Customer Service Rep Lead - Integrated Supply

Position SumPosition Summary:

Vallen's Storeroom Manager/CSR Lead typically reside at a customer location and are responsible for providing exceptional service to Vallen's customers by purchasing products, goods and materials that meet the organization's standards of price, quality, timing, and reliability of supply. Vallen's Storeroom Manager/CSR are also responsible for driving program growth and ensuring positive and profitable customer relationships that contribute to the achievement of Vallen's financial goals and business objectives.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform procurement activities to ensure the customer's current and anticipated demand for products and materials (stock and/or non-stock, or spot buy) are met and in alignment with Vallen's purchasing strategies.
  • Assess existing orders to determine action for expediting or de-expediting for optimal delivery.
  • Place purchase requisitions and vendor purchase orders.
• Research, assess, and make recommendations for vendors and/or specific items of request to ensure they comply with specifications and meet the customer's quality, pricing, and delivery standards.
• Monitor the quality and timeliness of products and materials supplied; may coordinate the return of damaged goods and/or replacement items.
• Follow-up on the status of purchase orders with vendors to ensure timely delivery; and communicate status of orders with customers.
• Communicate with vendors to resolve problems with timeliness and product quality.
• Maintain and cultivate relationships with one or more suppliers, vendors, and assigned customers.
• Research and resolve account payables nonconformance with suppliers.
• Identify opportunities for and document customer cost savings.
• Ensures sales and profitability goals for local integrated supply site(s) are achieved by effectively managing P&L (Profit & Loss) statement ensuring site meets or exceeds budgeted goal.
• Drives contractual customer commitments (i.e., customer cost savings, key performance indicators) at local integrated supply site.
• Follow all Vallen and customer Standard Operating Procedures.
• Adhere to operating practices; ensure worksite is professional, clean and neat at all times.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Position Summary:

Vallen's Storeroom Manager/CSR Lead typically reside at a customer location and are responsible for providing exceptional service to Vallen's customers by purchasing products, goods and materials that meet the organization's standards of price, quality, timing, and reliability of supply. Vallen's Storeroom Manager/CSR are also responsible for driving program growth and ensuring positive and profitable customer relationships that contribute to the achievement of Vallen's financial goals and business objectives.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform procurement activities to ensure the customer's current and anticipated demand for products and materials (stock and/or non-stock, or spot buy) are met and in alignment with Vallen's purchasing strategies.
  • Assess existing orders to determine action for expediting or de-expediting for optimal delivery.
  • Place purchase requisitions and vendor purchase orders.
• Research, assess, and make recommendations for vendors and/or specific items of request to ensure they comply with specifications and meet the customer's quality, pricing, and delivery standards.
• Monitor the quality and timeliness of products and materials supplied; may coordinate the return of damaged goods and/or replacement items.
• Follow-up on the status of purchase orders with vendors to ensure timely delivery; and communicate status of orders with customers.
• Communicate with vendors to resolve problems with timeliness and product quality.
• Maintain and cultivate relationships with one or more suppliers, vendors, and assigned customers.
• Research and resolve account payables nonconformance with suppliers.
• Identify opportunities for and document customer cost savings.
• Ensures sales and profitability goals for local integrated supply site(s) are achieved by effectively managing P&L (Profit & Loss) statement ensuring site meets or exceeds budgeted goal.
• Drives contractual customer commitments (i.e., customer cost savings, key performance indicators) at local integrated supply site.
• Follow all Vallen and customer Standard Operating Procedures.
• Adhere to operating practices; ensure worksite is professional, clean and neat at all times.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Excellent customer service.
• Computer skills and aptitude to learn the various Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Inventory Management applications.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.

• Demonstrated strong attention to detail, organizational and execution skills.
• Proficiency with MS-Office products.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Willing to learn
• Staff Management Responsibilities: (check the appropriate box)

• Work Environment & Physical Demands:
• Long periods of time working on a computer and performing repetitive key-boarding activities.
• Work may be in a manufacturing environment and could have exposure to dirt, smoke, heat, cold, etc.
• Safety protection may be required while in the customer's facility (hand, foot, and eye or other as dictated by the customer's safety protocols).
• Overtime hours may be required with little advanced notice.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee may be required to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, ability to adjust focus, and may require the ability to distinguish color. #IND-JP