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Purchasing Specialist

Role overview

Qualifications

  • BA/BS in Business Administration or equivalent work experience
  • 2-3 years' purchasing experience, or relevant roles
  • Attention to detail is a must
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Ensures timely processing of customer orders meeting service-level agreement standards
  • Issues accurate purchase orders to vendors
  • Track all product related line items for proof of delivery and follow up with vendors for all unfulfilled items
  • Reconcile vendor invoicing discrepancies

Key facts

  • Full time
  • Mid-level (2-5 years)
  • English

Other skills

  • Detail Oriented
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Communication
  • Adaptability

About the company

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GuidePoint Security

Cybersecurity

GuidePoint Security is an elite team of highly trained, top certified experts who cut through cyber chaos and confusion to put control back in your hands. We help you make the smartest, most informed decisions, choose and integrate products and services that are the best fit, and build the most effective cybersecurity posture. We provide organizations with holistic perspective on their cyber ecosystem to minimize gaps, vulnerabilities, and optimize resources, including: 1. Understanding the changing threat landscape, vulnerabilities, and gaps 2. New insights of how product decisions align with resource capacity 3. Insightful product comparisons and integration to save time, money, and mistakes

Company details

Company typeSME
IndustryCybersecurity
Company size1001 - 5000

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Job description

GuidePoint Security provides trusted cybersecurity expertise, solutions and services that help organizations make better decisions and minimize risk. By taking a three-tiered, holistic approach for evaluating security posture and ecosystems, GuidePoint enables some of the nation’s top organizations, such as Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, to identify threats, optimize resources and integrate best-fit solutions that mitigate risk.

Purchasing Specialists at GuidePoint Security LLC (‘GuidePoint’) are responsible for processing all customer orders, ensuring completeness and accuracy, processing all internal procurement, and communicating with internal and external customers to ensure timely delivery. This position is a remote/virtual position working from a home office.  Please note, we are requiring candidates reside in Mountain or Pacific time zones for this role or have the ability to support those business hours.

Role and Responsibilities:

  • Ensures timely processing of customer orders meeting service-level agreement standards
  • Issues accurate purchase orders to vendors
  • Track all product related line items (hardware, software, maintenance, etc.) for proof of delivery and follow up with vendors for all unfulfilled items.
  • Reconcile vendor invoicing discrepancies
  • Work closely with different sales groups to ensure that all transactional contracts are complete, accurate, and meet all internal booking requirements 
  • Communicates effectively and professionally with internal and external partners
  • Other duties as assigned

Position Requirements:

  • BA/BS in Business Administration or equivalent work experience
  • 2-3 years' purchasing experience, or relevant roles
  • Demonstrates a willingness to learn and use AI-enabled tools
  • Attention to detail is a must
  • Analytical and critical thinker
  • Ability to collect and analyze data efficiently
  • Possesses the ability to self-manage and adapt to changes, delays, or unexpected shifts in priorities while maintaining focus and productivity in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to work a flexible work schedule is required
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

We use Greenhouse Software as our applicant tracking system and Zoom Scheduler for HR screen request scheduling. At times, your email may block our communication with you. Please be sure to check your SPAM folder so that you don't miss updates on your application.


Why GuidePoint?

GuidePoint Security is a rapidly growing, profitable, privately-held value added reseller that focuses exclusively on Information Security. Since its inception in 2011, GuidePoint has grown to over 1,300 employees, established strategic partnerships with leading security vendors, and serves as a trusted advisor to more than 6,200 customers.

Firmly-defined core values drive all aspects of the business, which have been paramount to the company’s success and establishment of an enjoyable workplace atmosphere. At GuidePoint, your colleagues are knowledgeable, skilled, and experienced and will seek to collaborate and provide mentorship and guidance at every opportunity.  

This is a unique and rare opportunity to grow your career along with one of the fastest growing companies in the nation.

Some added perks….

  • Remote workforce primarily (U.S. based only, some travel may be required for certain positions, working on-site may be required for Federal positions)
  • Group Medical Insurance options: Zero Deductible PPO Plan (GuidePoint pays 90% of the premium for employees and 70% for family plans (spouse/children/family) or High Deductible Health Plan with HSA (GuidePoint pays 100% of the employees premiums and 75% for family plans (spouse/children/family). If you choose the High Deductible / HSA plan, GPS will contribute in 4 equal quarterly installments: ($850 per EE annually / $1750 per family annually (includes spouse/children/family options)
  • Group Dental Insurance: GuidePoint pays 100% of the premium for employees and 75% of family plans
  • 12 corporate holidays and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program
  • Healthy mobile phone and home internet allowance
  • Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment
  • Pet Benefit Option

 

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