What are the responsibilities and job description for the Procurement Buyer position at Franklin Precision Industry Inc?
General Position Summary
To coordinate supply base development, total cost management, and the purchasing process for selected purchased direct materials, component parts and / or assemblies.
Essential Functions
- Prepare, solicit, and evaluate technical request for quotation documents.
- Acts as a primary contact for supplier negotiations and contracts for all responsible purchases.
- Acquire materials, supplies, packaging, and services, placing purchase orders for goods that have requisition approval.
- Maintains constant contact and coordination with end users, suppliers, subcontractors, and freight companies to ensure compliance with each contract
- Provide cost analysis data to management for strategic decision making
- Manage new model material, component, equipment, or tooling readiness projects.
- Foster and develop a “Development Partner” philosophy to select, develop and manage suppliers:
- Ethical Behavior, Mutual Trust, Respect, Candor, Continuous Improvement.
- Act as primary contact for supplier negotiations and contracts on assigned commodities.
- Assist plant and suppliers in continuous improvement efforts.
- Act as primary contact in resolving issues that the plant has with suppliers.
- Coordinates with Engineering, Quality Assurance, Production Control, Manufacturing, Maintenance and Aisan Engineering and Purchasing to investigate and screen potential suppliers to determine if suppliers meet the Aisan technical requirements.
Job Dimensions (Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities or KSAs)
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Proficient in constructing analytical tools for decision making using Microsoft Office Suite.
- Technical aptitude and inclination.
- Strong interpersonal skills; able to forge internal customer and external supplier relationships
- Deadline- and results-oriented
Minimum Qualifications
Education / Work Experience Requirements
- AS/AA in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field or minimum 1-years Supply Chain, Purchasing, or Engineering, other related experience.
