Buyer

Role Accountabilities

• Analyze business unit needs to mitigate assigned products supply and delivery risks, recommend appropriate solutions, and implement as approved
• Research new equipment suppliers utilizing the Company’s quality system
• Identify and recommend new suppliers to develop globally to support business unit needs and lower costs
• Negotiate with assigned suppliers to achieve lower material costs and on time delivery
• Gather data to manage performance evaluation of assigned product’s supplier and submit to manager
• Gather data to negotiate terms and conditions, payment terms, and other financial terms and agreements with suppliers, as requested
• Recommend risk assessment and abatement plan to meet budgets, targets, and schedules and provide to Sourcing Manager to present to business units
• Track non-conformance reports, cost of quality and prepare for supplier recovery activities
• Generate the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) buyer’s report that identifies the requisitions to be processed and determine order of priority
• Evaluate committed dates for order placement and delivery, in collaboration with business unit management
• Notify expeditors of orders which must be expedited in addition to those scheduled in the ERP
• Organize supplier meetings to update business unit engineers on the latest technology and products
• Obtain competitive quotes for equipment and material requisitions
• Reconcile PO and invoice discrepancies with the finance department and suppliers
• Initiate new supplier set-up documentation and submit to finance department
• Notify finance department of new “ship-to” locations of suppliers
• Process completed requisitions, enter data as required, and forward to Purchasing Specialist
• Advise project managers and business unit engineers of equipment delivery schedules in a timely manner
• Provide timely updates on subcontractor performance, market trends, and supplier relationships to management
• Ensure purchase orders are issued with correct terms to minimize cost and liability to the Company

Requirement Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent via education and/or work experience
• 2 years of experience purchasing in an industrial or commercial environment
• 1 year of experience sourcing new suppliers
• Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility
• Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts
• Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Outlook, and ERP
• Availability to travel, domestically and internationally, up to 10%, sometimes with limited notice

Onin Staffing believes that your health is important. Medical benefits should be affordable and easy to use with your busy schedule. That’s why we offer our teammates custom-built benefits that are affordable and convenient to use. When you’re a part of our team, you will have affordable benefits you’ll actually want to use.

· Weekly pay

· Medical insurance

· Dental coverage

· Vision plan

· $5 co-pays

· $5 generic prescriptions

· Life insurance

· Paid holidays

· Paid vacations

· Teladoc program

· EAP counseling service

· Scholarships available

· 401K plan with 3% employer match

· Discounts at concerts, sporting events, movies, retailers, etc.

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