Buyer

Key areas of responsibility

• Properly execute the Requisition-to-Purchase Order and Planned Purchased Order Processes with a high level of focus on customer service
• Monitor and manage supplier on-time delivery, with ability to problem-solve and countermeasure effectively.
• Maintain Purchase Order status and tracking information while communicating to all internal stakeholders in a professional and timely manner
• Maintain a tracking and logistics log of all incoming goods
• Work cooperatively with other department representatives and vendors to resolve product discrepancies with regards to quality, quantity, delivery, and price.
• Ensure supplier selection, qualification, evaluation, and monitoring process is maintained per SOP.
• Responsible for maintaining strong supplier relationships to ensure quality standards and target pricing is consistently achieved.
• Maintain business system integrity (Lead-time, Leadtime, Safety Stock, prices, etc.)
• Responsible to meet Inventory Turn Time goals and ensure zero stockouts
• Ensuring all sourcing documentation is kept current and accurate
• Monitor and maintain assigned min/max inventory levels
• Collaborate with engineers and customers for changes in raw material needs and or bill of material changes
• Utilize ERP system for all transactions and implement the purchasing module use for producing and suggesting future purchases to balance inventory levels against production to replace a more manual system in use.
• Continually improve time management, problem solving, critical thinking, and follow up skills
• Provide cost quotes to sales for requested goods.
• NPI execution

• 3-5 Years experience in Purchasing
• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or business preferred
• Ensure supplier selection, qualification, evaluation, and monitoring process is maintained per ERP.
• Responsible for maintaining strong supplier relationships to ensure quality standards and target pricing is consistently achieved.
• Continually improve time management, problem solving, critical thinking, and follow up skills.
• Experience with Microsoft office products to develop spreadsheets and create general reports. 
• Detail oriented with ability to work efficiently in ERP system and MS office
• Able to work collaboratively with multiple departments to resolve problems and escalate issues
• Strong with data analysis and passionate about process improvement.
• The ability to manage the material needs for multiple commodities. schedule and plan purchasing accordingly.