VAS Packaging & Procurement Coordinator - 1st Shift

Pay: $20 to $22 per hour (based on experience)

Shift: Monday to Friday - 8:00AM to 4:30PM

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RJW is dedicated to hiring and developing talent who want to make an impact and be a part of an industry-leading organization. At RJW, we are committed to our employees’ success and to producing continuous innovation that drives the retail logistics industry forward.

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• Ownership Stake: Become a co-owner of the company and take pride in knowing that your hard work directly contributes to your own financial growth and the company's prosperity.
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The VAS Packaging & Procurement Coordinator is responsible for providing administrative and operational support to the VAS packaging and procurement manager. This position will focus on data entry of purchase and assisting with material sourcing, supporting supplier communication.  Also, track orders to ensure delivery on time. This role plays a key part in ensuring efficiency and consistent material availability to support business operations.

• →Complete general administrative tasks for the Procurement Manager, including filing, document organization, meeting preparation, and follow-up on action items.
• →Assist with special projects assigned by the Procurement Manager, such as vendor clean-up efforts, data validation exercises, or support for new system/process rollouts.

• Support and help enter purchase orders and track deliveries strategies for warehouse supplies, VAS materials.
• Support discrepancy resolutions, and internal department support

Vendor & Cost Management

• Assist the Procurement Manager by monitoring purchase orders, invoices, and pricing to confirm vendor billing accuracy and flag variances or cost discrepancies for review and resolution.
• Maintain and update pricing and cost trackers, gathering supplier quotes and data to support the Procurement Manager in identifying cost-saving opportunities and budget impacts
• Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives related to packaging materials.

• Assist the Procurement Manager in monitoring inventory levels by running regular reports, identifying potential stockouts or excess, and helping prioritize replenishment needs.

• Help improve procurement-related processes, controls, and documentation standards within enterprise systems (e.g., Great Plains, WMS, TMS).
• Assist procurement manager as a point of contact for cross-functional partners (operations, warehouse, logistics, and finance) to share purchase status updates, coordinate priorities, and resolve routine order or inventory questions.
• Assist with process improvement initiatives by helping map current-state processes, tracking recurring issues, and providing data or suggestions that support more efficient, standardized practices.

• Supply Chain, Business, Operations, Packaging, Purchasing, Data Entry or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and progressive experience).
• Minimum 1-3 years of progressive experience in procurement, data entry sourcing, packaging, or supply chain.
• Strong understanding of purchasing, logistics coordination, and enterprise procurement systems.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and business reporting tools.

• Independent judgment and decision-making
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving
• Order tracking and accuracy of Data Entry
• Good communication skills

• English (written and verbal) required

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Must be able to stand; walk; stoop; kneel; crouch; or crawl.
• Must be able to activate phone systems utilizing keyboards and buttons.
• Must be articulate and comfortable speaking in front of others.
• Regularly works in an indoor/office environment and required to sit and/or use repetitive hand motion.
• Frequently required to talk, hear, stand and walk.
• Must be able to work in excess of continuous 8 hours when required.
• Must be able to work under stressful situations, have good cognitive skills, maintain work accuracy, and the ability to concentrate on more than one task at a time.
• Must have the ability to read and discern visual images on a variety of media with 20/20 corrected vision.
• Must be able to speak and communicate clearly over telephones.
• Must be in sound physical health as determined by a certified licensed physician with no evidence of the use of controlled substances.

Work Environment: 

• Combination of office and work environment, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment will range from quiet to moderately loud.
• Must be able to travel between facilities.

Employer Rights:

This job description is intended to provide general information about the VAS Packaging and Procurement Coordinator position. The above does not constitute an exhaustive list of the job duties to be performed by an associate holding the position of VAS Packaging and Procurement Coordinator, nor are the lists of the physical requirements and environmental conditions exhaustive. You may be asked by your supervisor or managers to perform other duties. Your performance will be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the job duties listed in this job description, as well as any job duties not specifically listed above that you may be asked from time to time to perform.

As with all positions, the duties and responsibilities are subject to change at any time as needs arise and at the discretion of the RJW Transport, Inc.  The Company has the right to revise this job description at any time.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.  Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.  Ability to determine “root cause” of problem and determine corrective action.

Employment-At-Will:

It is the Company’s policy that all associates, other than those covered by a written individual employment or labor agreement with the Company that has been authorized in writing by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or Board of Directors, are not employed for any fixed term and are employed at the will of the Company for an indefinite period.  Just as our associate’s, reserve the right to resign their employment at any time for any reason the Company reserves its right  to terminate an associate any time for any reason either with or without cause. 

Neither this Job Description nor any of its individual terms constitutes commitments between the Company and its associates as to the terms, conditions or duration of employment, nor does it modify the prevailing Employment-At-Will relationship.

Benefits:

• 401(k) & 401(k) Matching
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Employee Discount
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Paid Time Off & Sick Days
• Short & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Accidental & Critical Illness Insurance