What are the responsibilities and job description for the Buyer position at Wpt Corporation?
A key member of the team to assist Operation Managers with Supply Chain functions and purchasing including but not limited to vendor relations, raw material purchase orders, receiving, supply, cycle counting and inventories of raw materials, parts & finished goods, scheduling and freight.
- Perform periodic physical inventory of raw materials and finished goods
- Assists Operations in ensuring that daily production needs for ingredients and materials are collected and entered into systems accurately and timely.
- Assist with Receiving, Shipping, Product Processing, and Purchasing operations.
- Create purchase orders for raw materials
- Interact with vendors release and requisition of supplies and raw materials.
- Provide support for receipts, batch lots, and withdrawals.
- Calculate and communicate correct supplies and raw consumption needs by processing MRP.
- Verify calculations and reconcile inventory balances via reports, ERP System, managed on daily, monthly and quarterly intervals.
- Ability to meet company policy for attendance and work schedule requirements
- Other duties assigned
Experience and Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- College degree in accounting or business a plus.
- Minimum 2 yrs experience in manufacturing, purchasing or Production Control experience preferred
- Experience in manufacturing software (ERP, MRP, MPS, WMS) preferred.
- Receipt reconciliation, oral communication skills, interaction with suppliers, data entry, inventory experience, cycle count process, excel, pivot tables,
- Excellent oral & written communication skills
- Strong analytical and technical skills
- Strong planning and organizational skills
- Demonstrated skills & experience in scheduling, planning, and systems level problem-solving.
- Proven experience in computer applications including Microsoft Office
- Ability to read, write and interpret and comprehend documents such as operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, schematics, technical documents and safety rules
- Ability to apply common sense and understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written oral or diagram form.
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