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Company: Total Filtration Services

About Us
Total Filtration Services, Inc, is the largest full line distributor of filtration products and services in North America. We operate 13 stocking branch locations throughout the United States with our headquarters located in Troy, MI, and have a strong national network to manage any filtration needs. Our technical sales staff recommends filtration solutions based on each customer’s unique needs. We have a diverse background across numerous markets including Automotive, Aerospace, Food and Beverage, Data Centers, Chemical, Metals, Power Generation, General Industrial, Heavy Equipment and Oil/Gas Production. We support these markets by utilization of our preferred vendor strategy that leverages 90% of our spend with 80 of the world’s top manufacturers. Our in-plant value added services model continues to provide our customers with the highest levels of service focused on total cost of ownership and delivering year over year savings.

Visit our Website: www.totalfiltrationservices.com

Responsibilities:

• • • Ensure all tasks are completed in a safe manner, complying with all company safety policies and procedures.
    • Ensure TFS is using the direct vendor solutions, eliminating non-direct supply chain relationships where possible
    • Demonstrate mastery of assigned commodities, ensuring both Standard Costs and Purchase Prices are maintained in the business system.
    • Develop and maintain strong relationships with assigned vendors; negotiate long term pricing strategies, volume rebates, incentives (including freight).
    • Ensure vendors are working with TFS to consolidate shipments to reduce incoming freight costs and manage all expedite requests
    • Responsible for determining centralized stocking locations and managing the transfer of product between branches to meet customer service and vendor purchase requirements
    • Ensure stocking requests are researched, validated and have proper approvals prior to ordering
    • Maintain strong relationship and communication with and manage order controls and inventory levels for assigned branches
    • Communicate weekly shipment schedule to assigned branch locations including product quantity and estimated delivery date
    • Monitor and report on monthly purchasing metrics

• • • Implement Plan for Every Part (PFEP), and review quarterly enable increased inventory efficiency

• • • Obtain 99% fulfillment rate at assigned branches
    • Resolve warehouse discrepancies (double shipments, quantity discrepancies, incorrect part number and RGA)
    • Manage and close out all vendor non-conformances as related to assigned vendors
    • Ensure processes are documented to comply with TFS standard operating procedures or internal desk manuals
    • Ensure all required purchasing SOX information is monitored and reported

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

General Qualifications:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office including Outlook
• Demonstrated excellence in Excel
• Detail-oriented with solid organizational skills
• Explicit understanding of transaction flow through business system
• Ability to be an individual and team contributor
• Maintains a strong sense of urgency
• Must have a “Do What It Takes” attitude.
• Assertive with a strong sense of urgency

Specific Demonstrated Capabilities:

• Experienced negotiator with proven results
• Keen analytical abilities with solid problem-solving skills

• Must possess the initiative to identify problems along with the appropriate solutions
• Deadline driven and results oriented

• Strong presentation abilities

Interpersonal Skills:

• Positive attitude with a proven desire to succeed
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in multi-department structure
• Ability to influence others outside of assigned department
• Ability to work well at all levels in an organization

Experience & Educational Requirements:

• 4 Year College Degree Required (Supply Chain Management or Relevant Discipline Preferred)

• C.P.M. Certification a plus

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; utilize ladders with a weight capacity of 250 lbs. or less, balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

• Office environment

Travel Requirements:

· Minimal travel

Employee signature below constitutes employee’s understanding of the requirements, essential functions and duties of the position.

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Total Filtration Services operates as a vital subsidiary within Flow Control Group (FCG), a prominent holdings company that is a leading solutions provider focused on technically oriented products and services for flow control, fluid handling and process, industrial automation, and life sciences with locations throughout North America. As a critical intermediary between over 3,000 suppliers and 15,000 customers, over 90 brand companies, and close to 1,700 employees, FCG’s distribution and technical expertise serve an essential function in the movement of mission-critical components to a diverse array of end markets and applications.

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