MRO Purchasing Clerk

Mendocino Forest Products Company•Scotia, CA

1d•$29•Onsite

About The Position

Humboldt Sawmill Company, LLC (HSC) is looking for an experienced MRO Purchasing Clerk to join our sawmill maintenance team in Scotia, CA. This is a non-exempt position offering a hourly rate of $28.65. We offer full benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and 401K match. To learn more about our benefits click Here The Mendocino Companies (Mendocino Forest Products Company, Mendocino Redwood Company, Humboldt Redwood Company, Humboldt Sawmill Company, and Allweather Wood) own nearly 450,000 acres of Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC® C031337) certificated redwood and Douglas-fir timberland, constitute the largest waterborne wood treater in the Western USA, and is the largest producer of redwood lumber in the world. Collectively providing 950 employees and their families with excellent wages and benefits in communities throughout the Western USA. Additionally, the Mendocino Companies own and operate a 25-megaWatt biomass cogeneration power plant and wood pellet plant.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED
Minimum of six months experience in warehouse, shipping, or sales preferably with a company that manages and sells lumber or similar material or the equivalent combination of education and experience
Must maintain and carry a valid California driver license and remain eligible to operate a company vehicle including automobiles and trucks in accordance with company policy guidelines
Forklift experience and the ability to obtain current certification
Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, and proficiency with Microsoft Office suite
Ability to learn company purchasing software and accounting software
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, verbal, diagram, or schedule form
Regularly required to sit for long periods of time, stand; walk; use hands – keyboarding for long periods of time, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and communicate
Occasionally required to stand and walk
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
Occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and frequently up to 50 pounds

Responsibilities

Identifies potential supplies and facilitates qualifying new suppliers
Confers with vendors to obtain product or service information, such as price, availability, and delivery schedule
Maintains manual or computerized procurement records, such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance, and inventories
Expedites delivery of goods to users
Counts, measures, or weighs articles to verify contents of shipments against bills of lading, invoices, or storage receipts
Examines articles for defects and sort articles according to extent of defect
Unloads and unpacks incoming shipments by hand or forklift
Uses a keyboard to enter purchasing and receiving information into computer
Sorts and files purchasing and receiving records
Prepares spreadsheets and obtains details for prices
Maintains vendor list of prospective subcontractors and materials/new products
Collects and enters bids into spreadsheets for evaluation by the Manager
Provides samples and information to staff as requested
Corresponds, issues and tracks Purchase Orders with outside vendors
Confirms with vendors delivery schedules to ensure Company can meet requirements
Decides with vendors for timely product pick-up
Creates PO’s to Companies as required
Closes PO’s in computer systems at completion as needed
Organizes and maintains MRO inventories