Buyer -2023 Summer Intern

Company Description

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation is a thriving, values-driven company focused on doing the right things. We’re a fast growing, publicly traded company (NYSE: ZWS), with an enduring reputation for integrity, giving back, and providing an engaging, inclusive environment where careers flourish and grow.

Named by Newsweek as One of America’s Most Responsible Companies and an Energage USA Top Workplace, at Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation, we never forget that our people are at the center of what makes us successful. They are the driving force behind our superior quality, product ingenuity, and exceptional customer experience. Our commitment to our people and their professional development is a recipe for success that has fueled our growth for over 100 years, as one of today’s leading international suppliers of plumbing and water delivery solutions.

Headquartered in Milwaukee, WI, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation employs over 2800 employees worldwide, working from 24 locations across the U.S., China, Canada, Dubai, and Mexico, with sales offices available around the globe.  We hope you’ll visit our website and learn more about Zurn Elkay at www.zurn-elkay.com.

If you’re ready to join a company where what you do makes a difference and you have pride in the work you are doing, talk to us about joining the Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation family!

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Evaluates quotes and services to determine most desirable suppliers.
• Relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job.
• Coordinates shipments with production, purchases inventory items to maintain monthly production requirements, investigates and reconciles all discrepancies.
• Maintains and analyzes inventory levels and makes recommendations.
  Places orders with vendors, revisions of orders, follow-up and expediting of orders as needed.
• Works under immediate supervision.
• Purchasing of materials and supplies according to approved requisitions, reporting, and via management as required.
• Recommend/implement changes in purchasing and material management policies as needed.
• Follows, maintains/enforces ISO standards and all compliance requirements.
• Actively supports Zurn’s commitment to continuous improvement

Qualifications

Experience and Skill Required

• Currently attending school for a Bachelor’s degree in a Business discipline. Supply Chain preferred.
• Must have at least a junior standing, a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.0 or above
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Self motivated individual
• Available for summer of 2023 (May – August).

Additional Information

Total Rewards and Benefits

• Competitive Salary

Equal Opportunity Employer – Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran

What happens when two remarkable sustainability leaders come together as one?
A sustainability powerhouse is born, making a splash in the markets they serve and saving the planet one innovative installation at a time.

In early 2022, Zurn Water Solutions Corporation, a market leader in smart, sustainable water solutions, and Elkay Manufacturing, a commercial drinking water solutions leader, agreed to combine their two exceptional firms to become a single water solutions powerhouse.

Together, the combined company offers a comprehensive package of innovative, sustainable, specified, engineered water solutions and sustainable plumbing products that provide water safety, water quality, and water conservation through critical service environments, while delivering total building solutions for new construction and retrofit applications around the globe. Our innovative solutions enable customers to advance their ESG initiatives and reduce operating costs while providing students, patients, patrons, and people within public and private spaces a safe, clean environment and access to fresh, pure, potable water – the essence of life itself.

What makes Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation special is our people and our culture.

While playing a leading role in sustainability and water access are remarkable, what makes Zurn Elkay’s story so compelling is the alignment of the two well-respected companies with powerful legacies and a combined 224-year company history and shared values and cultures where people matter most.

Sustainably inspired, the company has a deep commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, water, and environmental stewardship, and giving back to the communities where we live, work and play. Our powerful legacy of caring and commitment is made possible by the except