What are the responsibilities and job description for the Buyer position at Mirion?
Description
The Buyer will have responsibility for supporting the in-bound supply chain for Sun Nuclear Corporation's (SNC) products. This includes placing purchase orders, follow-up with suppliers on late deliveries, managing pull-in / push-out triggers from MRP, and keeping SNC's inventory liability to a minimum.
Key Areas of Responsibility :
- Utilize MRP hard copy and / or on-line reports to generate purchase orders with SNC suppliers.
- Manage open purchase orders to ensure that SNC suppliers deliver parts on-time, per commitment.
- Maintain the system data (Infor VISUAL ERP system) on a real-time basis and ensure its accuracy such that it can be used to make customer commitments.
- Ensure SNC is obtaining the lowest possible cost in the market for all components. Negotiate pricing with suppliers by gaining market information through available media, benchmarking, and comparison with similar technologies / parts.
- Follow-through on parts to ensure arrival and stocking.
- Execute push-outs, pull-ins, and cancellations per MRP requirements.
- Resolve discrepancies in pricing, logistics, and accounting issues with suppliers.
- Coordinate the return of defective material to supplier if appropriate.
- Generate delivery reports to reflect supplier's delivery performance on a monthly basis.
- Maintain inventory levels for purchased parts in accordance with established policies and goals throughout the product lifecycle.
- Manage inventory by developing a recovery or disposition plan.
- Generate RFQ (Request for Quotation) followed by cost analysis to determine lowest total cost of ownership.
- Assist in selection and qualification of suppliers in collaboration with supply chain management and engineering.
- Escalate supply chain issues with suppliers in order to receive a satisfactory response.
Knowledge, Skills & Experience :
Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
