Star Snax is a family owned, rapidly growing Tortilla Chip Manufacturer with a Blue Chip list of customers. Star Snax is known for an excellent work/life balance with plenty of opportunity for advancement.

Star Snax has an excellent opportunity for an EXPERIENCED Maintenance Purchasing Agent at our Conover, NC facility. Prior experience in purchasing parts for mechanical equipment and contacts that you can leverage to get the best price paid at the highest quality.

The individual in this position ensures that required machinery parts and services are purchased at the lowest cost to the company without compromising quality or internal timelines. This entails developing forecasts, locating, developing and managing competent suppliers, and purchasing strategies, and appropriate inventory levels to support production needs for the plant.

Essential Job Functions:

• Manage requisition process to ensure all orders are properly approved prior to processing order request.
• Responsible for creating Purchase Orders for maintenance department for the plant
• Order Parts, Equipment, and Supplies
• Communicate with Maintenance Management and Maintenance Clerks on ordering issues
• Negotiate with suppliers to achieve best pricing/quality/ service for lowest cost in coordination with plants
• Enter all purchase order data in Maintenance TRX purchasing system
• Ensure that all data is current in Maintenance CMMS
• Review the open order report to verify accuracy
• Reporting open order cost to the Maintenance Manager
• Assist on sending the Parts Usage Inventory Report to the Maintenance Manager
• Ensure accounting system and Maintenance CMMS are accurate
• Reporting to assist in inventory management
• Responsible for reporting issues related to Food Packaging safety or quality.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Must have a valid driver’s license.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Excellent attention to detail, time management and organizational skills
• Highly motivated self-starter who is willing to implement new processes and ideas with minimal supervision
• Ability to carry out essential duties and responsibilities efficiently, within safety guidelines
• Strong computer skills working knowledge of Word, Excel, Power Point and Projects
• Able to identify parts and determine if they are acceptable and/or match for required application
• Ability to communicate (both verbally and written) in English

Physical Demands of the job:

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 of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

Work environment characteristics 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 of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Benefits:

• Generous paid vacation and paid sick days.
• 7 Paid Holidays.
• Group health, dental, life and disability. Supplemental insurance policies are available for selection

To Apply:

Please forward your cover letter, resume and salary requirements for consideration.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Conover, NC 28613 (required)

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• * Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Projects: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: One location

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $40,000.00 - $55,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• On call

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Conover, NC 28613: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Procurement: 3 years (Required)
• Purchasing: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: One location

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