Purchasing Analyst

What are we looking for in our Purchasing Analyst?

Title: Purchasing Analyst

Location: Bass Creek, MN

Pay Rate: $ 26 – 30 / hour

Contract Duration: 6 Months, potential to extend

Job Description

Actively manage Parts, Garments & Accessories (PG&A) suppliers to ensure on-time delivery of products to distribution facilities. Coordinate with demand planning analysts to ensure accurate purchase quantities, meeting strategic inventory and service level objectives to fulfill customer needs.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Supplier Relationship Management: Develop and foster relationships with select suppliers to drive consistent performance and enhance back-order recovery.
• Purchase Order Management: Review system-recommended purchase quantities in collaboration with demand planning analysts, improving accuracy.
• Order Approval & Delivery Oversight: Approve purchase orders, ensure on-time delivery by reviewing and adjusting expedite, defer, and cancel messages to meet fill-rate and inventory goals.
• Backorder Resolution: Address backorder issues promptly, aligning with set goals.
• Data Integrity: Work with suppliers to maintain system data integrity, including cost, MOQ, lead time, and other key information.
• Negotiation: Negotiate cost, lead time, minimum, and economic order quantities to Polaris’ advantage.
• Cross-Department Coordination: Collaborate with multiple departments to support business objectives.
• Issue Escalation: Identify and communicate urgent issues proactively to the supervisor.
• Additional Responsibilities: Perform other projects and duties as assigned.

Skills & Knowledge

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Experience: 1+ years in supply chain management (e.g., MRP, logistics, inventory management)
• Technical Skills: Intermediate Excel (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables, Conditional Formatting)
• Core Competencies:
• High attention to detail and multi-tasking ability
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Problem-solving aptitude with a focus on process improvement
• Ability to negotiate, influence, and resolve conflicts diplomatically
• Capability to work independently with minimal supervision

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