Maintenance Purchasing Coordinator

Position Title:

Maintenance Purchasing Coordinator 

Pay Rate: 

$60,200 - $80,300 (USCORE) 

Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range. Variable pay may provide additional opportunities for financial awards. This job is eligible to participate in IP’s annual incentive plan.

Category/Shift: 

Salaried Full-Time 

Physical Location:

Sealy Box Plant

1485 Silliman St

Sealy, TX 77474

The Job You Will Perform: 

• Provides leadership and coordinates daily purchasing, inventory, and work-order parts activities of the Maintenance Department.

• Manages and maintains a single, site-wide parts and tool inventory and coordinates and manages routine service contractors. 

• Determines material needs for repairs, research options, obtain pricing, utilize the SAP system to create a requisition, and receive material in SAP upon receipt of invoices. 

• Coordinate purchasing, inventory, and work order parts administration activities of the Maintenance Department and responsibility for maintaining and accuracy of the Kit-N-Deliver process and area.

• Utilizes Proc-OPS for sourcing and to create PO’s.

• Source material available locally and will purchase needed material using a Pcard, maintain purchase records, and reconcile the P-card following corporate requirements. 

• Inspects all maintenance materials and services upon delivery to the Maintenance Department. 

• Assists in ensuring proper plant receiving procedures are followed. 

• Track equipment repair, building repair, or project costs using the SAP system or other available methods and report to management on a routine basis and as requested. 

• Provides support in the areas of safety, maintenance, building security, housekeeping, grounds keeping, cost effectiveness, and promotes continuous improvement. 

• Analyzes high maintenance cost centers and in consultation with the respective Maintenance Leadership implements solutions to reduce and improve the cost. 

• Work with vendors to consolidate purchases where cost savings can be derived

• May manage work to be contracted out by planning the tasks to be completed, developing a scope of work, and contacting contractors for quotations. After review and acceptance of a bid, utilizes the SAP system to create a requisition and will release service entries upon completion of work and receipt of invoices.

• Daily communication regarding parts and vendor availability.

• Maintains the Checkbook in SAP and Excel spreadsheet.

• Actively participate in ensuring a safe work environment. 

• Perform stores inventory and t-value inventory activities.

• Maintain a neat and orderly fashion for all catalogues, bulletins and technical information in the Maintenance Office  , vendor catalogues and all other technical and non-technical information required to be in the Maintenance Department library that pertains to purchasing.

• Assists Maintenance Leadership with tracking and improving Maintenance Incides, Kit-N-Deliver, etc.

• Assists Accounting with accruals and rectifies blocked invoices and PINS.

The Skills You Will Bring: 

• High School Diploma, or G.E.D, supplemented by technical or college course work in facility maintenance AND four (4) years of experience in manufacturing facilities maintenance performing planning, purchasing and project coordination; OR, an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the position. 

• Maintenance stores inventory experience and strong computer skills, including SAP, required. Strong leadership, project management, and problem solving skills; high level of interpersonal savvy and ability to influence others is required. Sufficient mechanical aptitude to understand maintenance issues and tasks and to communicate effectively with work groups and contractors is required. 

• Knowledge of corrugated manufacturing processes and related experience in purchasing, inventory, work order administration, and/or preventive maintenance. 

• Working knowledge of office filing and recordkeeping systems. 

• Demonstrated ability to perform basic math as required in inventory reporting, production reporting, and charts and graphs for measurement reports and analysis. 

• Ability to manage multiple activities in a fast-paced environment. 

• Flexible to work weekends and/or off shifts.