functional teams such as sales, expediting, product management, and operations to ensure the management of inventory.</li>
<li>Leading the U.S. teams on physical inventories at approximately 15 locations.</li>
<li>Managing inventory adjustments/ execution of dispositions in all plants and warehouses.</li>
<li>Co-leading the sku rationalization efforts with product management through analysis of data and financial viability of the sku‘s </li>
</ul>
<h2>Qualifications we are looking for:</h2>
<ul>
<li>Bachelor’s degree in an analytical-based field, such as accounting or engineering.</li>
<li>3-5 years‘ experience in inventory analysis and product planning.</li>
<li>2+ years‘ experience in a leadership role.</li>
<li>2+ years‘ experience with Inventory Management/ Warehouse Management ERP system. SAP strongly preferred. </li>
<li>Leadership skills to include coaching, mentoring, training, etc.</li>
<li>Excellent computer skills including Excel and Word including the ability to analyze large amounts of data and organize the information to make/implement changes to improve our processes. </li>
<li>Ability to openly communicate with all organizational levels. </li>
<li>Ability to travel occasionally (approximately 5-10%).</li>
</ul>
<h2>These are your benefits:</h2>
<p>Fuchs offers a challenging and rewarding working environment where employees are encouraged to develop and grow as professionals.  In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on projects that will expand your experience and challenge your abilities in the global marketplace.  The position also offers an excellent compensation package and a comprehensive suite of benefits.  </p>
<p>Fuchs Lubricants Co. is an equal employment opportunity (EEO)/AA employer and strongly supports diversity in the workplace (m/f/d/v).</p>
<p>Do you have any questions? Jerry Martinez (<a href="mailto:Jerry.Martinez@fuchs.com" target="_blank">Jerry.Martinez@fuchs.com</a>) will be more than happy to answer them!</p>


Inventory Manager

<h2>MOVING YOUR WORLD by focusing on your success:</h2>
<p>FUCHS offers a challenging and rewarding working environment where employees are encouraged to develop and grow.  We stand behind our core values: trust, creating value, respect, reliability, and integrity. Ours is a culture that fosters creativity and empowerment, values work/life balance, and gives you the freedom to excel. At FUCHS we aim to nurture your capabilities, ideas and career.</p>
<h2>Your areas of responsibility:</h2>
<p>The Supply Planner works out of our corporate office in Harvey, IL and reports to the Supply Chain Director. This individual will be responsible for successfully leading and communicating supply plan to production to achieve customer orders and/or stocking requirements Specific responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Review and analyze current open demand against demand plan (forecast) to create supply/production plan.</li>
<li>Supply/production plan developed by utilizing material lead times, stocking strategy requirements, production capability and requirements.</li>
<li>Co-Chairs the supply planning meeting.</li>
<li>Speaks to the inventory detail in the supply planning meeting.</li>
<li>Updates the inventory plan monthly – Utilizing a rolling 12+ month supply plan.</li>
<li>Key metric responsible for tracking and reporting; supply plan vs. actual performance, significant gaps identified and lead cor-rective action.</li>
<li>Primary contact for issues related to orders, inventory, and the supply planning process.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Qualifications we are looking for:</h2>
<ul>
<li>Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Business, Accounting, Engineering, or another related supply chain field.</li>
<li>2+ years of experience working in a production planning, inventory, or supply chain role preferred.</li>
<li>In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Excel with excellent quantitative and data analysis skills.</li>
<li>Team and people oriented, professional and displays a “can-do“ attitude.</li>
<li>ERP planning experience required, SAP preferred.</li>
</ul>
<h2>These are your benefits:</h2>
<p>Fuchs offers a challenging and rewarding working environment where employees are encouraged to develop and grow as profes-sionals.  In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on projects that will expand your experience and challenge your abilities in the global marketplace.  The position also offers an excellent compensation package and a comprehensive suite of benefits.  </p>
<p>Fuchs Lubricants Co. is an equal employment opportunity (EEO)/AA employer and strongly supports diversity in the workplace (m/f/d/v).</p>
<p>Do you have any questions? Jerry Martinez (<a href="mailto:Jerry.Martinez@fuchs.com" target="_blank">Jerry.Martinez@fuchs.com</a>) will be more than happy to answer them!</p>


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