What are the responsibilities and job description for the Buyer (Onsite) position at Alleguard?
Job Summary
Seeking a Buyer to join our Corporate Strategic Sourcing team, based in Brentwood, TN. The Buyer is responsible for purchasing raw materials, components, and services to meet the production and customer requirements. This role evaluates and analyzes supplier quotes, negotiates prices, maintains relationships with vendors, and ensures orders are delivered on time.
This a contract position and is onsite, in the office Monday - Friday.
Responsibilities
- Source, negotiate, and select vendors that meet the company’s quality, price, and delivery requirements
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with vendors and suppliers
- Monitor supplier performance in terms of quality, cost, and delivery
- Review and analyze purchase requisitions and generate purchase orders
- Monitor inventory levels to ensure minimum stock levels are maintained
- Ensure timely delivery of items and follow up with vendors on late orders
- Resolve invoice discrepancies with vendors
- Maintain accurate records of purchases, pricing, and other important data
- Prepare reports on purchase activity and supplier performance
- Prepares weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports to analyze performance and make improvements.
- Monitor key measurables/KPI's as assigned to track performance.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business or related discipline. Consider equivalent related college or technical courses, seminars and in-house classroom training
- 1-2 years of experience in purchasing, buying, and/or planning preferred
- Working knowledge Microsoft office (excel, power point, word etc.), other PC applications, or mainframe applications
- Sage experience is a plus
- Good understanding of purchasing activities and cost reduction
- Basic understanding of how a manufacturing environment operates
- Strong personal skills and effective communication (written and oral)
- Attention to accuracy of work
- Provides and takes feedback, solves problems without being told to, works well in own organization and with others, and is a constant learner.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
- Strong knowledge of purchasing principles and procedures
- Able to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Able to work independently and collaboratively with a team
