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Quoting and Procurement Specialist
Columbus, OH
Job Summary
As our Quoting and Procurement Specialist, you'll bring a combination of procurement, sales, customer service, and inventory management skills to your role. You will have knowledge of computer hardware/software, as well as the ability to communicate well and in a professional manner with internal employees and external clients and vendors. As part of the Quoting & Procurement team, you will proactively research and offer solutions to needs that are raised, as well as offer ideas for process improvement.
Responsibilities (including, but not limited to):
- Communicate with clients about hardware/software requirements
- Provide quotes for product that meet clients’ requirements
- Process orders, including placing orders with vendors and distributors and sending order to internal departments for invoicing
- Provide post-order support, such as providing orders updates and facilitating returns
- Communicate with internal teams about incoming orders
- Maintain storage room, including general organization/cleanliness and receiving incoming shipments
- Maintain and update inventory system of internal hardware, periodically auditing hardware inventory
- Place re-stock orders with suppliers, as well as negotiate pricing with suppliers
- Assist with allocating hardware for both internal and external projects / requests
- Coordinate periodic pickups with hardware recycling company to dispose decommissioned hardware
- Communicate with internal teams about stock shortage and/or delays
- Occasional lifting of packages and related inventory hardware (up to 50lbs)
- Schedule and prep hardware that needs to be delivered via courier or Fedex
Skills
- Basic understanding of computer hardware, components and software
- Prior experience working within software systems a plus (ConnectWise, Microsoft Office Suite)
- Organized, personable, and detail-oriented.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Must be able to multitask
- Process oriented and able to both take direction and suggest improvements when appropriate
- A great attitude and a willingness to learn from and contribute to our Procurement Team
- Must be both a team oriented collaborator as well as someone able to work individually and take
initiative - Must be able to work with a diverse array of employees
- Professional demeanor
Qualifications
- HS diploma
- 2-4 years sales or customer service experience
- 2-4 years procurement/inventory management experience
- 2-4 years experience working in an office environment
- Ability to commute on a hybrid basis to our Columbus office
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