Why Badger Meter?Are you looking to join a dynamic team where you have the autonomy and challenge that lets you learn and grow your career? Are you energized when you know that your contributions matter and make a difference in business success? If yes, then Badger Meter may be a great place for you!For more than 115 years, Badger Meter has provided strong, stable financial growth, in turn providing employees with the opportunity to build long, successful careers. As a leading manufacturer of flow measurement technology, Badger Meter offers many opportunities to measure what matters in protecting the world's water and other precious resources. Our company is large enough to continually drive market innovation, all while we maintain a collaborative and flexible working atmosphere.What You Will Contribute:
The Purchasing Intern will support the team by placing and or following up on, and maintaining dates/comments on purchase orders in the LX system. This position will work on non-production as well as production purchasing activities.The purchasing intern will be responsible for assisting in the clean-up and update of quote records in the LX system as well as any other buyer related system clean up function.
- Data entry of purchase orders as requested by the purchasing department. This person will also send orders to suppliers (email) and ensure confirmations are received
- Follow up on purchase orders through correspondence, expediting & adjusting orders as appropriate
- Review supplier files to ensure proper documentation is in place for major suppliers.
- Update Quote Files (PUR150) - adding new records as well as closing out old quote files (date and inactivity flag)
- Assist with purchasing parameter review and updates in LX system.
- Assist Purchasing department with document clean up. Scan old files and save electronically for easier access and space savings.
- Contact suppliers and coordinate disposition of NON-conforming product
- Process RMA's and/or other transactions/shipping orders as needed by buyers.
- Assist with running reports, consolidating, reviewing, and sending supplier performance reports.

Qualifications:
- Currently pursing Bachelor's degree or comparable experience
- Intermediate computer/technical skills in Microsoft products

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