Buyer

MCI is a 44-year-old industry leader in the design, manufacture, and assembly of electrical controls, electrical enclosures, irrigation pumps and controls, municipal and commercial pump stations, water purification systems and design-to-order metal fabrications. We serve a variety of industries with standard and custom products including water pumping, oil production-drill and refining controls, wastewater treatment, conveying, baggage conveying, handling, process control, and more!

Position Overview

The Assistant Buyer will process and track purchase orders for assigned suppliers, commodities and materials to ensure that parts are available when needed, and that the parts meet the company’s quality, price and service requirements.

Responsibilities

• Work with Internal Customers to process Purchase Requisitions and requests, while helping to resolve any related processing issues.
• Run “Receipt Transaction Reports” to reconcile any open orders, working with Receiving to close any that have been received.
• Issue new Purchase Orders, and check status of open orders on a daily basis.
• Ensure that all requisitions and other purchasing documents comply with established company and department processes, policies, and procedures.
• Maintain department purchasing files and computer records to ensure that they accurately reflect history, price, status, etc., for all ordered materials and transactions.
• Investigate processing issues to determine root cause, providing solutions to internal customers and suppliers with feedback.
• Process all approved New Supplier Requests, including the forwarding and tracking of all required documentation.
• Coordinate and expedite Purchase Orders with internal customers and suppliers in order to meet delivery schedule requirements.
• Work with various internal customers (Accounting, Production, Safety, Quality, Engineering, R&D, Shipping, Receiving, and Plant Operations personnel, among others), to ensure timely and effective communications, and processing of all Purchasing related paperwork.
• Perform all related duties as assigned by Purchasing management

Qualifications

• Experience with material buying preferred.
• Three years of experience in purchasing for a manufacturing company, preferably one with metalworking and heavy manufacturing processes is highly desirable.
• Experience purchasing raw material and finished goods is a plus.
• Strong negotiation and communication skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite.
• High attention to detail.

Education

• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• Associate's Degree in a related field or equivalent experience

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• Employer-paid Teladoc
• 401K with matching
• Paid holidays
• Paid Time Off; up to 120 hours
• Company-wide performance bonus (in 2023, all employees received a 10% bonus!)

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Purchasing: 3 years (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Dallas, TX 75220 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Dallas, TX 75220: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $60,000