Jr Buyer

POSITION: Junior Buyer STATUS: Salary Exempt

REPORTS TO: Senior Buyer/Purchasing Mgr. DATE: April 2025

DIRECT REPORTS: N/A LOCATION:

POSITION SUMMARY:

Responsible for procurement functions directly associated with Alcom’s needs for raw materials, fixed assets, tooling, and outside services. These products and services are to be secured at the best cost, quality, and delivery. The position supports the timely planning, scheduling of receipts and inventory control of the products as assigned. Using your experience working in a manufacturing environment to aid in best practice development.

FUNCTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supports procurement of various product categories as assigned by the supervisor. Such as, but not limited to, MRO, Office Supplies, PPE, raw materials and general hardware for plant manufacturing. Other categories are assigned by the supervisor.
• Monitor inventory levels and coordinate with production to ensure materials are available per production schedule.
• Coordinate requests for credit applications and negotiate applicable terms and conditions.
• Resolve invoice discrepancies with Finance promptly.
• Assist in the resolution of issues related to delivery, quality, or pricing with suppliers.
• Facilitate the process of obtaining quotes and/or bids from potential suppliers.
• Foster and maintain relationships with vendors of assigned sites. Ensure that suppliers’ commitments are met and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support the purchasing team with day-to-day operations, including processing orders, maintaining inventory levels, and ensuring timely delivery of goods.
• Analyze and report on purchasing trends, inventory levels and supplier performance.
• Compile and analyze data to identify cost-saving opportunities, improve purchasing processes, and ensure product availability.
• Prepare reports and present the results of data analysis to senior team members, providing actionable insights for decision making.
• Work with other departments like production, logistics and sales to ensure smooth procurement processes.

Position Requirements:

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a buying role in manufacturing required.
• Excellent attention to detail and strong organizational skills are a must.
• Experience working with WMS and ERP systems and best practices. Genius ERP experience is considered a plus.
• Experience with Microsoft applications. Ability to navigate Excel spreadsheets.
• Ability to identify and drive relationship (vendor/internal customer) requirements that deliver optimum inventory levels (OIL)
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• A positive attitude, desire to follow directions and strong willingness to learn.

PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS:

This job operates in an office environment (90%) and within non-climate.

controlled production/warehouse (10%). This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, and filing cabinets. In this role, you may occasionally have the following physical requirements:

• Standing and sitting for long periods
• Frequent walking around on the production floor and warehouse
• Occasional motions of bending, crouching and twisting

Alcom USA is proud of its diverse workforce and welcomes employees who speak one or more languages. As a necessity to perform business operations, employees must be proficient in speaking and understanding English. Alcom will assess the level of fluency required on a job-by-job basis. Employees must be able to speak and understand English for job-related communications and are otherwise welcome to speak their native language or another language in the workplace.