Buyer

Smith & Loveless is united under one cause: Protecting Water. Protecting People. We are seeking a Buyer to partner with our experienced purchasing team in this environmentally focused industry.

A Buyer at Smith and Loveless is responsible for planning and purchasing component parts to create and maintain optimum inventory levels and to assure the highest quality product and service for the Companys material investment dollar.

Skills/Requirements

• Bachelors degree in relevant field of study is preferred.
• 3 years of buying or inventory control experience.
• Experience using a manufacturing requirement planning (MRP) system.
• Epicor MRP experience is preferred.
• Must be able to read engineering drawings and schematics.
• Have the ability to negotiate.
• Capable of multi-tasking and handling interruptions with professionalism.
• Must possess strong computer skills.

Job duties

• Receive purchase requisitions and/or review MRP and stock status for order requirements, determine the supplier, negotiate price, terms, and date of delivery.
• Assist in ensuring the Company of lowest purchasing cost by analyzing and negotiating with suppliers and by continually searching for new suppliers.
• Expedite and prioritize receipt of material from vendors.
• Ensure component specifications from suppliers by consulting with engineering, visiting area manufacturers, and contact with suppliers representatives.
• Keep inventory at optimum levels through application of inventory planning techniques consistent with inventory policy, and constantly review obsolete and slow-moving materials for disposition.
• Support Manufacturing with parts added through the revision process, review for possible substitution using stock parts and evaluate the stock status of parts deleted on revisions.
• Communicate the availability of materials to Manufacturing and Parts Sales in a timely manner.
• Coordinate efforts with Engineering and Sales departments as well as outside suppliers to optimize availability.
• Ensure timely flow of materials from vendors to avoid production delays by monitoring open orders for timely receipt of material, follow-up with vendor/manufacturer and as necessary with receiving, production control and apprising schedule with regards to parts which cannot meet schedules.
• Work with accounting to ensure suppliers are paid correctly.
• Assist in handling issues related to materials that dont meet requirements (i.e.: specified incorrectly, damaged, received incorrectly, etc.).
• Review MRP and Determine when parts are needed, quantity, the best supplier.
• Each part will be evaluated based on when it's needed and if it's a regular part or a special part. Review the job to see when it will final to know how to plan the timing of parts and material ordering. The ideal candidate will be able to think through the material need to understand how much and when it is needed.
• Get quotes to compare prices as needed.
• The ideal candidate will be able to think through the material need to understand how much and when they need it.
• Work with every department in the company, engineering, after-market (parts), quality, accounting, sales, field service, bidding, application engineers, marketing, warehouse,
• Follow up on all purchase orders
• Ability to plan and be proactive
• Research old parts to see where to obtain the best part
• Ability to think on their own and ask the right questions. Be proactive.
• Strong Internet research skills
• Double check the specs to ensure accurate purchasing
• Ensure purchase orders are correct
• Work with quality assurance
• Other duties and special projects as assigned by the Purchasing Manager.

Physical requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:

• Required to sit, stand and walk.
• Use hands to finger, hand or feel objects, tools or controls.
• Frequent stooping, bending, pulling and pushing.
• Reach with hands and arms.
• Required to talk and hear consistently.
• Ability to occasionally lift, carry and/or drag up to twenty-five (25) pounds if necessary.
• Specific vision abilities required by the role include the ability to distinguish the nature of objects by using the eye.
• Ability to ascend and descend two (2) flights of stairs.

About us

For over 75 years, Smith & Loveless has provided innovative environmental engineering ingenuity and quality craftsmanship to the water industry by pioneering superior pre-engineered pumping, treatment and headworks systems to a global customer base. A true pioneer in the water and wastewater pumping industry, Smith & Loveless manufactures cost-effective, operator safe and efficient pump stations for municipalities, developments, industrial, governmental, and military facilities across the globe. Our energy-efficient and durable systems deliver unrivaled life-cycle cost savings. With tens of thousands of installations in more than 70 nations on all seven continents, our innovative wastewater/reuse engineered products allow us to maintain our market leadership in lift stations, grit removal systems and over a complete range of wastewater treatment systems.

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