Coordinate activities engaged in purchasing and distributing materials, equipment, and supplies in an organization, while adhering to the ethical standard of purchasing, and ensuring that Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. gets the best product, service, and price. Maintain a professional rapport with vendors while negotiating purchases of strategic raw materials, and establish systems, programs, policies, and procedures for the Purchasing function. Compile and report on department activities and achievement of goals and objectives to higher-level management.

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What you will do:

• Plans, organizes, directs, and controls activities related to the procurement function.


• Works directly with employees, supervisors and management to assist with the procurement of necessary supplies.


• Prepares instructions regarding purchasing systems and procedures.


• Analyzes market and delivery conditions to determine present and future material availability, and prepares market analysis reports.


• Develops a system to evaluate vendor quotations that utilizes appropriate negotiation and purchasing techniques to ensure quality, price, delivery, and service.


• Designs, implements, manage, and monitor procurement reporting systems to meet company requirements.


• Recruits and maintains suppliers that provide high quality products and services at a better price while maintaining the highest code of ethics and conduct.


• Prepares and issues purchase orders and change notices.


• Reviews purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.


• Prepares and reviews contracts, bids, proposals, and vendor agreements for legal correctness, price, and acceptability of items to specifications.


• Oversees all activities related to procurement of a commodity, from intent to purchase through delivery of commodity.


• Assigns procurement requests to the appropriate personnel.


• Negotiates or supervises the negotiation of complex requests for equipment, supplies, and services from suppliers and subcontractors.


• Arranges for disposal of surplus materials.


• Other duties as required.

What you need:

• 5+ years experience working in a purchasing role for a manufacturing or scientific organization.


• Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field or equivalent work experience, having performed in a high volume/technical sphere.


• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of MS Office suite and MS Dynamics. Experience with Deltek accounting software is a plus.


• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public in written and verbal formats.


• Strong customer service skills required.


• Proven ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.


• 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.


• Specific tools or equipment experience required.