Title: | Purchasing Assistant |
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ID: | 201041 |
Department: | Maintenance |
Location: | Abilene, KS |
Classification: | N/A |
Status: | Full-Time |
At Russell Stover, not only do we love chocolate, but we love our jobs! Every day we go to work exhibiting our values of excellence, innovation, entrepreneurship, responsibility, and collaboration. Working at Russell Stover you’ll be part of the leading manufacturer of boxed, seasonal, and sugar-free chocolates. For over 100 years, Russell Stover Chocolates, Whitman’s, and Pangburn’s have been crafted with the finest ingredients to bring happiness to generations. Today, we produce over 55 million pounds of chocolate annually, and our legacy brands can be found in 13 company-owned stores and over 9,000 wholesale accounts. Join our team and let’s continue making chocolate lovers happy!
A day in the life…
As a Purchasing Assistant, you are responsible for communication to the purchasing agent and management in the facility. You will handle purchasing for all departments and negotiating for pricing and delivery. You will also be responsible for inventory counts and accuracy of inventory managed by the assistant.
What you will be doing…
- Analyzing inventory to place orders from vendors
- Process maintenance orders
- Research cost alternatives to get the best pricing
- Inventory non-production items weekly
- Roll over inquiries
- Order laundry service each week
- Send orders through management approval stages
- Work with supervisors and employees on their needs
- Monitor all orders for delivery, past due and quantities
- SAP expert
- Verifying packing lists and filing
- Order office supplies for entire plant
- Balance credit card statements
- Manage shoe program and place shoes as needed
- Help with receptionist duties when needed
- Assist with special projects
- Work with warehouses on receiving supplies for non-production items
- Ship outs for Fed Ex and other carriers
- Other duties as required
Do you have what it takes?
(Basic Qualifications)
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Previous experience not required
Do you stand above the rest?
(Preferred Qualifications)
- Excellent written, observational, and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work under minimal supervision.
- Extensive amount of independent thinking is required
- Must be able to lift 50 pounds at a time with help if needed
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office applications required (Excel, data entry and spreadsheets
- Use SAP functions to analyze business
- Work with vendors in a courteous, friendly and professional manner
What it’s like at the Russell Stover Plants
- Safety. Your safety is important to us, so we provide protective gear. We also go through an in-depth Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) training on your first day and continue to share safety tips daily.
- Surroundings. You’ll be working around different machines – Schubert’s, forklifts, electric pallet jacks, and chocolate candy banks/steels.
- Activity. Some activities may require standing in one place for long periods, walking around, or climbing stairs/ladders, and routinely lift 50 lbs.
- Temperature. You will be comfortable year-round with our climate-controlled environment. Our temperatures are consistently around 63°F but could fluctuate depending on your specific role.
- Smell. You will enjoy a variety of deliciously sweet aromas and you may end your day smelling like chocolate!
- Dress code. Relaxed, with a few rules to follow for food safety, personal safety and in guidance with our good manufacturing practices (GMP). Comfortable, closed-toe shoes are required. Leather, imitation leather, rubber boots or shoes must be worn in the kitchen and other areas when working around hot liquid/product or hot water.
At Russell Stover Chocolates, we don’t just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Russell Stover Chocolates is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.
We provide equal employment opportunities to all people without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, genetic information, military service, veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.
Employment by Russell Stover Chocolates is contingent upon I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, passing the urinalysis drug screen, education verification, and satisfactory reference and background checks.
Make Happy. Work Happy.