Supply Chain Buyer

The Supply Chain Buyer will serve as a key resource in ensuring the delivery of all materials required by NHF in accordance with company quality objectives, project budget and agreed upon schedule. This includes but is not limited to procurement, material management, logistics, project management, and ERP maintenance functions.

Role and Responsibilities: 

• Participate in pre-construction activities related to scope & vendor award of NHF engineered buyouts related to curtainwall and associated activities.  
• Review vendor pricing proposals for scope completeness and identification of any gaps.  If gaps are found, re-negotiation or supplemental actions may be required.
• Management & reporting relative materials procurement budget.   Project budgets are jointly created & agreed upon jointly within the Operations, Supply Chain and finance department.  After a project turn-over from the estimating department, the budget is agreed upon and in the event of deviation, margin erosion mitigating efforts must be taken.   This is decided among the project stakeholders (supply chain as one of them).
• Regular monitoring inventory levels versus project demand to ensure control of surplus stock levels. 
• Timely release of purchased materials as new engineering releases are available.
• Ability to maintain procurement best practices and maintain high level of professionalism throughout the buyout process.
• Acquire multiple bids (at least 3) unless otherwise agreed as the product being single sourced.  Competitive bids are to be paired with vendors that are capable of carrying out or managing those scopes of work.
• When applicable the buyer will negotiate long-term agreements with suppliers based on bulk buys.  They will have to work with project teams to understand overall project requirements even if there is no demand yet in the system.  These buys will then need to be monitored throughout the life of the project to ensure maintenance of surplus inventory.
• Provide planning with firm PO delivery dates with adequate buffer to support the production schedule.
• Communicate supply chain issues in a timely manner so that contingency plans can be discussed and implemented.
• Timely ordering of replacement material & communication of status of these replacements as these are usually linked with an elevated urgency within the production schedule.
• Proactive communication with vendors in relation to KPI performance.
• Work with suppliers to ensure their WIP schedules and delivery dates align with our production needs.
• Help to mitigate or solve any vendor invoicing issues.
• Purchase Order maintenance including but not limited to: PO due date, order acknowledgement, receiving issues, material receipts, pricing discrepancies and invoice closeout.

Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge and understanding of core supply chain principles.
• Basic fundamentals of project scheduling.
• Ability to work with, manage and document performance related to suppliers.
• Understanding of functions related to procurement and materials management.
• Strong computer skills, including working knowledge of email, MS Office, and similar software.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong problem solving & analytical skills.

Physical Requirements: 

• Ability to travel as required.
• Ability to sit, work, collaborate on a computer as needed for project work.
• Ability to stand for periods of time as needed for project work.

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor of Science or Associates Degree in Engineering and/or Supply Chain Management.
• At least 3 years in manufacturing, construction related fields
• Purchasing and/or vendor management experience

New Hudson Facades is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.