Purchasing Coordinator

Description
HoMedics is a privately-owned multinational company headquartered in Commerce Township, Michigan. Over the past 35 years, HoMedics has grown into a world leader in developing, marketing and distributing personal care, wellness and consumer electronics products. The Company's products are sold under the HoMedics brand name, as well as other recognizable brands, including HMDX, Jam, Obusforme, Salter, Ellia, and House of Marley.

This success is attributable to innovation, speed to market, and depth/breadth of distribution. Growth has been both organic and through acquisitions. HoMedics extensive line of personal wellness products strives to promote overall well-being and create a healthy home environment that helps relax the body, renew the spirit, de-stress and simplify life. HoMedics has a full line of wellness products, including back, neck, foot and handheld massagers, sound spas, footbaths, essential oils and diffusers, humidifiers, air purifiers, blood pressure monitors, and more. The HoMedics brand is synonymous with innovation, especially in the massage category where the brand enjoys dominant market share.

HoMedics products are sold in more than 60 countries throughout North and South America, Central America, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, Middle East and Africa, with North America representing 65% of the Company's revenues. Products are sold in brick and mortar and online retail across all channels of distribution including mass, specialty, department store, club and drug, as well as independent distributors. As a private, family-owned organization, culture is a very important part of the experience at HoMedics. The operating style is fast-paced, innovative, and commercially driven. Adequate structure, nimbleness, and speed to market are key attributes of the Company's culture and critical reason behind continued successes.

Job Purpose
Reporting to the Purchasing Manager this position is responsible for managing all the purchasing activities. It is responsible for maintaining effective and cost-efficient purchasing systems as well as positive supplier relationships; will summarize and report progress and/or roadblocks to management and will also be responsible for balancing supply and demand; will work on special projects and monitoring purchase orders to ensure on time delivery.

Essential Functions And Other Duties
Purchase finished goods and parts based on the balance of supply and demand in an ERP/MRP environment

Develop and maintain daily capacity information on factories, determine shipping schedules, follow up with factory issues, manage shipping dates, maintain factory forecasts.

Coordinate point of entry (POE) and direct import (DI) orders

Work with and balance needs of multiple departments on all purchasing related issues (Sales, Marketing, Inventory Control, Supply Chain, Logistics, Warehousing, etc.)

Support decision making functions of planning and procurement

Participate in project teams involving business processes implementation, documentation, and analysis

Other duties as assigned

Position Requirements

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Strong analytical skills, including utilization of Microsoft Excel

Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines under pressure in fast-paced environment

Strong organizational & communication skills with high attention to detail.

Strong desire for increased responsibility

Strong knowledge of PeopleSoft/JD Edwards or other leading ERP/MRP system

Experience With Chinese Sourcing Preferred
Experience with point of entry orders (POE)

COMPETENCIES

Adaptable and able to work under pressure – is flexible, maintains effectiveness by adjusting behavior, work routines, and habits to meet a goal and/or changing circumstances. It is seen as balanced despite the conflicting demands of the situation

Analytical and problem-solving skills - work systematically and logically to resolve technical and non-technical problems, identify causation, and anticipate unexpected results. Manages issues by drawing on own experience and knowledge and calls on other resources, as necessary

Attention to detail - directs attention to the task at hand to avoid making mistakes. Prepares and carefully reviews figures, computations, reports, etc., to identify any errors or problems; ensures consistency and that information can be understood by all who read it. Show concern for all aspects of the job no matter how small

Business ethics – demonstrates a high level of personal integrity to be in alignment with the ethical standards of the company including but not limited to integrity in management practices, delivering what is promised, being financial honest and transparent, and ensuring a great customer experience

Communication skills - shares and receives information using clear oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills. Actively listens, provides constructive feedback, and demonstrates respect for differing views. Share information with others

Critical thinking – the ability to look at situations from multiple perspectives. Breaks problems into component parts. Tendency or ability of individual to do something or create something new. Considers and organizes parts in a systematic way. Creates solutions to problems using novel methods and processes. Looks for underlying causes or thoughts through the consequences of different courses of action

Judgment and decision making - upon a mixture of analysis, knowledge, experience, and judgement in a timely manner. Apply both rational and creative processes to identify unknown root causes of problems. Based on the situation, decides the best course of action, implements the solution, and follows up to see how it works. Calculates and evaluates the long-term consequences of a decision

Leadership skills – the ability to influence, which maximizes the efforts of others, towards the achievement of a goal

Planning and organizing – the ability to organize, prioritize and work on multiple projects simultaneously, manage project schedules, and act with urgency

Project management - effectively uses the company's systematic approach to planning, organizing, directing, supervising, and accomplishing the goals of a project(s) requirements and activities to meet objectives. Includes balancing the task requirements within the constraints of schedules and budgets

Strategic agility – is a catalyst for generating new solutions, effectively manages productive change, elevates what works well with meaningful improvements, assesses risk, its impact, and strategies to mitigate adverse outcomes, assesses available information and selects best solutions among options, accurately scopes out the length and difficulty of projects and tasks

Troubleshooting, problem solving/analysis - asks good questions and probes all sources for answers; sees underlying or hidden patterns; looks beyond the obvious and does not stop at the first answers. Uses rigorous logic and methods to analyze and understand why problems occur; generates and implements creative, cost effective and realistic solutions

Education And Experience
1-3 years of Purchasing or Planning experience

Associate degree or equivalent work experience

WORKING CONDITIONS

Fast paced, professional office environment which can be hectic and busy with changing priorities

Extended hours may be necessary to meet deadlines

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers.

The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

Vision abilities required to perform this job include close vision.

About the Organization Founded in 1987, FKA is a leader in consumer health, wellness, home environment, consumer electronics, and lifestyle products. Our family of brands includes HoMedics, the #1 brand in massage; and The House of Marley, a high-performance audio brand developed in partnership with the Bob Marley family. We distribute our products to more than 60 countries throughout North and South America, Central America, the Asia-Pacific region, and Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

EOE Statement We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.